Conquistadors
Which famous Conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire of Mexico?
Hernán Cortés
The early American Indian civilizations of Mexico and Peru were based on which agricultural product?
Corn/Maize
What agricultural product did Europeans export from tropical areas such as the Caribbean?
Sugar Cane
What is the transatlantic flow of people and goods such as corn, potatoes, horses, potatoes, and sugar cane called?
The Columbia Exchange
What was different in the way the french treated the native americans.
They traded with them and had postive relations including marrying them
How did the Spanish justify their claim to land in the New World?
[Any of the following are acceptable answers]
Believing that their culture was superior to that of the Indians. A missionary zeal. A decree from the Pope.
What was the role of women in native american society?
They were matriarchs and were able to lead and be at the top of the society.
What does the Black Legend describe?
[Answer should reflect the following idea]
Spain was a uniquely brutal colonizer.
The major reason that western Europe engaged in explorations in the fifteenth century was…
To expand trade with the non-Christian world.
What was the name of the new European economic policy/technique for colonial empires
mercantilisim
Which famous Conquistador conquered the Incas of Peru?
Francisco Pizarro
What Was the iroqouis confedracy and who was its leader
It was a political grouping of five tribes that were led by the Mohawk.
Spanish Monk Bartolome de Las Casas believed that the Encomienda system was…
Was a barbaric practice that dehumanized natives populations and allowed for cruelty
What was the political event called when the Christians overtook the Muslims to take back Spain
reconquista
Who was the man that was critical of the way the spanish treated native americans and believed that this treatment made it harder to convert them to christianity.
Bartoleme de las Casas
Which Conquistador landed in Florida but later disappeared at sea trying to return to the Spanish colonies in Spain?
Juan Ponce de León
What was the foundation for the prosperous Native American societies in Mexico, Peru, and the Mississippi River Valley?
A strong agricultural system that relied on crops such as maize, beans, & squash
what was the name land and labor grants that spanish conquistadors were given.
enconmeinda
What was the name of the componies that brought Europeans to the new world
Charter Companies
Which conflict was fought from 1675-1678 as colonists and Indians began to dispute ownership of land
King Philips War
Which Conquistador landed off the coast of Texas and lived with the Native people groups who lived there for eight years before returning to Spain?
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
What tribal group, located in the Northeast of the United States, was also known as the "Five Nations"?
The Iroquois Confederation
What were some of the negative results of the exploration and discovery era? (Name at least 2)
Warfare, slavery, and disease killed millions of Indians.
Many plants native to the Americas were displaced by European imports.
Millions of Africans were enslaved and transported to other parts of the world.
European animals overran American rivals.
What was the other major historical event besides the Reconquista in Spain that functioned as catalysts to allow for the exploration and colonization of the Americas?
1. The Reconquista - reconquering of Spain by the Catholics from the Muslims
2. The marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella - helped to financially and political reunify Spain
What was the five groups of the spanish caste system in order.
penisulares, creoles, mestizos, mulattos, zabons