Spain Claims an Empire
Spain Claims an Empire pt.2
European Competition in America
The Spanish and the Native Americans
Beginnings of Slavery in the Americas
100
This famous Italian explorer realized that the land Columbus discovered was not Asia. A German map maker, impressed with his account of the lands, named the continent after him
Who is Amerigo Vespucci
100
What are People sent to convert the native people to Christianity
What is a missionary
100
Daring sailors that attacked the Spanish sailing ships for gold and silver from the Americas
What are Sea Dogs
100
By the 1700s this country controlled most of the Americas
What is Spain
100
The practice of holding a person in bondage for labor.
What is slavery
200
What is the name for a Spanish conquerer.
What is Conquistador
200
This Portuguese sailor set out from Spain with 5 ships and about 240 men, but was killed in the Philippines after getting involved with a local war. His crew was the first to sail around the world
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
200
was the most famous of the sea dogs. He and his men were the first Englishmen to sail around the world
Who is Francis Drake
200
What two provinces did Spain divide America into?
What are New Spain and Peru
200
The belief that some people are inferior because of their race.
What is racism
300
Name one of the European countries three main goals during the age of exploration
1. Spread Christianity beyond Europe. 2. Expand their empires. 3. They wanted to become rich.
300
Name one of the FOUR MAJOR REASONS the Spanish conquistadors conquered the Aztec and Incan empires
1. The spread of European diseases killed millions of Native Americans and weakened their resistance to conquest. 2. The spanish were excellent sailors, had superior weapons. 3. Spain made alliances with Native Americans who were enemies of the Aztecs and Incas. 4. The spanish conquistadors acted brutally toward the Native Americans under their control.
300
Enraged at the sea dogs, Philip II, the Spanish king, sent this to conquer England
What is the SPANISH ARMADA
300
a Catholic priest, fought against the brutal treatment of Native Americans and was given the title ”Protector of the Indians”
Who is Bartolome de Las Casas
300
Before the salve trade ended in 1800, approximately __________ Africans had been enslaved
What are 12 million
400
To increase the money in a country’s treasury by creating a favorable balance of trade.
What is Mercantilism
400
In June 1494 Spain and Portugal agreed to this which moved the Line of Demarcation more than 800 miles farther west.
What is the TREATY OF TORDESILLAS
400
Name one reason the English victory over Spain was important
1. England remained independent and Protestant.
400
Settlements that included a church, a town, and farmlands were called
What are missions
400
The forced removal of people from Africa to provide for the slave trade.
What is African Diaspora
500
What were the European countries three main goals during the age of exploration?
1. Spread Christianity beyond Europe. 2. Expand their empires. 3. They wanted to become rich.
500
What are the FOUR MAJOR REASONS the Spanish conquistadors conquered the Aztec and Incan empires?
1. The spread of European diseases killed millions of Native Americans and weakened their resistance to conquest. 2. The spanish were excellent sailors, had superior weapons. 3. Spain made alliances with Native Americans who were enemies of the Aztecs and Incas. 4. The spanish conquistadors acted brutally toward the Native Americans under their control.
500
The English victory over the Spanish had two important effects:
1. England remained independent and Protestant. 2. Spain’s image suffered.
500
Between 1519 and 1619 _______________ Native Americans were killed by European diseases, this decreased their population by 90-95 percent.
What is 20 million
500
The Spanish and the Portuguese people enslaved Africans for four basic reasons:
1. Africans were immune to European diseases 2. Africans had no friends or family in the Americas to help them resist. 3. Enslaved Africans provided a permanent source of cheap labor. 4. Many Africans had lived or worked on farms in their native lands
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