| A | B |
|---|
| Jose Marti | Father of Cuban Independence |
| bloodshed in the country's wars | what the red in the Spanish flag represents |
| Santa Ana | Mexican dictator during the Mexican-American war |
| eagle & serpent | animals on Mexican flag |
| Hernan Cortez | Spanish conquistador who built a palace in Cuernavaca, Mexico |
| El Cid | National hero of Spain |
| firing squad | how Maximillian died |
| Moors | first to use arches in architecture |
| Cuzco | capital city of the Incas of Peru |
| September 15th and 16th | Mexican Independence Days |
| English | destroyed the Spanish Armada |
| Juana La Loca | daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella |
| Pre-Columbian | before Columbus arrived in the New World |
| Colombia | Panama was formerly a part of this country |
| Ferdinand | Columbus claimed the New World for this king |
| Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria | Columbus' ships |
| 16th and 17th centuries | Golden age of Spanish literature |
| over 8 | number of centuries Moors stayed in Spain |
| Eva | Juan Peron's first wife's name |
| moriscos | Moslem coverts to Christianity |
| Spanish Inquisition | institution which persecuted Jews and Moslems in Spain |
| 4 | number of trips Columbus made to the New World |
| Francisco Franco | general who became dictator of Spain after the Spanish Civil War |
| horses | animals the Spanish introduced to the Americas |
| Ferdinand & Isabella | monarchs who financed Columbus' voyage to the New World |
| Quetzalcoatl | white-skinned Aztec god |
| Francisco Pizarro | Spanish explorer who conquered the Inca Empire |
| Fidel Castro | first communist leader of Cuba |
| University of Mexico | oldest university in the New World |
| Benito Juarez | Mexican president who was a Zapotec indian |
| lake | what the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan was built on |
| Incas | indian tribe who spoke Quechua |
| Juan Ponce de Leon | Spanish explorer who searched for the Fountain of Youth |
| Olmecs | indian tribe in Mexico noted for sculptures and jade carvings |
| Pyramid of the Sun and Pyramid of the Moon | what can be seen at Teotihuacan |
| Pancho Villa | led the northern revolutionary troops in the Mexican Civil War |
| earthquake | changed the face of Mexico City in 1985 |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese explorer who sailed around the world in the name of Spain |
| Mayans | built the ancient city of Tikal |
| Aztec rebellion | how Moctezuma II died |
