Pre-1500/Columbus
Columbus was actually looking for this continent when he sailed in 1492
What is Asia?
Conquistadors means this in Spanish
What is conquerors?
Spain used their labor to extract/grow valuable metals/crops
Who are Native and/or African slaves?
He is known for surviving eight years on his own after a failed expedition
Who is Cabeza de Vaca?
Name one of the two Spaniards we talked about who tried to advocate for better treatment of Natives
Who are Cabeza and Las Casas?
We know Columbus didn't 'discover' the Americas, but he also wasn't the first European; they were
Who are the vikings (Norse)?
They were motivated by the 'three g's': name two of them
What are gold, glory, God? (or greed)
What is a plantation?
He is known as one of the cruelest conquistadors; he died on his own expedition
Who is Hernando de Soto?
The term for the idea that of all European colonizers/invaders, the Spanish were the meanest/greediest
What is the 'Black Legend'?
Columbus spent all of his time in the Americas here
What is the Caribbean (Islands)?
Name one thing that helped Conquistadors succeed in their invasions
What are weapons, animals (horses/dogs), disease
Spanish colonies had very specific categories based on this
What is race/blood?
He invaded the modern-day US southwest
Who is Coronado?
Village that de Soto and his men burned/massacred
What is Mabila?
One thing we learned about Columbus from reading his diary
answers will vary: he wanted gold; he took people prisoner; he thought Natives were handsome but ignorant; wanted to conquer the local people and take their land
Conquistadors brought this animal that changed the lives of many tribes (including the Lakota) to the Americas
What is the horse?
Term for the forced labor system in the Spanish colonies
What is the 'encomienda' system?
Very unlike most other conquistadors, Cabeza did this (and it helped him survive)
What is befriended/made allies with Native people?
Geographer who the Americas were named for
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
The 'line of demarcation' split up the 'New World' between these two European countries
What are Spain and Portugal
He conquered the Aztec empire in modern day Mexico
Who is Cortes?
Unlike later European colonies, the Spanish were comfortable with (and maybe even encouraged) this
What is cultural mixing/diversity
Name one long-term effect of the de Soto expedition
What are: pigs, disease, or hostile relationships
The first Spaniard to come to mainland North America in 1513
Who is Ponce de Leon?