Latin America Review

This city was home to 150,000 people, and the central market of the Aztec empire. Located in present day Mexico City

• Machu Picchu

• Cuzco

• Tenochtitlan

Capital of the Inca Empire

• Machu Picchu

• Cuzco

• Tenochtitlan

The hidden Inca city found in 1911 (one of the seven wonders of the modern world)

• Machu Picchu

• Cuzco

• Tenochtitlan

Sailed from Spain, discovered the Americas (in search of a trade route to the East Indies)

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernán Cortés

• Bartolome de las Casas

• Christopher Columbus

Conquered the Aztecs in Mexico

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernán Cortés

• Bartolome de las Casas

• Christopher Columbus

Conquered the Incas in Peru

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernán Cortés

• Bartolome de las Casas

• Christopher Columbus

First European to sail around the world

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernán Cortés

• Bartolome de las Casas

• Christopher Columbus

Suggested the use of African slaves instead of Native Americans

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernán Cortés

• Bartolome de las Casas

• Christopher Columbus

(1823) Said European powers must stay out of the western hemisphere

• Haciendas

• Mercantilism

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Monroe Doctrine

• Encomienda system

(1904) US became international police of the western hemisphere

• Haciendas

• Mercantilism

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Monroe Doctrine

• Encomienda system