Social studies test Flashcards
Spanish conquistador who was captured by native Americans in his search for Cibola in Texas and mexico
Cabeza de Vaca
Defeated Montezuma and the Aztec empire
Hernando Cortez
Killed Atahualpa, captured Cuzco, and extended control over the
entire Incan empire
Francisco Pizarro
Searched what is now present-day Florida for the “Fountain of youth.”
Ponce de Leon
First Spaniard to explore the Mississippi River in search of
the Seven Cities of Gold.
Hernando de Soto
Looked for the Seven Cities of Gold and became the first European
to see the Grand Canyon.
Francisco Coronado
Codes established by Spain that regulated their Spanish empire
in America.
Laws of Indies
The system established in New Spain that forced Native Americans
to work as slaves.
Encomiendas system
Priest responsible for ending the use of Africans as
slaves in America
Bartolome de Las Casas
Native American woman who served as an important translator for
Cortez as he schemed to defeat the Aztec empire
Dona Marina
Spanish settlements included all of the following except:
Peninsulares
The following positions of social class was established by the Spaniards in America except:
Tainos
The Spanish empire in America was divided into
Louisiana
A Spanish settlement centered around farming and trade:
Pueblos
Ruler over a Spanish region in America:
Viceroy
Which of the following was not one of the main goals of conquistadors in America:
Find a route to Asia
What is a conquistador
Spanish conqueror
3 goals of a conquistador
Serve God and Spanish king and / Queen
Conquer Native American lands
Get rich!
Factors of Spanish success for conquering Aztec empire
Fear
Technology
Disease
Southern part of the United States was referred to by Spain as what
Borderlands