Why did Columbus sail west on his first expedition?
To find a shorter route to the Indies
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What was the Colombian Exchange?
moving people and their ways of life between Spain/ Europe and the Indies/ Mexico
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What is a Conquistador?
A Spanish solider who's job was to conquer and take for the Spainsh
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What is a conquest?
capturing or taking something by force
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Who is Hernando de Soto? and what did he want?
He was from Spain and he was looking for gold, he was a conquistador
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How many expeditions did Columbus make?
4
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What effect did Columbus's voyages impact the Americas?
Showed Europeans the way to the Americas, brought over disease, religion, slaves
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How many men did Cortes have with him at first when he wanted to fight the Aztecs?
500
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What was the disease brought over from Europe that many natives died from?
Smallpox
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Who was Esteban?
He was an African sailor who had been enslaved
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Why did Columbus make more voyages to the West Indies?
1. Spain wanted him to start a colony
2. He delivered people and animals
3. Spain wanted the riches of the land
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Who was Cortes?
Conquistador from Spain
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What were the advantages that Cortes had over the Aztecs?
Muskets, metal armor, horses, allies
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Who was sent to concur the Incan Empire?
Francisco Pizarro
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What was Esteban captured for? What were they looking for?, did they ever find it?
He was captured to help find Cibola. No he was killed by the Zuni people
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What was the Colombian Exchange?
Europeans brought horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs to the Western Hemisphere/ Americas.
Europeans enjoyed new foods from the Americas such as corn, potatoes, tomatoes, cocoa, beans
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What two leaders met, and knew of each other before they had ever met each other?
Hernando Cortes, Moctezuma
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What was the name of Cortes's ally?
Dona Marina
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How did the Incan empire fall? What were the events that took place?
Francisco Pizarro and his men captured the Incan leader first ( Atahualpa) then the following year they captured Cuzco the Incan capital city
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What is an encomienda?
it is a grant for peninsulares, it gave them control of all the native peoples who lived on that land
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Why was the Colombian Exchange not all good?
Native Indians died from overwork, and the diseases brought from Europe
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What group did Cortes defeat?
Aztecs
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How did Dona Marina help defeat the Aztecs?
She persuaded thousands to join the conquistadors, she helped interpret as well.
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Pizarro founded a new capital, what was it called and what country is that now?
The capital was Lima, it was in a colony named Peru, today Lima is the capital of Peru
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Who was Bartolome de Las Casas
He was a priest, he spoke out against the mistreatment of native peoples under the care of the church