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Vocabulary
People and Places
Facts and Main Ideas
Longitute and Latitude
Sequence
100
A group of people forming a community
What is a society?
100
This famous Spanish explorer made his first voyage in 1492
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
One possible reason the Europeans wanted to go to the Indies was because of this
What is an abundance of gold and spices?
100
These are the parallel lines that circle the globe
What are lines of latitude?
100
Columbus made his first voyage in this year
What is 1492?
200
This means "to change"
What is convert?
200
Columbus wanted to find a faster way to the __________, which was thought to be rich with gold, spices and other goods
What is the Indies?
200
Columbus convinced these two people to fund (pay for) his trip to the Indies
Who are the king and queen of Spain? Columbus told them he could find a cheaper and faster way there.
200
These are the lines that meet at the north and south poles
What are lines of longitude?
200
This is the year Columbus made his second voyage, bringing with him settlers, animals and other supplies needed to establish a colony
What is 1493?
300
The capture or taking of something by force
What is a conquest?
300
America was actually named after this Italian explorer who was first to call the America's a "new world"
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
300
While living on an encomienda, these people often worked with little pay and were expected to become Christians
Who are Indians?
300
This is the line that runs east and west with a degree of 0
What is the equator?
300
This is the year Cortes defeats the Aztecs
What is 1521?
400
The movement of people, animals, plants, diseases, and ways of life between the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere
What is the Columbian Exchange?
400
In 1533, he defeated the Incan empire and later founded the colony of Peru
Who is Francisco Pizzaro?
400
Metal armor, muskets, horses and allies helped this person to defeat the Aztecs
Who is Cortes?
400
This is the name for a set of crossing lines
What is a grid?
400
DAILY DOUBLE (see sheet)
What is 1533?
500
A large piece of land, usually given to it's owners by the king of Spain
What is encomienda?
500
The creoles and mestizos differed in that creoles were Spanish people born in America, and mestizos were a combination of these two heritages
What is Indian and Spanish?
500
The new country of Spain became wealthy as a result of this
What is slavery?
500
This is also another name for lines of longitude
What are meridians?
500
In this year, New Spain was established
What is 1535?