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spanish 223
exam 1
101
Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 3
10/07/2009

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Séneca

Definition
playwrite and stoic philosopher from Cordoba
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el estoicismo

Definition
Individualism, interior self, life isn't happy, death is inevitable - led to Hildalgo (man of honor)
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Mare Ignotum

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Refers to the "sea of mystery", the Atlantic
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Mare Nostrum

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roman for "our sea", the Meditteranean
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Quetzalcóatl

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"plumed serpent" Mayan creator of human world, moral hero of mesoamerican world
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Huitzilopochtli

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Aztec god of war, eagle devouring a serpent - Aztecs pinned their god of war against enemies' god of creation Quetzalcoatl
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Viracocha

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Inca god of creation
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Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar

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El Cid: represents strong, generous, heroic army leader. Recaptured Valencia

Epic poem that embodies secular opportunistic and other times religous politics

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Santiago Matamoros

Definition
"St. James the Moor slayer"- symbolized resistence against Muslims. United the army and the church
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Viriato

Definition
Ruler of Numancia, developed guerilla warfare
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don Pelayo

Definition
 guerilla Leader in battle of Covadonga against Moors
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Los Omeya

Definition
Muslim dynasty who ruled southern Spain, made Cordoba its main city
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Los Almohades

Definition
Conquered Al Andalus, made Seville their capital city
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Los Amorávides

Definition
Muslim dynasty from north africa; anti-christian
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Los Nazrid

Definition
muslims of Granada
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Teotihuacán

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Mayan/Toltec capital city, location of pyramids
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Tenochtitlán
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Aztec capital city
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 Monte Albán

Definition
Mayan city in Oaxaca
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Francisco Pizarro

Definition
Spanish conquistador who sailed to Ecuador and discovered the Inca
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Hernán Cortés
Definition
Conquistador who sailed to the Yucatan and discovered the Mayans/Aztecs
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Numancia

Definition
Last city to hold out against Romans, its fall assured the romanization of Iberia
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Toledo

 

Definition
Visigoth capital, coexistance of Christians, Muslims, and Jews under arab rule. First city to be taken by Alfonso IV during the reconquista. Site where Catholicism was declared official religion
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Córdoba

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Arab cultural city, location of Great Mosque, known for religious tolerance, ruled by Omeya
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San Isidoro

Definition
founder of spanish empire, attempted to unify spain, unify church and state
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Torquemada

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the first inquisitor-general of aragon and Castille, belonged to family of converted Jews
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Averroës

Definition

Arab philosopher, reintroduced Aristotle to Spain, believed in "double truth" (religiously revealed, scientifically found)

 

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Maimónides

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Jewish philosopher, interpretted the Talmud, Greek philosophy
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Siete Partidas

Definition
Alfonso's seven laws of Toledo, unified government and major cities
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Alfonso X

Definition
wrote the siete partidas, known as Alfonso the Wise,unified kings of Castile, aragon, and navarre
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Fernando III

Definition
Conquered Seville in 1248, marking the end to Muslim rule in Al Andalus
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Covadonga

Definition
battle in 718, guerilla leader Pelayo stopped the Muslims from conquering northern Spain
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Navas de Tolosa

Definition
Battle marking the end of Muslim rule in southern Spain in 1212
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Alarcos

Definition
battle of 1195, Almohads allied with Pedro Ferdinanz de  Castro vs Kiing Alfonso VIII of Castile, left road to Toledo open and disturbed stability of Castile
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El rey Rodrigo

Definition
Visigoth king who was defeated by Muslims
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Leovigildo

Definition
Visigoth king, arianism
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Recaredo

Definition
son of Leovigildo, became Catholic and made it official religion of Spain
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Isabel I la Católica

Definition
Her and Ferdinand unifief monarchy and Spanish gov't, christian unity, conquest, and expansion. expelled jews, sent colombus on his journey,
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Fernando de Aragón

Definition
king of Spain in 1492.  expulsion of muslims and jews, christian unity, discovery of new world
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La gramática de Nebrija 
Definition
grammatical Spanish language book written by Nebrija in 1492, moral strength, political alternative
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los aztecas

Definition
1325-  god of war: Huitzilopochtli, main city: Tenochitlan, last of the mesoamerican indians, Moctezuma aztec emperor, la malinche: cortes' lover/translator
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los olmecas

Definition
another mesoamerican tribe known for large sculptures
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los toltecas

Definition
Built Teotihuacan, mesoamerican tribe
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los mayas

Definition
God of creation: Quetzalcoatl, cities: Chichen Izta, Teotihuacan, Monte Alban, 
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los incas

Definition
Cities: Cusco, Machu Piccu, Quito; God: Viracocha; emperor: Hauynacapac, Atahualpa
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el Popul Vuh

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Mayan "bible"
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el quipu

Definition
Mayan invention of cords and knots for communication
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Malinche

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Aztec woman who became the lover/translator of Cortes.  negative symbol
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Hernán Cortés

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1519: Arrived in Mexico, Pedro de Alvarado was henchman.  Conquered Aztecs
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Francisco Pizarro

Definition
Arrived in Peru in 1532. murdered by Diego de Almagro
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Pedro de Valdívia

Definition
Conquistador of Chile, founded Santiago
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Pedro de Alvarado 

 

Definition
an Aztec lord
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Manco Inca

Definition
Incan leader, father of Tupac Amaru
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Túpac Amaru

Definition
son of Manco Inca, led resistance against Spaniards
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Huayna Cápac 

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Atahaulpa's father who prophicized the arrival of "Viracochas messengers marking the end of their world"
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el arrianismo

Definition
Visigoth religion: Christ is not part of the Trinity, only a prophet
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el pricilianismo

Definition
doctrine stated that the body is Devil's creation and must abstain from all pleasure
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el ayllu

Definition
Incan system of organizing society, clans, land, etc.
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pueblos del libro

 

Definition
christians, muslims, and jews
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sistema feudal

Definition
system of dividing land, frontier among different leaders, monarchy's attempt to control land(gain power)
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Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias

Definition
book about the cruelties of the Conquistadors
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Bartolomé de las Casas

Definition
bishop/settler in new world who opposed the treatment of the indigenous
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Vasco de Gama            

Definition
1498: Portuguese explorer who sailed to India
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Ginés de Sepúlveda

Definition
Humanist, translator of Aristotle who denied the Indigenous any humanity
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133 a. C

Definition
fall of numancia
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722

Definition
year that Pelayo defeated Muslims in battle of Cavadonga
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711

Definition
year Muslims arrived in southern Spain
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1195

Definition
Battle of Alarcos- Almohads defeat Alfonso VIII of Castille
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1212
Definition

Battle of Las Navas del la Toso, Christians defeat Muslims

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1248

Definition
Ferdinand III of Castille captures Seville from the Moors
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1254

 

Definition
Henri III ends war with Alfonso X of Castile in exchange for the marriage of his son and Eleanor of Castile
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1391

Definition
riots against Jews in Toledo and Seville
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1492

Definition
Colombus sails to new world, capture of Granada, Nebrija's grammar book, expulsion of Jews
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Noche Triste

Definition
Aztecs battle Spaniards, start off winning but Spaniards evenually defeat Aztecs
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Cuauhtémoc

Definition
Moctezuma's nephew who drove Spanish out of Tenochitlan during Noche Triste
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Moctezuma

Definition
Aztec emperor, expanded Aztec territory
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Atahualpa
Definition
Inca emperor, executed by spanish
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Alfonso el Sabio

Definition
Alfonso X (the wise), became king in 1252, patron of arts and education, tolerant of Jews, Muslims, and Christians
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escipion
Definition
roman general who defeated Hannibal  Lead fight against Numancia
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annibal
Definition
general who fought Romans in punic wars, couldn't keep them out of carthage
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el conde don julian
Definition
governor of Ceuta who rebelled against Visigoth monarch Roderec
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vasco nuñez de balboa
Definition
spanish conquistador known for getting to Pacific in 1513 via Panama
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las lineas de nazca
Definition
lines carved into the land, meaning not known, possibly form of communication to Gods in Peru
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encomienda
Definition
a system in which a Spaniard was in charge of a group of natives, teach them spanish, catholicism in exchange for manuel labor, gold, food.  Monarchy's way of controlling land in America, first organizational law
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guerras punicas
Definition
seriers of wars between Romans and Carthage, 2nd war when Hannibal fought against Romans abd lost
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Mozarabes
Definition
Christians who adopted Muslim culture
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Mudejares
Definition
Muslims who lived under Christian law
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Muladies
Definition
Christians who adopted Islam
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Tornadizos
Definition
moors who converted to Christianity
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enaciados
Definition
between both islam and christianity, served as spies because of bilingualism
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Laws of the Indies
Definition
Doctrine of Bartolomé de las Casas in 1542 condemning the cruelties of the conquistadors and the encomienda
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repartimientos
Definition
a disguise for the abolished encomienda laws
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la mita
Definition
more severe version of encomienda in the mines
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Guamán Poma de Ayala
Definition
Inca nobel who depicted the atrocities of la mita
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Teodoro de Bry
Definition
conquistador of "la leyenda negra"
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Caupolicán
Definition
Araucanian (Chilean tribe) chieftan who said "I wish I had invaded and conquered Spain"
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Francisco de Vitoria
Definition
defender of indigenous rights who wrote jus gentium (rights of people) a set of laws to limit colonial power 
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Vasco de Quiroga
Definition
1530- brought Thomas More's Utopia to Spain, applied riules to Tarascan land, called Tato Vasco by the indigenous
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la hacienda
Definition
system of labor in which workers are indebted and never able to get out of debt. based on a system of large land holding
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Phillip II
Definition
King during a time of economic decline and corrupted policies in America
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Casa de Contratación of Seville
Definition
The chamber of commerce of the Indies centralized and monopolized trade, recieving all the gold and silver from the Indies
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