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3230 Final
Culture of Hispanic America
63
Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 4
12/10/2011

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Significant events of 1492
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Colón left and started his voyages, reconquista happened in Spain, Explusion of Jews and Muslims in Spain
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Fernando Magallanes
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Estrecho de Magallanes (straights of Magellen) named after him, first to go around the world
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1513
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Vasco Nuñez de Balboa crossed Isthmus of Panama, first to see the Pacific ocean
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Bartolomé de las Casas
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critica the conquistadores, telling them they aren't doing it right without putting blame on the King
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Cortés
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Entered Vera Cruz in 1519, traveled to Tenochtitlán and conquered it
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La Noche Triste
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happened in Tenochtitlán, moctezuma was publicly executed, spanairds tried to fight their way out of the city, lots of people died
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Amerigo Vespuccio
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where america got it's named, realized colombus mistake that they land he found was not Asia, but a new world
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1500
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first civilization was formed, called Olmeca
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Quetzacoatl
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god of aztecs and mayas, half serpiente half parajo
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mito del quinto sol
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the era we are in now, world has been created and destroyed 4 times before this
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Aztlán
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mitológico place of Aztec origen
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Aztlán
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mitológico place of Aztec origen
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1325
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Technochtitlán was founded, capital of aztec empire
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Nahuatl
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ancient language of the aztecs
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La piedra del sol
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Sun pyramid of Aztecs, located in Teotihaucán
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las guerras floridas
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many humas sacrificas were done. incas y aztecas
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Popul Vuh
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sacred book, history and mythology of mayans
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Chichén Itzá y Tikal
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Ancient mayan cities with many vistas arqueológicas
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Quiché
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ancient mayan language
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Quiché
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ancient mayan language
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códices
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sacred books of the aztecs, laws and culture
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1100
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Cuzco is founded, capital of incan empire, (peru)
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Viracocha y Inti
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Viracocha is the creator god of the incas, Inti is his son who is also the Sun God
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Lago Titicaca
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one of the biggest lakes in south america, important to development of incan civilization
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Quechua
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language of Incas
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Manco Capac
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Son of son god, mytholoically found Cuzco, married his siter mamá ocla
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Huayna Capac
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Incan emporer, split his land between two sons Atahaulpa y Hauscar, started a civil war
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Altahualpa y Hauscar
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Altahualpa captured hauscar and took his land (cuzco) and killed him
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1533
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Pizarro conquers Incan empire and executes the last emporer, Altahaulpa
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1519
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Cortes lands in Vera Cruz
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Fundación de Lima
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After Cortés conquered the Incan empire, he founded Lima and made it the capital
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Casa de contración
Definition
government that that attempted to control all Spanish exploration and colinization
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Leyes de Indias
Definition
Spanish crown regulated social, political and economic life outside of Europe (Americas)
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Consejo de Indias
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created laws, was like legislative branch of of the new world
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Virrey and los Virreinatos
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government leaders of the new world
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Encomienda and encomenderos
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Encomienda was a system employed by the Spanish crown to regulate labor of the campesinos. Land was divided up. Encomenderos were the people in charge of a part of the land.
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Mita
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forced labor in the Incan empire
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El cura Miguel Hidalgo
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a priest that lead the war of Mexican Independance. got together a group of lower class people to fight
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Jose Maria y Pavon
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still fought for independance in Mexico after the death of Miguel Hildago. Organized a group that wrote the first act of independance
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Benito Jaurez
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Served 5 terms as Mexican president between 1858 and 1872
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Benito Jaurez
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Served 5 terms as Mexican president between 1858 and 1872
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El grito de Dolores
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when Miguel Hidalgo encouraged his people to revolt against the Spanish, marked the beginning of the war of independence, got many pro-independent mexicans out of jail that night
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Augusin Interbide y el Plan de Iguala
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wanted Mexico to be as powerful as Spain, wanted everyone to be equal whether they were born in Spain or the Americas
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
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tried to fight off US in during Mexican American war
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1848
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Tratado de Gudalupe Hidalgo: peace treaty that ended the mexican american war
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El anexo de Tejas
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Texas was named a state of the US. taken away from Mexico
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El Alamo
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a battle between Tejanos y Santa Anna for the independence of tejas
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Internal causes of Independence in South America:
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church and state, centralistas y fedralistas, liberales y conservadores, big difference between rich and poor
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External causes of Independance:
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neocolonialismo of more industrialized countires, US and gran bretaña. the social structure that existed, georgraficas barreras that made it hard to communicate
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Francisco Miranda
Definition
Venezolano revolucionario fought for independence of hispanoamerica, precursor of Simon Bolivar
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Simon Bolivar
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influential polition in Latin American independence from Spain
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Jose de San Marti
Definition
from Argentina, leader for suramericas independence from Spain
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José Marti
Definition
famous Cuban poet, wanted Cuban Independence from Spain
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1846-1848
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Mexican-American war
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1898
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El Tratado de París: ended the Spanish-American war. Spain recognized Cuba as an independent country
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La enmienda Platt
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basically said Cuba could be independent as long as the US agreed with what they were doing.
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El porfiriato
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Cause of the Mexican Revolucion, period of time where Porfirio Diaz ruled for 30+ years
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Franciso Madero, Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata
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fought for redistribution of land, against diaz
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logros of the revolution:
Definition
started the organizacion sindical (labor union), disbributed land between campisenos, naciolized the potroleum industry
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Rivera, Orozco, Siquieros
Definition
muralists during the revolution, public art about mexican society and social problems, started a movement for art
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Los Corridos:
Definition
songs about the mexican revolution
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Bay of Pigs Invasion:
Definition
unsuccessful attempt to invade cuba and overthrow Castro
US Backed
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1910-1921
Definition
Mexican Revolution
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