Christopher Columbus
Based on the passage, what can be concluded about Columbus’s success?
What is his first voyage succeeded, but his later voyages had problems with governing and broken promises?
He “discovered” the South Sea and was later accompanied by Pizarro.
Who is Vasco Núñez de Balboa?
A written record of a ship’s voyage
What is a log?
Define royal standard.
What is a flag that represents a king or queen?
The name of the strait at the southern tip of South America.
What is the Strait of Magellan?
The two names of Columbus' brothers
What are Bartholomu and Diego?
This conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
The rebellion of a ship’s crew against the captain.
What is mutiny?
A body’s ability to remain free of illness even after being exposed to the cause of illness.
What is immunity?
Magellan named this ocean after making it through the strait, from the Spanish word meaning “peaceful.”
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Why did Columbus keep two different logs during his voyage?
What is he feared his crew would mutiny if they knew the true distances traveled
This conquistador conquered the Inca Empire.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
A large farm where one or more crops were grown by a large number of laborers; these crops were sold for a profit by the plantation owner.
What is a plantation?
To travel completely around something.
What is to circumnavigate?
This person completed Magellan’s voyage and returned to Spain after Magellan’s death.
Who is Juan Sebastián del Cano?
Why did Columbus call the indigenous peoples he met “Indians”?
What is because he thought he had reached the Indies in Asia?
These two things killed masses of indigenous people in Spanish colonies.
What are disease and overwork?
A crop that is grown to be sold.
What is a cash crop?
A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water.
What is a strait?
Magellan was killed in this location after getting involved in a local conflict.
What is the Philippines?
What role did a diplomat play in the Treaty of Tordesillas?
What does they represented their government to work out a deal between Spain and Portugal?
This Portuguese explorer eventually sailed for Spain and became famous for circumnavigating the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
A narrow piece of land that connects two larger land masses.
What is an isthmus?
The practice of taking unfair advantage of a person or group.
What is exploitation?
When the indigenous population declined due to disease and overwork, Spain imported these workers to meet labor shortages.
What are enslaved persons from Africa?
What was measured in leagues according to the Treaty of Tordesillas? What was the distance in leagues? Miles?
What is the distance of the imaginary line in the Treaty of Tordesillas? 370 mleagues or 1185 miles?
This was a system that gave Spanish settlers in the Americas land and enslaved workers.
What is the encomienda system?
A unit of distance equal to approximately three miles
What is a league?
Define indigenous?
What is native to a particular region or environment?
These were crops grown to be sold for profit by plantation owners.
cash crops
Why was the Treaty of Tordesillas controversial?
What is the indigenous peoples who lived on the divided lands were not asked for their opinion?
This Spanish priest wrote The Devastation of the Indies to expose the abuse of indigenous peoples.
Who is Bartolomé de Las Casas?
Someone who represents the government of one country in another country
What is a diplomat?
The Spanish word for conqueror.
What is conquistador?
The accomplishment of Magellan’s surviving crew that helped encourage worldwide trade and exploration.
What is circumnavigating the globe?
Spanish colonists used indigenous labor heavily in these two industries.
What are gold/silver mining and plantations?