People
These people were at the top of the social pyramid and were from Spain.
Who is penisulare
This helped the Spanish conquer Latin america more than anything.
What is smallpox
A shortage of cheap/free labor occurred when this group of people died in large numbers.
What is the Native Americans?
People of mixedd European and Indian ancestry
What is Mulatto?
The Aztec leader who was defeated by the Spanish
Who is Montezuma
This economic system provided the strong motivation to search for gold, leading to exploration.
What is MERCANTILISM?
The Columbian Exchange was more favorable for THIS "World."
What is the Old World?
Which was one of the first place that the Spanish landed in the Carribean.
Dominican Republic
These professional soldiers from Spain subdued native peoples in the Americas.
Who are CONQUISTADORs?
(Daily Double)
The "three Gs"
What are GOD, GLORY, and GOLD?
The 3 reasons why Africans were the "logical" answer to the labor shortage in the New World.
What are: 1. Immune to many diseases. 2. Mostly experienced farmers. 3. Unfamiliar with area, so dependent on captors.
What was the largest impact of the Columbian Exchange
What is the death of many natives
The Spanish system that provided cheap labor (essentially slavery) in the New World by selling land along with the native people who lived on it.
What is ENCOMIENDA?
This is one of the reasons that the African Slave Trade began.
What is most of the native population died or the Spanish government banned the use of natives as slaves.
This women helped Cortez defeat the Aztecs and later became his wife.
Who is Dona Marina
This rumor is what led to the end of natives as slaves.
What is the Black Legend.
(Daily Double)
This journey of explorers were possible in the late 1400s because of what?
Support from the European government.
The trading of goods between the new world and the old world.
What is COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE?
This is the reason why the Portuguese language is spoken in Brazil today.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
A trade chain called THIS developed as a result of the Age of Exploration.
What is TRIANGULAR TRADE?
This was the reason explorers set sail from Europe.
What is to find a shorter route to Asia & India?