Spanish and Portuguese Imperialism

Name: _______________________ Date: ___________ Period: _____

How Spain Received Its Power The two main ruling families of Spain (Aragon and Castile) merged to make Spain the strongest country in the 16th and early 17th centuries

Territorial Reign Spain had control over… Most of South America and nearly 1/3 of North America Northern Africa Italy Southern France

Conquistadors Refers to Spanish and Portuguese soldiers, explorers and adventurers who took over territories in the name of Spain and the Catholic Church

American Territories On the next slide locate Spain and Portugal Once you have done so, draw their political borders (the Iberian Peninsula) and shade them the color of your choice On the slide after that locate North and South America You will then draw the territorial border(s) in the “New World” but do not shade it yet

Products in the Americas Make a symbol for gold in your key Locate Brazil on the next page and label the southern part of Brazil with your gold symbol

Now that you’ve located where gold was, you can shade Brazil

Voyages of Columbus Without Columbus’s journeys to the Americas, Spain would not have had a stronghold across the Atlantic On the following slide locate his routes for Spain during the height of their exploration across the Atlantic You will need to label the years that each route was used on your key 1492-1493 1493-1496 1498-1500 1502-1504