Latin America Chapter 2 vocabulary review

First the definition will pop up followed by the key term

• capital city of the Aztec Empire

Tenochtitlan

• capital city of the Aztec Empire

• a system of writing using signs and symbols

HIEROGLYPHICS

• a system of writing using signs and symbols

• official count of all the people in area and how they make their living

CENSUS

• official count of all the people in area and how they make their living

• knotted strings on which the Incas recorded information

QUIPUS

• knotted strings on which the Incas recorded information

• corn

MAIZE

• corn

• emperor of the Incas who expanded the empire

TOPA INCA

• emperor of the Incas who expanded the empire

• a pipe or channel that carries water from a distant source

AQUEDUCT

• a pipe or channel that carries water from a distant source

• conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire

FRANCISCO PIZARRO

• conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire

• conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire

HERNAN CORTEZ

• conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire

• Italian explorer sponsored by Spain who landed in the West Indies in 1492

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

• Italian explorer sponsored by Spain who landed in the West Indies in 1492

• one of the conquerors who claimed & ruled land in the Americas for the Spanish government in the 1500’s

CONQUISTADORS

• one of the conquerors who claimed & ruled land in the Americas for the Spanish government in the 1500’s

• Ruler of the Aztecs

MOCTEZUMA OR MONTEZUMA

• ruler of the Aztecs

• a large farm or plantation

HACIENDA

• a large farm or plantation

• people of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry

MESTIZOS

• people of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry

• An Italian explorer sponsored by Spain who landed in the West Indies in 1492

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

• An Italian explorer sponsored by Spain who landed in the West Indies in 1492

• Conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire

HERNAN CORTEZ

• Conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire

• CONQUISTADOR WHO CONQUERED THE INCAS

FRANCISCO PIZARRO

• CONQUISTADOR WHO CONQUERED THE INCAS

• MILITARY OFFICERS WHO RULED VERY STRICTLY

CAUDILLOS

• MILITARY OFFICERS WHO RULED VERY STRICTLY

• A PERSON WITH SPANISH PARENTS WHO WAS BORN IN LATIN AMERICA

CRIOLLO

• A PERSON WITH SPANISH PARENTS WHO WAS BORN IN LATIN AMERICA

• AN OVERTHROW OF A GOVERNMENT, WITH ANOTHER TAKING ITS PLACE

REVOLUTION

• AN OVERTHROW OF A GOVERNMENT, WITH ANOTHER TAKING ITS PLACE

• A SOUTH AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY LEADER WHO FREED VENEZUELA AND COLUMBIA AND HAD A NATION NAMED FOR HIM

SIMON BOLIVAR

• A SOUTH AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY LEADER WHO FREED VENEZUELA AND COLUMBIA AND HAD A NATION NAMED FOR HIM

• A RULER WITH COMPLETE POWER

DICTATOR

• A RULER WITH COMPLETE POWER

• TO BRING PRODUCTS INTO ONE COUNTRY FROM ANOTHER

IMPORT

• TO BRING PRODUCTS INTO ONE COUNTRY FROM ANOTHER

• A PARTICULAR GOVERNMENT OR ADMINISTRATION

REGIME

• A PARTICULAR GOVERNMENT OR ADMINISTRATION

• TO SEND PRODUCTS FROM ONE COUNTRY TO BE SOLD IN ANOTHER

EXPORT

• TO SEND PRODUCTS FROM ONE COUNTRY TO BE SOLD IN ANOTHER

• MONEY OWED BY ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER

FOREIGN DEBT

• MONEY OWED BY ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER