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Explorers
Conquistadors
Divided Church
Vocabulary
Spanish Class System
100
He discovered the Americas for Europe in what year?
Who is Christopher Columbus/1492
100
He conquered the Aztecs
Who is Cortes
100
A major reason the Europeans explored and settled the Americas.
What is to spread Christianity
100
What the conquistadors had to receive from the crown in order to explore the Americas
What is a grant
100
They were the lowest in class system and had no rights
Who are the Enslaved Africans
200
He was the first person to make it around the tip of Africa
Who is Barthalameu Dias
200
He conquered the Incas
Who is Pizzaro
200
He broke away from Catholicism and began his own Christian churches based on the bible and faith being a person's way to salvation.
Who is Martin Luther
200
right granted by Spanish government granting conquistadors the right to demand taxes or labor from Natives.
What is encomienda
200
They lived in great poverty with little to no rights.
Who are the Native Americans
300
America is named for this man
Who is Amerigo Vespucci
300
He made the first Spanish landing on the mainland. He was thought to be looking for the fountain of youth.
Who is Ponce de Leon
300
What the seperation from Catholocism started by Martin Luther was called
What is the Protestant Reformation
300
Imaginary line through the Atlantic that seperates unexplored world for Spain and POrtugal.
What is teh line of Demarcation
300
People with Spanish and Native parents. THey were of mixed blood.
Who are mestizos
400
He claimed Brazil for Portugal
Who is Cabral
400
How much the Spanish Conquistadors had to pay the crown of any treasure they found.
What is 1/5
400
A French religious thinker that rejected the idea that good deeds were the way to salvation. He began his own churches.
Who is John Calvin
400
The name given to the SOuthern tip of Africa
What is the cape of good hope
400
These people had Spanish parents but were born in the Americas
Who are creoles
500
He was the Viking captain that beat Columbus to the Americas
Who is Leif Erikkson
500
Identify the 3 types of settlements set up in the Americas by the Spanish.
What are pueblos, missions, and presidios.
500
Identify Martin Luther's Acts
What are: reject authority of pope, faith not good deeds get you into Heaven, Bible is only true guide
500
The name for the direct water route to Asia through the Americas.
What is the Northwest Passage
500
These were Spanish born people living in teh Americas. They owned land and ran the government.
Who are the Peninsulares