All About Spain
The person who discovered the Americas.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Bonus points if you said Leif Erikson.
What did Portugal do to West Africa?
Enslave them?
What Iberian nation was better at trading?
What is Portugal?
How had the Spanish achieved wealth with colonization?
What was the overall length of the large ships that were created?
What is 400ft long?
What was the House of Habsburg?
A nation in Iberia that unified the Spanish politically.
What was Portugals way of gaining power?
What is trading?
What had the Asians relied on for their navigation? *2 answers*
What is the Great Bear & The Floating Needle
How had the Portuguese achieved wealth with colonization?
What is trading?
What was the overall width of the large ships that were created?
What is 160 feet?
The factors that helped the Spanish win against nations in the New World.
European Diesease and Superior weapons (Ex: Guns.)
What was Portugal's only colony in the new world?
What is Brazil?
What type of technologies from Asia spread to Europe.
The compass, rudder, lateen sail, and astrolabe.
Where had the Portuguese set up fortresses for trade? *2 answers*
What is India and the Spice Islands?
What was the name of the highly trusted Chinese admiral?
Admiral Zheng He
What did the Reconquista help accomplish in 1491?
The unification of Spain religiously.
When did the Portuguese first start to explore West Africa?
The Mid-1400's
What was traded between the regions?
What is knowledge, resources, and animals?
What method had the Spanish used for conquering land? *Hint: correlated with neighboring colonies*
Why were Asian ships built so large? *2 answers*
Intimidation and transportation of goods
Who were the two empires that the Spanish conquered during their time in the Americas?
What is the Aztec and Inca Empire?
Where did the knowledge for putting guns on ships come from?
What is Arabia?
What 3 features made the Asian ships stand out? *Excluding their size*
What are the nine masts, twelve sails, and four decks?
What had the Spanish done to the king?
What is held him up for ransom, killing him afterwards?
What was the admiral’s former name before the emperor had changed it?
Who is Ma He?