Latin America

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  1. 5. God most worshiped by early Latin American peoples
  2. 6. First emperor of Brazil; son of Portuguese king
  3. 9. Most devastating disease in the New World
  4. 13. Aztec floating garden system
  5. 14. Plantation-like system where Spanish officials were granted land that was worked by natives
  6. 15. Great leader of the Aztecs
  7. 16. Spanish conquistador who defeated the Incas
  8. 19. People of mixed race, usually Spanish and Native American descent
  9. 21. Bishop who argued that the Spanish shouldn’t mistreat the natives and use African slaves instead
  10. 23. Civilization with elaborate calendar systems; predicted the end of the world
  11. 24. Economic system where European countries used overseas colonies to supply them with raw materials for finished goods
  12. 27. Stories about how the Spanish treated the natives; La leyenda negra
  13. 28. Treaty that divided up the world between Spain and Portugal
  14. 29. ____ metals, such as gold, silver were extracted from Latin America & taken back to Europe
  15. 31. Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs
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  1. 1. Imperial G Trifecta
  2. 2. Inca tool for keeping records
  3. 3. Policy by this US president that declared that Europe was not to take any further colonies in the Western Hemisphere
  4. 4. Cross-trade of agricultural products, livestock and disease between old and new world; _____ Exchange
  5. 5. El Liberatador
  6. 7. _____de San Martin; liberator of Chile and contemporary of Bolivar
  7. 8. Latin American ruler exercising authority in a colony on behalf of a sovereign
  8. 10. Priest who led initial uprisings in Mexico against the Spanish
  9. 11. Main city of the Aztecs
  10. 12. Location of a canal that linked the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
  11. 13. Major religion brought to the New World
  12. 17. One of the oldest civilizations in Mesoamerica; gigantic stone heads
  13. 18. European power who controlled Saint Domingue
  14. 20. Native Spanish people who were living in the New World; held most ruling posts
  15. 22. Individual born in the New World from Spanish heritage; upper-middle class
  16. 23. People of mixed race, usually Spanish and African descent
  17. 25. Mountains in which the Incas lived
  18. 26. CLUES
  19. 30. Toussaint L’Oveurture led a massive slave revolt here