Ch 10 Key Places

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Ch 10 Key Places
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Copán- (14.5N, 89.1W) a ruined ancient Mayan
city in western Honduras
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Valley of Mexico- (the area in Mexico where Lake
Texcoco, Tenochtitlán, and modern Mexico City are
located
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Tenochtitlán- Aztec capital city covering more
than five square miles on a series of islands in
Lake Texcoco Spanish conquerors destroyed the
city and built modern Mexico City atop its ruins
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Cuzco- (13.36S, 71.52W)a city in Peru capital
of the Incan empire
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Ch 10 Key People
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Hernán Cortés- a Spanish soldier who conquered
the Aztecs
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Christopher Columbus- a Spanish explorer who
reached Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic
Ocean
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Moctezuma- an Aztec ruler
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Francisco Pizarro- a Spanish conquistador
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Toussaint LOuverture- a former slave who led
slaves to independence in Haiti
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Miguel Hidalgo- a criollo priest in the town of
Delores, who led the Spanish revolution
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Agustín de Iturbide- a high ranking officer in
the Spanish army that joined the rebels
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Simón Bolívar- the greatest Venezuelan
revolutionary leader
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José de San Martín- Argentinean and Chilean
revolutionary worker