People
This person's Mayan, Aztec and Spanish language skills allowed them to be a translator.
La Malinche
Country in North America that is now the largest Spanish Speaking Country on Earth.
Mexico
Smallpox taking out over 90% of Native Americans
Epidemic
A person born in Europe, Africa or Asia is by definition from the ______ ______.
Old World
The type of people who already lived in places like Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico and the United States when the Europeans "discovered" these lands.
Native Americans / Natives
This man from Portugal found India by sailing around Africa.
Vasco Da Gama
1.) Country that invented Spanish.
2.) Country that invented Portuguese.
1.) Spain
2.) Portugal
1.) Spain gained what territory by defeating the Inca?
2.) Spain gained what territory by defeating the Aztecs?
1.) Peru
2.) Mexico
Nadia is born and raised in the Americas. Her parents are from Africa. Nadia herself is from the ___ _____.
New World
Main Native group from Mexico. Had a lot of gold.
Aztecs
This dude sailed for Spain, and thought he found India, but it was really the Americas.
Christopher Columbus
Small, tropical body of water whose islands were the first place to be found by Spain's sailors.
Caribbean Sea
The battle of this city gave Spain the win over the Aztecs (Places).
Tenochtitlan
Portugal took over a a very large area in South America that is now called Brazil. When Portugal owned Brazil, Portugal was an _______.
Empire
Smaller people group from Mexico, helped Cortes.
Mayans or Maya
Tired of his people having to eat worse, more expensive food, this Portuguese leader paid people to explore the oceans to find India.
Prince Henry the Navigator.
Continent housing the two main "spawn points" of spices.
Asia
Peru became a ______ after Spain took it over (Ideas)
Colony
Marco was born in Spain, and was exposed to smallpox as a kid. This means that he won't get sick with smallpox again. Marco has a ______ to smallpox.
Resistance
European people who are from Spain.
Spaniards.
Not wanting to fall behind Portugal, these Spanish leaders paid people to find India.
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.
The part of Europe that Spain and Portugal are in.
Iberian Peninsula
Without the _______ ___ ___ _______, Spain would have never taken over what is now Latin America in the first place.
Discovery of the Americas.
Between 1492 and 1520, things like food were traded between Spain and the Natives without bloodshed. This was called the __________ _________
Columbian Exchange
Native group who lived in the Andes Mountains.
Inca