Quiz II Vocabulary Box

Question 1

Bartoleme de Las Casas

Answer 1

“Protector of the Indians”

16th-century Spanish historian, social reformer and Dominican friar

Question 2

Juan de Fonseca

Answer 2

architect of the structure of the Spanish empire

Question 3

Diego de Almagro

Answer 3

Spanish conquistador and a companion and later rival of Francisco Pizarro

Question 4

limpieza de sangre

Answer 4

“cleanliness of blood”

referred to those who were considered pure “Old Christians”, without Muslim or Jewish ancestors

Question 5

Sebastian I

Answer 5

young crusading monarch of Portugal who participated on a crusading expedition to Morocco where he disappeared in battle
King of Portugal and the Algarves, monarch of the House of Aviz

Question 6

Tenochtitlan

Answer 6

large Aztec city in a lake; main city for Aztecs

Question 7

Conversos

Answer 7

Judaism —> Christianity

Question 8

Santo Iago

Answer 8

patron saint of arms; it is after the miracle of Compostela when armor was discovered to help fight off the Moors

Question 9

Municipios

Answer 9

municipalities of Spain

Question 10

encomienda

Answer 10

an assignment of indígenas who were to serve the Spanish grantee with tribute and labor; also, the area belonging to indigenous people so granted

Question 11

Atahalpa

Answer 11

Incan emperor

Question 12

El Sabio

Answer 12

Alfonso, castilian monarch who put into place a more Roman-like series of laws known as Las Siete Partidos

Question 13

Moriscos

Answer 13

Muslim —> Christian

Question 14

latifundia

Answer 14

a large landed estate, especially one that is inefficiently or inadequately exploited, feudal in its origins

Question 15

El Cid

Answer 15

Christian military leader and nobleman

Question 16

fuero

Answer 16

open market or meeting place

Question 17

mit’a

Answer 17

mandatory public service in the society of the Inca Empir