Definitations
Mutiny
Overthrowing the Caption.
What three boats did Columbus sail on?
The Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
Who did the Spanish enslave?
Native Americans
What other Countries did he explore?
Cuba and Jamaica
What does it mean to think your culture is better than others.
Superior
What did a flock of birds do to help Columbus?
Showed Columbus where the land was
What lands did the Spanish explorers conquer?
Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Cuba
Why was Columbus eventually removed from his position?
His harsh treatment of other people.
Colony
A group of people who settle in a distant land but are still ruled by their native land's government.
What land did he think he had reached?
The Indies
Who did Cortes meet when he landed in Mexico?
The Aztecs
What did Columbus help the other Europeans become aware of?
There was a new world and more of the world to explore.
Immunity
The bodies way of protecting is from sickness.
What did he call the natives of the Caribbean?
Indians
Why were the Spaniards able to defeat the Aztecs and the Incas?
the superior military weapons they had, and also the weakening of the Native Americans by diseases like smallpox and influenza.
What was Hispaniola?
The new colony that Columbus found.
What did the Spanish explorers become known as?
Conquistadors
What title did the King and Queen give Columbus?
Admiral of the Sea
Where were the slaves the Spanish were importing coming from?
Africa
What kind of birds did Columbus bring back?
Exotic birds