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When did the Middle Ages begin?
476 CE
When did the Middle Ages end?
1492 CE
When did Islam come to the Iberian peninsula?
711 CE
When the Muslims arrived to the Iberian Peninsula they invaded the...
Visigoth Kingdom
The Christian reconquest of the Peninsula was
From North to South
What is Al-Andalus?
Arab territory
The population of Al-Andalus was composed of...
Muslims, Jews, Christians
What does Jassa mean?
Nobility
What does Amma mean?
Population
Berbers
Muslims from North Africa
Muladi/es
Christians converted to Muslims
Dhimmi/es
Populations that preserve their faith (non-muslim)
Mozarabs
Christians who keep practicing their faith
The Reconquest...
... is the period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula of about 780 years between the Christian conquest of Hispania (711) and the fall of the Nasrid kingdom of Malaga to the expanding
Christian kingdoms in 1492
Who was the last Muslim King (Sultan) of Granada?
Muhammad XII (Boabdil)
What does "Alhambra" mean?
The red castle
What fruit is on the coat of arms of Catholic Kings?
Pomegranate
Who was the brother of Isabel I of Castile?
Enrique IV/Henry IV
Who was BeltrĂĄn de la Cueva?
a supposed lover of the king AND queen
What is the name of the grandson of the Catholic Kings who was emperor?
Carlos I
Nasrid Art is...
more varied and richer than the previous artistic styles.
The alleged daughter of Henry IV is known as...
Joanna "La Beltraneja".
The reconquest of Granada means the end of a process of...
780 years
What are the capitulations of Santa Fe?
A contract between the Catholic Monarchs and Christopher Columbus
At the beginning of the 16th century, navigation in the Mediterranean was interrupted...
...because Turkish pirates attacked the ships
Granada was conquered in 1492 "by"...
the kingdom of Castile.
Columbus offered his project to..... before doing it to the Catholic Monarchs
The King of Portugal (John II)
Who was Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli?
An Italian Cartographer and astronomer
With wich of this kind of boats travelled Columbus to America?
Both Caravel and Carrack
How many times did Columbus travelled to America?
4 times
Which was the first Spanish settlement in America?
La Navidad
Where did Columbus and the Catholic Monarchs meet after Columbus' first voyage?
Barcelona
The Capitulations of Santa Fe ...
...were not respected by the Catholic Monarchs after the third voyage of Christopher Columbus
What did CristĂłbal ColĂłn want to obtain from "India"?
Spices, ivory, gold, pearls and precious gems
Where is GuanahanĂ?
El Salvador
Where is Juana?
Cuba
Where is La Española?
Dominican Rep. and HaitĂ
What did Christopher Columbus discover on his second trip?
Jamaica and Puerto Rico
Boriquen is the original name of ...
Puerto Rico
Bauxite is...
a mineral
Christopher Columbus on his third trip discovered
Venezuela
Who was the II Governor-General of the Indies?
Francisco de Bobadilla
Where did Christopher Columbus die?
Valladolid
Where was Christopher Columbus buried?
Seville
How did Christopher Columbus die?
heart attack
Hernån Cortés was...
Mayor of Santiago de Cuba, a Settler (colonist), AND a Conqueror
Diego VelĂĄzquez was...
Governor of Cuba
Hernån cortés founded...
the city of Veracruz
Who was Malintzin?
An indigenous princess, Hernan Cortés's lover, AND a translator
The ninth Tlatoani of the Aztec empire was...
Moctezuma II
What does tlatoani mean?
emperor
When did Hernån Cortés and Moctezuma meet?
November 8, 1519
What was the name of Hernån Cortés' first wife?
Catalina JuĂĄrez
Francisco Pizarro was...
Mayor of the city of Panama, a Hidalgo (nobility), AND a Conqueror
The thirteen of fame were...
Spanish men who went with Pizarro to conquer the Inca Empire
In the battle of Cajamarca...
Atahualpa was captured
Atahualpa promises the Spaniards...
2 rooms filled with gold and silver
Tawantinsuyu is...
the Inca empire
What European diseases spread to Native Americans?
Smallpox, Influenza, and Typhus
Where was Pizarro born?
Trujillo
Where was Pizarro's death?
Lima
What is in the coat of arms of the Pizarro family?
Indigenous/natives prisoners
What is the name of the island on which Pizarro drew a line in the sand on the beach with his sword?
Isla del Gallo
Who died at the battle of Mactan in the Philippines?
Ferdinand Magellan
The discoverers and conquerors wanted to obtain benefits from their conquests, such as ...
be rich, get fame, AND evangelize the natives
Francisco de Orellana
was the explorer who sailed along the entire Amazon River and the founder of Guayaquil (Ecuador)
Juan Ponce de LeĂłn
was the first Governor of Puerto Rico and the first explorer of La Florida
Ferdinand Magellan
was a Portuguese explorer who organized the Spanish expedition to the East Indies, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth (completed by Juan SebastiĂĄn Elcano)
Vasco NĂșñez de Balboa
was the first European to cross the Isthmus of Panama and the discoverer of the South Sea (Pacific)
Hernando DeSoto
was the first European as having crossed the Mississippi River
Lope de Aguirre
was the explorer who traveled through the Marañón and the Amazon searching for El Dorado. He declared a state independent of the Spanish Empire.
The Seven Cities of CĂbola
could be found in the New Mexico Territory
El Dorado
was the term used by the Spanish Empire to describe a tribal chief of the Muisca native people of Colombia, who, as an initiation rite, covered himself with gold dust and submerged in Lake Guatavita
Paititi
is a legendary Inca lost city
Amazons
were a tribe of women warriors
Fountain of Youth
is a spring that supposedly gives the youth of anyone who drinks its water
The City of the Caesars
At least one description says it was located in between two mountains, somewhere in the Andes mountains, one of gold and another of diamonds
Who were the explorers looking for the seven cities of CĂbola?
Ălvar NĂșñez Cabeza de Vaca and Esteban Dorantes ("Estebanico")
What is the origin of the El Dorado legend?
A tribal chief of the Muisca native people of Colombia covered himself with gold dust and submerged in Lake Guatavita
Who was the captain that started the first trip around the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
What was the name of the peninsula where Cortez met the Mayans?
the YucatĂĄn
The Spanish colonization of America was a process...
from 1492 to 1830
Viceroyalties founded in the sixteenth century by the Habsburgs
Viceroyalty of New Spain, Viceroyalty of PerĂș
Viceroyalties founded in the 18th century by the Bourbons
Viceroyalty of Nueva Granada, Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata
How many Spaniards settled in the Americas during the colonial period
Around 1.86 million
Spain lost Cuba and Puerto Rico in...
1898
The money for Columbus to make his first trip came from...
Queen Isabella of Castile
The first Viceroy of the New Spain was...
Don Antonio de Mendoza
The first Viceroy of the PerĂș was...
Don Blasco NĂșñez de Vela
In 1578 the king of Portugal died and Philip II...
inherited the crown of Portugal.
The two main areas of mining extraction were:
PotosĂ (Bolivia) and Zacatecas (Mexico)
The fleets of the Spanish treasury were...
a convoy system adopted by the Spanish Empire from 1566 to
1790
Mestizo
Spanish + Amerindian
Mulato
African + Spanish
Zambo
African + Amerindian
In PotosĂ...
60% of world silver was produced in the 16th century
La Mita was...
an Inca system of tribute through work
When the silver in Zacatecas was over...
the Spaniards continued to extract it from Guanajuato
What are the castes?
differentiate different racial mixtures; Mulatos, Mestizos, and Zambos
The Spanish territories in America became independent in the...
19th century
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