Latin America Chapter 2 vocabulary review

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Latin America Chapter 2 vocabulary review

• First the definition will pop up followed by the
  key term

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• capital city of the Aztec Empire

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Tenochtitlan

• capital city of the Aztec Empire

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• a system of writing using signs and symbols

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HIEROGLYPHICS

• a system of writing using signs and symbols

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

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CENSUS

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

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• knotted strings on which the Incas recorded
  information

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QUIPUS

• knotted strings on which the Incas recorded
  information

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• corn

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MAIZE

• corn

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• emperor of the Incas who expanded the empire

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TOPA INCA

• emperor of the Incas who expanded the empire

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

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AQUEDUCT

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

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• conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire

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FRANCISCO PIZARRO

• conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire

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• conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire

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HERNAN CORTEZ

• conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire

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

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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

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

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

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CONQUISTADORS

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

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• Ruler of the Aztecs

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MOCTEZUMA OR MONTEZUMA

• ruler of the Aztecs

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• a large farm or plantation

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HACIENDA

• a large farm or plantation

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• people of mixed Spanish and Native American
  ancestry

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MESTIZOS

• people of mixed Spanish and Native American
  ancestry

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

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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

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

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• Conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire

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HERNAN CORTEZ

• Conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire

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• CONQUISTADOR WHO CONQUERED THE INCAS

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FRANCISCO PIZARRO

• CONQUISTADOR WHO CONQUERED THE INCAS

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• MILITARY OFFICERS WHO RULED VERY STRICTLY

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CAUDILLOS

• MILITARY OFFICERS WHO RULED VERY STRICTLY

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

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CRIOLLO

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

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

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REVOLUTION

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

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

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SIMON BOLIVAR

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

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• A RULER WITH COMPLETE POWER

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DICTATOR

• A RULER WITH COMPLETE POWER

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• TO BRING PRODUCTS INTO ONE COUNTRY FROM ANOTHER

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IMPORT

• TO BRING PRODUCTS INTO ONE COUNTRY FROM ANOTHER

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• A PARTICULAR GOVERNMENT OR ADMINISTRATION

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REGIME

• A PARTICULAR GOVERNMENT OR ADMINISTRATION

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

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EXPORT

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

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• MONEY OWED BY ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER

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FOREIGN DEBT

• MONEY OWED BY ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER