Transcript Unit 7 Conflict and Change Study Guide

Unit 7 Conflict and Change Study
Guide
What impact did the Spanish have on the native people when they colonized Latin America in the 1400s and 1500s?
The destruction of the Aztec and Inca civilizations.
What conquistador led a small Spanish army to defeat the Inca?
Francisco Pizarro.
Why were Cortez and Pizarro able to conquer the Aztecs and Incas?
European diseases killed many Native Central Americans who might have fought the Spanish, superior technology, and help from bitter rival
Native American tribes.
Who was known as the Father of Independence in Mexico?
Miguel Hidalgo.
What country did Miguel Hidalgo encourage the people of Mexico to rise up against and eventually gain independence?
Spain.
What is the name of the first nation in Latin America to gain independence?
Haiti.
What is the name of the former slave that led the independence movement in Haiti?
Toussaint L’Ouverture.
Who was known as the “Liberator” who led Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador in their successful fight for independence from
Spain?
Simon Bolivar.
What is the name of the man that led a small army to defeat the massive empire of the Aztec people?
Hernan Cortes.
Who was the leader of the Aztec Empire at the time the Spanish conquered them in 1521?
Montezuma II.
Who was the leader of the Inca Empire at the time the Spanish conquered them in 1533?
Atahualpa.
What was the impact the conquest of the Spanish had on the Native people of the region?
They were enslaved and even after independence were relegated to inferior status in society.
What impact did the conquest by the Spanish have on the colonists from Spain?
Wealth and power.