Dividing the Americas
These two countries were the first to have land claims in the Americas.
What are Spain and Portugal?
This country maintained good relations with Natives for economic and military reasons.
What is France?
This was the name of the system that required colonists to pay a tax to the Spanish king for each enslaved person imported to the Americas.
What is the Asiento System?
This was the original goal of Spain when venturing West.
What is Asia?
This trade caused many different plants, animals, and crops to be delivered and from to the New World.
What is the Columbian exchange?
Spain and Portugal turned to this religious figure to resolve land disputes.
Who is the Pope?
This country debated over the treatment of Natives in the Americas due to the harsh systems they were put under.
What is Spain?
This was the order of the Spanish Caste system.
What is pure blooded Spaniards followed by mixed European, Native American, and African heritage followed by pure Indian or Black heritage.
This Italian-Born explorer was funded by the Spain to search for new passage to Asia.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This disease was introduced by the Spanish and wiped out a large number of Native Americans.
What is Small Pox?
This treaty moved the pope’s line a few degrees to the west in the land claims of Spain and Portugal.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
This country maintained poor relations with Natives due to forcibly pushing them out of their lands and viewing this as “savages”.
What is England?
This was the system the Spanish used to control the inca and aztec people in the Americas.
What is the encomienda system?
This great Spanish Conquistador was known well for his conquests of the Aztecs.
Who is Hernán Cortéz?
This religion was introduced to the Native Americans.
What is Christianity?
This island was attempted to be established off the North Carolina Coast by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1587, but ultimately failed.
What is Roanoke Island?
These countries differed due to their difference in treatment of Natives. One subjugated Natives while the other expelled them.
What are Spain and England?
Spanish conquistadores used them for labor.
Who were Indians and enslaved Africans?
This great Spanish Conquistador was known well for his conquests of the Incas.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
This caused many Native Americans to be taken captive by Europeans and Spanish.
What is Forced Labor/slavery?
This was the line established by the pope to resolve the land dispute between Spain and Portugal.
What is the line of demarcation?
These are examples of differences between European and Native views.
What are religion (monotheism vs polytheism), women’s role (little public role vs ability to make decisions), property ownership? (any can be listed)
The Route Slave Traders used from Africa to the Americas.
What is the Middle Passage?
This discovery best assisted conquistadors in further conquesting Native American societies.
What is gunpowder?
Europeans brought this system to the new world to rank the different types of population there.
What is the hierarchy system?