This conquistador claimed present day Mexico for Spain by conquering the Aztec Empire.
Hernan Cortes
100
This was a Spanish Conquistador that claimed Peru for Spain by conquering the Incan Empire.
Fransico Pizarro
100
What factors enabled the Spanish to conquer the Aztec and Incan Empires?
superior military technology, division/discontent among the Native Americans, diseases
100
What was the economy like in New France, the English Colonies, and the Spanish Colonies?
New France: fish trading, fur trapping
English Colonies: tobacco, plantations, raw materials
Spanish Colonies: sugar cane, raw matierals
200
an American born descendant of Spanish settlers
creole
200
How did the Spanish Conquistadors treat the Native Americans they encountered? (2 things)
forced them to convert to Christianity, some forced into slavery
200
What are three examples of cultural blending that took place in Spain's American colonies?
building styles, Christianity, food, drama, dance, song, etc.
200
How did new cultures form in the Americas?
by the introduction of the African and Native American Cultures to European culture; all these cultures blended together; new classes blended
200
What was the government like in New France, the English Colonies, and the Spanish Colonies?
New France: royal officials
English Colonies: representative assemblies
Spanish Colonies: Council of the Indies, viceroys
300
a descendant of Native Americans and Europeans
mestizo
300
Why were Africans brought to the Spanish colonies?
To work as slaves; to work as labor on the plantations, miners, and household servants
300
How did other nations challenge Spanish power?
pirates and privateers preyed on Spanish treasure ships; smugglers illegally traded goods with the colonists
300
How did competition for power affect Europeans and Native Americans?
bitter fighting amongst all groups for new territories; blending of cultures
300
What was the population like in New France, the English Colonies, and the Spanish Colonies?
New France: small due to harsh climate
English Colonies: large
Spanish Colonies: peninsulars, creoles, mestizos, mulattoes
400
the name for Spanish explorers who claimed lands in the Americas for Spain
conquistador
400
What was the economy in New France?
fur trapping and fish trading
400
For what two purposes were the English colonies developed?
a haven from religious persecution and commercial ventures
400
How did the Slave Trade contribute to the rise of new African states?
slaves were in high demand in the colonies for labor; new African states arose from the wealth they made by trading slaves
400
What is the right the Spanish Government granted to its American colonists to demand labor/tribute from Native Americans?
Encomienda
500
policy in which a nation sought to export more goods than it imported
mercantilism
500
Describe the three parts of the Triangular Trade.
1. merchant ships brought manufactured goods to Africa in exchange for slaves
2. Slaves were transported to the West Indies/the colonies
3. raw materials and resources were shipped from the Americas to Europe
500
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The exchange of people, plants, animals, technology, ideas, cultures, etc. between the Americas and Europe.
500
How did European exploration lead to a global exchange?
trading/introduction of new ideas, technologies, cultures, plants, animals, etc. as new people came into contact with one another
500
What is the economic system in which the means or production are privately owned and operated for profit?