1. Reading Check Questions
Pages 211, 215

2. EXPLAINING: Why did the Spanish conquer Native American Empires?
Question p. 211
EXPLAINING: Why did the Spanish conquer Native American Empires?
They wanted wealth and control of vast territories to build a new empire.

3. Question p. 215
DRAWING CONCLUSIONS: How did European colonial rule change the populations of the region?
They spread Christianity and they brought enslaved Africans to the region. This caused the cultures to eventually blend together. The Spanish also brought disease with them that greatly reduced the number of Native Americans that survived in Latin America.