Vocab.
A journey made for a special purpose.
What is an expedition?
An italian sailor who wanted to find a cheaper and faster way to the Indies.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
To change from another belief to another.
What does it mean to convert?
A large farm with many workers who lived on the land they worked.
What is a plantation?
The Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.
What were the names of the ships that Columbus sailed on?
A settlement far from the country that rules it.
What is a colony?
The islands the historians believed Columbus may have reached.
What were the Bahama Islands?
The colony that Spain established in 1535.
What was New Spain?
The person who was sent out to find the cities of Cibola.
Who was Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?
A group of people forming a community.
What is a society?
A movement of people, animals, plants, diseases, and ways of life between the Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere following the voyages of Columbus.
What was the Columbian Exchange?
An italian sailor who has America named after him.
Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
Cortes and his soldiers had metal armor and guns.
What were the advantages of Hernando Cortes in defeating the Aztecs?
Bartolome de Las Casas spoke out against the mistreatment of the native peoples under care of the church.
What did Bartolome de Las Casas do to help the native peoples?
A religious settlement where a missionary group lives and works.
What is a mission?
A spanish word for conquestors who came to the Americas in the 1500s.
What is a conquistador?
Christopher Columbus convinced the king and queen that he could find a cheaper and faster way to the Indies.
Why did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella agree to support Columbus on his voyage?
The person that Spain sent out to South America to capture the Incan empire.
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
A legendary rich kingdom in north of Mexico.
What was Cibola?
The three levels of colonial society in New Spain.
What are creoles, mestizos, and peninsulares?
Grant given by the King of Spain to wealthy settlers in New Spain. Gave settler control of all the Native Americans living on a area of land.
What is encomienda?
The Bahama Islands and other islands of the regian.
What were the West Indies?
Spain send priests to convert or change, the native peoples from their own religion to Christianity.
Why did Spain send priests to New Spain?
Stories about Cibola made Spanish explorers think that he was real.
How did the stories about Cibola affect Spanish explorers?
The Columbian Exchange brought diseases, food, and plants to the Americas.
How did the Columbian Exchange affect the Native Americans?