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Test 1
Latin American History
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History
Undergraduate 1
02/28/2013

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Christopher Columbus
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1492, Discovered the Americas
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Tikal
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Aztec city, abandoned by the end of the 10th century.
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Machu Picchu
Definition
Royal palace found in 1911, untouched
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Francisco Pizarro
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1532, made march of Peru
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Atawallpa
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1531, tricked by spanish pizzaro, was killed after being held for ransom
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Hernan Cortez
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1495-1541 born in Spain, 3 expiditions to capture Peru
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Francisco de Toledo
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-1569-1581, viceroy of Peru

-Many reforms

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Mita
Definition
mined in Potosi, got moved for their work
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Fazenda (Hacienda)
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1570's plantation, large estate slave society
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Middle Passage
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1569- Journey to Americas for slaves over the Atlantic
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Palmares
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1630-1694, runaway community in Brazil, attacked by the Portuguese
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Catalina de Erauso
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1592-1650 a nun who ran from the government, joined the army in Chile by saying that she was a man
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Potosi
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1546, a mining town that had mita workers
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