Chapter 16 Vocabulary

Question 0

Tenochtitlan

Answer 0

Capital of the Aztec Empire

Question 1

Conquistador

Answer 1

Spanish conquerors in the New World

Question 2

Quetzalcoatl

Answer 2

Aztec god-king who had vowed to return to the east

Question 3

Atahualpa

Answer 3

Incan ruler who had won the throne in a civil war with his brother

Question 4

Viceroys

Answer 4

Representatives in the New World who ruled in the name of the king

Question 5

Encomiendas

Answer 5

The Spanish right to demand labor to tribute from Native Americans in a particular area

Question 6

Creoles

Answer 6

American-born descendants of Spanish settlers

Question 7

Peninsulares

Answer 7

Those colonists born in Spain who were at the top of society

Question 8

Mestizos

Answer 8

People of Native American and European descent

Question 9

Mulattoes

Answer 9

People of African and European descent

Question 10

Pilgrims

Answer 10

Protestant Band of English Puritans who rejected the practices of the Church of England

Question 11

Repeal

Answer 11

When law is cancelled

Question 12

Monopoly

Answer 12

Exclusive control of a business or industry

Question 13

Colombian Exchange

Answer 13

When animals, plants, and people pass between Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas

Question 14

Capatilism

Answer 14

The business of investing money to make a profit

Question 15

Tariffs

Answer 15

Taxes on imported goods