European Expansion
Spanish Expansion
New Spain
Vocabulary
Lagniappe
100
Sailed the ocean blue in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
Who is Hernando Cortes?
100
Mexico City
What is the capital of New Spain?
100
A group of people forming a community
What is a society?
100
A settlement far from the country that rules it
What is a colony?
200
Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
What are the ships that sailed with Columbus?
200
Moctezuma
Who is the leader of the Aztecs?
200
Colonists came to gain wealth, to set up colonies with a government and schools, and to convert native peoples to Christianity.
What are the goals for colonists who came to New Spain?
200
Granted a peninsulare control of all of the native people who lived on an area of land.
What is an encomienda?
200
Became the first to call the Americas a "new world"
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
300
Gave Columbus the money for his expedition
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
300
Metal armor, muskets, and horses
What were the advantages the Spanish had over the Aztecs?
300
The new capital of the Incan empire
What is Lima?
300
Teaches his or her religion to others who have different beliefs
What is a missionary?
300
An ally of Cortes who convinced the Aztecs to work with him
Who is Dona Marina?
400
Bahama Islands
What is the location Columbus landed on?
400
New Spain
What is the name of the colony that the Spanish established?
400
People who came to convert, or change native peoples from their own religion to Christianity
Who are Roman Catholic priests?
400
The capture or taking of something by force
What is a conquest?
400
Spoke out against the mistreatment of native peoples under the care of the church
Who is Bartolome' de Las Casas?
500
A movement of people, animals, plants, diseases, and ways of life between the Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
What is the Columbian Exchange?
500
Francisco Pizarro
Who was sent to conquer the Incas?
500
The year that Spain established the colony of New Spain
What is 1535?
500
A journey made for a special purpose
What is an expedition?
500
Enslaved Africans were first brought to this Caribbean island
What is Hispaniola?
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