Lesson 4: The Conquest of the New World Lesson Question: How did the Europeans conquer the New World? Lesson Objectives: The students will understand the nature of the Spanish conquest of the New World and the European reaction to the slaughter of Amerindian peoples. Key Terms: Conquistadors, Treaty of Tordesillas, Mappa Mundi, Spanish (Iberian) Reconquista, Requerimiento, Bartolome de Las Casas, Juan de Gines Sepulveda, The Black Legend & The Noble Savage
The Spanish Discovery & Conquest of the New World Period of Discovery 1492-1521 Treaty of Tordesillas 1494 Pedro Alvares Cabral Brazil 1500 Ferdinand Magellan 1519-1521 Spice Islands Period of Conquest 1519 – 1540s Spanish Reconquista Aztec Empire 1325-1521 Hernan Cortez 1485-1547 Inca Empire 1438-1533 Francisco Pizarro 1475-1541 Requerimiento Bartolome de Las Casas 1485-1566 Juan Gines de Sepulveda 1494-1573 Black Legend & The Noble Savage
Columbus’ Voyages
Spanish Explorers in the Caribbean
Mappa Mundi c. 1300
Toscanelli Map 1474
Juan de la Cosa map 1500
Diego Ribero map 1529
Lesson Key Terms: Conquistadors Treaty of Tordesillas Mappa Mundi
Indian Drawing of Spanish & Tlaxcalan Attack on Cholula
Map of Spanish Explorers in New World
Artist’s Painting of Aztec Capital Tenochtitlan
Aztec Pyramids in Mexico City
Machu Pichu
Lesson Key Terms: Spanish (Iberian) Reconquista Requerimiento Bartolome de Las Casas Juan de Gines Sepulveda The Black Legend &The Noble Savage