Chp. 2.3-2.4 Review Flashcards
Aztec ruler when Cortés and his men arrived
Moctezuma
A Spanish conquistador who landed in South America (with only 180 men) in December 1530, and destroyed the Inca
Pizzaro
gave Spanish settlers the right to use Native Americans as workers; though the Spanish were supposed to protect their laborers, many ignored this to put the natives in sugar plantations, and gold/ silver mines.
Encomienda
A settlement of people who live in a new territory, away from their home country, but linked to them by government or trade;
Colony
Large farm that grows just one type of crop; it can make lots of money for the owner, but requires lots of workers.
Plantation
Protestant church started by Henry VIII after the pope wouldn’t give him a divorce (3 words)
Church of England
Spanish soldier/adventurer seeking riches and glory
conquistador
conquistador of the Aztecs
Cortes
Spanish person born in America
creole
priest who didn’t like Native slavery, so he suggested African slavery, but later he regretted this suggestion (3 words)
de las Casas
Spanish explorer who created the first European settlement in modern-day United States (2 words)
de Leon
English sailor who helped England defeat the Spanish Armada
Drake
Claimed land in modern day United States and named it New Netherlands
Dutch
Protestant Queen of England whose ships defeated the Spanish Armada
Elizabeth I
large ranch in the New World for raising cattle or other livestock
hacienda
the English king who created the (Protestant) Church of England when the pope wouldn’t let him divorce (2 words)
Henry VIII
Queen who sponsored Columbus
Isabella
Spanish king who put together the Spanish Armada and attacked British ships to get rid of Elizabeth (because she was Protestant) (3 words)
King Phillip II
region along the Mississippi river claimed by the French, named after King Louis XIV
Louisiana
a German monk who criticized the Roman Catholic Church and started the Protestant Reformation
Luther
Person with one Spanish parent and one native American parent
Mestizo
religious community where priests taught Christianity to natives
mission
a sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific that passed through North America (2 words)
northwest passage
conquistador of the Inca
Pizzaro
large farm on which cash crops are grown
plantation
helped spread the ideas of the Reformation (2 words)
Printing Press
a group of Christians who criticized the Catholic church and ultimately broke off from it
Protestant
a religious movement of people who disagreed with some of the practices of the Catholic Church (2 words)
Protestant Reformation
King Phillip’s fleet of 130 warships that was defeated by the smaller and faster English ships - Its defeat weakened Spain and opened the door for other countries. (2 words)
Spanish Armada
Cabeza de Vaca told other Europeans about the Seven Cities of Cibola, in other words, Seven Cities of ___.
gold
First European to see the Mississippi river (2 words)
de Soto
trading town for the Spanish in the New World
pueblo
fort built by Spanish to protect missions and pueblos
presidio
means to change someone’s religion
convert
papers given by the Catholic Church that saved a person from punishments for their sins
Indulgences
Main reason for French and Dutch settlement in the New World (2 words)
natural resources
Another name for the Church of England
Anglican
two important natural resources that attracted French settlers to the New World (3 words ___ and ____)
fish and fur
Claimed land along the St. Lawrence river in Canada and the Mississippi River Valley, and New Orleans.
France
