2.3 Flashcards
How did Spain pull ahead after Columbus?
Columbus claimed lots of land.
Who lead a military exspidition to Mexico and encountered montezuma?
Hernan Cortes.
Who used the natives enemies to help conquer?
Hernan Cortes and Pizarro
Who was the man that thought Cortes was a god, greeted him, but was killed?
Montezuma
Who was Montezuma the leader of?
The Aztecs
Who lead a military exspedition to conquer the incas?
Pizarro.
Who was leading in exploration before Columbus?
Portugal
Why did the Aztecs lose to Cortes?
Even though Montezuma had a lot of soldiers, Cortez had guns and horses. He used the Aztecs’ enemies as allies. The Aztecs were also weakened by smallpox.
What did de Vaca explore?
North American south west.
Who’s accounts inspired Vasquez to explore?
De Vaca’s
Where did Pizarro conquer?
The incas and all the land from chile to Columbia.
How did Pizarro conquer the incas?
He used their enemies against them, killed their leader, illness.
What did most Spanish conquistadors want?
Gold
What is mercantilism?
When colonies exists for the sole purpose of making the mother country wealthy.
More land=
More power.
