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APUSH Give Me Liberty! Chapter 1 Exam
Study Guide.
Tenochtitlán - answer✔Aztec capital at time of Spanish exploration; population ~250,000
Aztec - answer✔Large centralized empire of indigenous peoples in Mexico; violent culture and
practices; conquered by Hernan Cortés in 1519
caravel - answer✔Light, fast ship used by Portuguese for travel and trade in 1400s
Reconquista - answer✔"Reconquest"; when Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain took back Spain
from the Moors (African Muslims)
conquistadors - answer✔"Conquerors"; Spanish and Portuguese soldiers who fought and
defeated natice American groups in the 1500s
Colombian Exchange - answer✔Transfer of goods (animals, plants, slaves), people, technology,
and disease between the Americas and Europe in the 1400s and 1500s
creoles - answer✔American born whites of European descent
haciendas - answer✔Farming estates controlled by Spanish landlords and worked by forced
natives
Ninety-Five Theses - answer✔Paper by Martin Luther detailing the abuses and corruption of the
Catholic Church in 1517, encouraging free interpretation of the Bible; began the Protestant
Reformation in Europe
Bartolomé de las Casas - answer✔Dominican priest whp disapproved of the enslavement and
mistreatment of native peoples; published A Very Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies
in 1552
repartimiento - answer✔System established by Spanish government in Spanish America that
allowed natives to remain legally free and earn wages, but required them to perform labor
Black Legend - answer✔The impression of Spain as an especially brutal and exploitative
colonizer; used by other European powers to justify interference in the Americas
APUSH Give Me Liberty! Chapter 1 Exam
Study Guide.
Tenochtitlán - answer✔Aztec capital at time of Spanish exploration; population ~250,000
Aztec - answer✔Large centralized empire of indigenous peoples in Mexico; violent culture and
practices; conquered by Hernan Cortés in 1519
caravel - answer✔Light, fast ship used by Portuguese for travel and trade in 1400s
Reconquista - answer✔"Reconquest"; when Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain took back Spain
from the Moors (African Muslims)
conquistadors - answer✔"Conquerors"; Spanish and Portuguese soldiers who fought and
defeated natice American groups in the 1500s
Colombian Exchange - answer✔Transfer of goods (animals, plants, slaves), people, technology,
and disease between the Americas and Europe in the 1400s and 1500s
creoles - answer✔American born whites of European descent
haciendas - answer✔Farming estates controlled by Spanish landlords and worked by forced
natives
Ninety-Five Theses - answer✔Paper by Martin Luther detailing the abuses and corruption of the
Catholic Church in 1517, encouraging free interpretation of the Bible; began the Protestant
Reformation in Europe
Bartolomé de las Casas - answer✔Dominican priest whp disapproved of the enslavement and
mistreatment of native peoples; published A Very Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies
in 1552
repartimiento - answer✔System established by Spanish government in Spanish America that
allowed natives to remain legally free and earn wages, but required them to perform labor
Black Legend - answer✔The impression of Spain as an especially brutal and exploitative
colonizer; used by other European powers to justify interference in the Americas
