Vocab
A journey made for a special purpose
expedition
The capture of taking something
Conquest
False
Who conquered the Incan Empire?
Pizarro
How did Las Casas feel about slavery?
He wanted all slavery to end
A large farm with many workers who live on the land they work.
Plantation
To change
Convert
Why did many Indians die because of the Columbian Exchange?
They were overworked and the Spanish brought diseases.
What was the name of the Incan Empire after it was conquered?
Peru
Why did the Spanish landowners want to keep slaves?
They worked on their plantations and made them rich
A person who teaches his or her religion to others who have different beliefs.
Missionary
A Spanish conqueror
Conquistador
Why did Columbus sail west on his first expedition?
To find an easier way to the Indies
Where was Tenochtitlan?
Mexico
What happened first:
-Esteban was killed by Zuni people in what is now New Mexico
-Cabeza de Vaca traveled the American Southwest
-Cabeza traveled the American Southwest
Grant given by the king of Spain. Gave settlers control of Native Americans living on an area of land.
Encomienda
Religious settlement where missionaries (priests) live and work.
Mission
What was the Columbian Exchange?
Moving people and their ways of life between the eastern and western hemispheres
Who conquered the Aztec Empire
Cortes
Describe the Indians' lives who lived on an encomienda
-slaves- worked without pay
-converted to Christianity
A settlement far from the country that rules it
colony
A person who lives in a colony
colonists
How did Columbus's voyages impact the Americas?
Columbus showed Europeans the way to the Americas
Name the 5 advantages Cortes and his men had against the Aztecs
-metal armor
-horses
-disease
-allies
-muskets
Name the social structure in new spain
Peninsulares
Creoles
Mestizos
Africans and Indians