Spain People Flashcards
1
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Christopher Columbus
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First European to discover the americas
2
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Bobadilla
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Developed gold mining and replaced Columbus as Governor of the Indies
3
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Ovando
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Set up the encomienda system and replaced Bobadilla as governor of the indies
4
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Velazquez
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Spanish conquistador who conquered cuba
5
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Bobadilla
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Discovered the pacific ocean
6
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Pedrarias and Espinosa
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They established a settlement at Panama
7
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Magellan
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Circumnavigated the world
8
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Cortes
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Defeated the Aztec empire (named new Spain and tenochtitlan was Mexico City)
9
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Francisco Pizarro
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Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca empire
10
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Manco
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Atahullpas half brother
11
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Bartolome de Las Casas
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Dominican priest from Spain who became an encomendero in cuba
