A place claimed for settlement by European countries was called a...?
colony
Spanish conqueror oif the Aztec Empire
Hernando Cortes
What were Spanish soldiers who conquered the Americas called?
conquistadors
Spanish conqueror of the Inca Empire
Francisco Pizarro
Last Inca Emperor
Atahualpa
What were early Spanish conquerors looking for in the Americas?
Gold
Capital of the Aztec Empire
Tenochtitlan
What caused the population of the Americas to drop drastically?
Diseases such as smallpox
People of mixed Spanish and American descent were called...
mestizos
System where natives were forced to work on land owned by Spaniards
Encomienda
Which European nation settled Brazil?
Portugal
Spanish missionary who decried Spanish cruelty towards Natives
Bartolome de las Casas
Name given to European settlement around the Saint Lawrence River
New France
First successful British settlement in North America
Jamestown
Religious minority famed for establishing Massachusetts Bay Colony
Pilgrims/Puritans
Name given by the Dutch to their settlement of what is now New York
New Netherland (or New Amsterdam)
