Chapter 4 - The Atlantic World Vocabulary Exam 100% Pass!!

Chapter 4 - The Atlantic World Vocabulary Exam 100% Pass!! Christopher Columbus -Answer-(Spain, 1492) A Genoese sea captain who accidentally arrived in the Americas, believing it to be the East Indies Colonies -Answer-Lands controlled by another nation Hernando Cortes -Answer-(Spain, 1519) A Spaniard who landed on the shores of Mexico, and set the colony guidelines for Mexico, South America, and the US Conquistadors -Answer-Spanish explorers who followed Cortes Francisco Pizzaro -Answer-(Spain, 1532) A conquistador who marched a small force into South America then conquered the Incan Empire Atahualpa -Answer-(S.A, Cajamara, 1532) Incan ruler of 1532 who was kidnapped by Spaniards and then strangled to death after his Incan force was crushed Mestizo -Answer-Caused by relationships between Spanish settlers and native women; Mixed Spanish and Native American people Encomienda -Answer-A system that was forced upon Native Americans by the Spanish, which forced them to farm, ranch, or mine for Spanish landlords New France -Answer-France's colonial empire in North America