New Mexico History Chapter 3 100% Correct

New Mexico History Chapter 3 100% Correct Conquistador A Spanish conqueror of the Americas Encomienda A grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it epidemic A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease. Small pox virus Disease that killed many Natives brought to the Americas by the Europeans. tribute (n.) something done or given to show thanks or respect; a payment Christopher Columbus He mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to India. Silk Road An ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean Sea extending some 6,440 km (4,000 mi) and linking China with the Roman Empire. Marco Polo followed the route on his journey to Cathay. Bartolome de Las Casas Dominican priest who spoke out against mistreatment of Native Americans Hernan Cortes Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485- 1547) Aztec Empire Central American empire constructed by the Mexica and expanded greatly during the fifteenth century during the reigns of Itzcoatl and Motecuzoma I. Montezuma II the last Aztec emperor in Mexico who was overthrown and killed by Hernando Cortes () Incan Empire Formed in present day Peru. Expanded out as far south as Chile and as far North as Ecuador. Pizarro conquered them. Francisco Pizarro Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (). Cuzco The capital city of the Incan Empire, Located in present-day Peru Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca Spanish explorer who was shipwrecked in Texas and wandered for several years among American Indians Legend of Cibola Cities of gold that did not exist. Natives may have told Cabeza de Baca this story to fool them into leaving. Fray Marcos also said he say the cities of gold, but he was a liar, liar, pants on fire! Esteban the African who accompanied Cabeza de Vaca on his travels through Texas Fray Marcos de Niza 1539 Catholic friar was sent north to find the 7 cities of gold that did not exist. Francisco Coronado A Spanish soldier and commander; in 1540, he led an expedition north from Mexico into Arizona; he was searching for the legendary Seven Cities of Gold, but only found Adobe pueblos. Don Juan de Onate Don Juan de Onate led a dust-begrimed expeditionary column, with eighty-three rumbling wagons and hundreds of men. They traversed the bare Sonora Desert from Mexico into the Rio Grande valley in 1598. The Spaniards cruelly abused the pueblo peoples the encountered. El Camino Real Spanish for "the royal road," a route that linked Spain's colonies in the American Southwest with Mexico.