TAMU HIST 105- Brooks- Exam #1 With complete solutions 2024

TAMU HIST 105- Brooks- Exam #1 With complete solutions 2024 Tenochtitlan - answerCapital of the Aztec Empire Aztec - answera member of the American Indian people dominant in Mexico before the Spanish conquest of the 16th century. Great League of Peace - answerFormed by the five Iroquois peoples to bring stability to their region; each year representative met to coordinate behavior toward outsiders caravel - answerA small, easily steerable ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in their explorations reconquista - answerThe retaking of the Iberian Peninsula by Spanish forces from the Moors. It was completed in 1492. Conquistador - answerA Spanish conqueror of the Americas Columbian Exchange - answerThe exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages. creoles - answerIn colonial Spanish America, term used to describe someone of European descent born in the New World. Elsewhere in the Americas, the term is used to describe all nonnative peoples. hacienda - answerSpanish colonists formed large, self-sufficient farming estates known as these. mestizos - answerA person of mixed Native American and European ancestory Ninety-Five Theses - answerDocument written by Martin Luther and posted on a church door in Germany that listed 95 things that Luther saw wrong with the church Bartolome de Las Casas - answerFirst bishop of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. He devoted most of his life to protecting Amerindian peoples from exploitation. His major achievement was the New Laws of 1542, which limited the ability of Spanish settlers to compel Amerindians to labor. repartimineto system - answerReplaces Encomienda after pressure from other nations and response to to Black legend Natives remained free Increases slave trade from Africa Black Legend - answerFalse notion that Spanish conquerors did little but butcher the Indians and steal their gold in the name of Christ. Pueblo Revolt - answerNative American revolt against the Spanish in late 17th century; expelled the Spanish for over 10 years; Spain began to take an accommodating approach to Natives after the revolt indentured servants - answerColonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain