1. 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

2. The Spanish Discovery & Conquest of the New World
Period of Discovery
Treaty of Tordesillas 1494
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Brazil 1500
Ferdinand Magellan
Spice Islands
Period of Conquest 1519 – 1540s
Spanish Reconquista
Aztec Empire
Hernan Cortez
Inca Empire
Francisco Pizarro
Requerimiento
Bartolome de Las Casas
Juan Gines de Sepulveda
Black Legend & The Noble Savage

3. Columbus’ Voyages

4. Spanish Explorers in the Caribbean

7. Mappa Mundi c. 1300

8. Toscanelli Map 1474

9. Juan de la Cosa map 1500

10. Diego Ribero map 1529

11. Lesson Key Terms:
Conquistadors
Treaty of Tordesillas
Mappa Mundi

14. Indian Drawing of Spanish & Tlaxcalan Attack on Cholula

15. Map of Spanish Explorers in New World

16. Artist’s Painting of Aztec Capital Tenochtitlan

17. Aztec Pyramids in Mexico City

19. Machu Pichu

22. Lesson Key Terms:
Spanish (Iberian) Reconquista
Requerimiento
Bartolome de Las Casas
Juan de Gines Sepulveda
The Black Legend &The Noble Savage