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2. This is why Christopher Columbus sailed west on his first expedition

3. He was convinced he could find a faster all-water trade route to the East Indies

4. These are two reasons why Columbus made additional voyages to the West Indies

5. He wanted to bring riches to Spain, he wanted to start a colony in the lands he claimed for Spain, and he wanted to bring animals and people from Europe to the new land

6. This is the definition of the Columbian Exchange

7. The moving of people, animals, goods, ways of life, and ideas between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres

8. This happened as a result of the Columbian Exchange

9. Europeans brought cattle, sheep, pigs, horses to the Western Hemisphere as well as disease (which killed many natives). The natives showed Europeans corn, potatoes, tomatoes, cocoa, and beans

10. This was the BIG impact Columbus’s voyages had on the Americas

11. Europeans now had a route to the Americas, resulting in more European exploration

12. These are three factors that helped Hernando Cortes defeat the Aztec Empire

13. Cortes was mistaken as a god and was welcomed into the empire
Cortes was mistaken as a god and was welcomed into the empire. He had horses, metal armour, muskets, and native allies willing to fight the Aztecs

14. This explorer conquered the Inca Empire after Cortes conquered the Aztecs

15. Francisco Pizarro of Spain

16. This is the name the Spanish gave their new colony after the fall of the Incan Empire

17. Peru

18. Because Cabeza de Vaca traveled to the American Southwest, this happened

19. Spain began a search for gold in North America

20. After Esteban was killed by the Zuni people while on Francisco Coronado’s exploration of the American Southwest, This is what Coronado did

21. He continued to look for the fabled 7 Cities of Gold (Cibola)

22. Describe colonial society in New Spain

23. Society was organized on ancestry
Society was organized on ancestry. Those coming from Spain- peninsulares- had the greatest status and power. Those who had no Spanish blood were lowest in power

24. This is how Las Casas felt about the Indians working on the encomiendas

25. Las Casas wanted the mistreatment and enslavement of the Indians to end

26. This is why Spanish landowners wanted to use slaves for work

27. The work the slaves did made the Spanish lots of money!

28. Describe the Indian’s life on an encomienda

29. They were expected to convert to Christianity
They were expected to convert to Christianity. They were over-worked and not paid. Many died of starvation and disease.

30. This is the order of New Spain’s Colonial society from most powerful people to least powerful

31. Most powerful to least: Peninsulares (born in Spain), creoles (100% Spanish, born in New Spain), mestizos (1/2 Indian ½ Spanish, Africans and Indians

32. This is the name of imaginary navigation lines that run North or South of the Equator (the lines that run east-west). This is the name of lines that run east or west of the Prime Meridian (the lines that run north-south)

33. Latitude lines run west – east and go north or south of the Equator.
Longitude lines run north - south and go east or west of the Prime Meridian

34. This is what the symbol means in 35 S means and this is what the “S” means

35. Degrees and South

36. What is the range in longitude of South America

37. About 40 degrees West to 80 degrees West

38. Give the latitude and longitude of point G

39. 40 degrees N and 100 degrees W

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42. This is how Spain became one of the most powerful countries in the world in the 1600s

43. Spain seized land in the New World and established settlements that brought them profits. The profits from the plantations and mines in the colonies helped make Spain one of the richest and most powerful nations in the world

44. This is how the people of the Incan and Aztec empires probably felt about the fall of their empires to the Spainish

45. They probably feared their way of life would end and for their safety
They probably feared their way of life would end and for their safety. They may have thought there might be good opportunities to advance and become part of the new culture

46. Explain why archaeologists find evidence of the Aztec empire right in the middle of Mexico City

47. Mexico City was built on the ruins of the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan

48. This is how the Indian allies Cortes was able to get helped him conquer the Aztecs

49. The Indian allies helped the Spanish communicate with tribes, get directions, and get food, shelter, supplies, and additional forces to attack the Aztecs

50. Describe the series of events that led to the Columbian Exchange

51. Spain sent Columbus on an expedition to find an easier trade route to the Indies. He discovered a new land. On later expeditions, he brought people, animals, and other supplies with him to start a colony. Spain started the colony of New Spain. Goods, people, ideas, and animals then went back and forth between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres