Conquistadors Flashcards

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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  • Panama in 1494
  • Spain receives bulk of “New World”
  • Portugal receives territory in Africa and Asia
  • Conquistadors enter New World
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Vasco Nunez Balboa

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discovers Pacific Ocean, which meant the New World had two oceans

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Ferdinand Magellan

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traveled around South America and into the Pacific and on to the Philippines. He would die there but his crew would complete a trip around the world

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Ponce de Leon

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lands at Florida, believing it to be an island, and goes ardently in search of gold and eventually in search of the Fountain of Youth

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Francisco Coronado

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explored the southwest portion of what would eventually be the U.S. (Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas)

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Hernando de Soto

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explored Mississippi River

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Francisco Pizarro

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made his way into South America and crush the Incas in present day Peru

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Encomienda

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  • Indians given to certain colonists in exchange for attempting to Christianize them
  • First form of slavery in the New World
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Hernan Cortes

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  • discovered the Aztecs in Mexico. The Aztecs are a widely studied, complex civilization that possessed an abundance of gold. Cortes befriended the Aztecs and they gave him gold
  • the Aztecs soon wanted the Europeans to leave as they realized that all they cared about was gold and not the cultures blending in peace
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Noche Triste

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  • “sad night”, occurred in 1520. The Aztecs attacked first in an attempt to push Cortes and his men out, but the Spanish were too strong. In defeat, the Aztec culture slowly disappears
  • Where the Colombian Exchange was intended to benefit both the New World and Europe, the conquistadors had a different approach, one of conquering those standing in the way of accumulating wealth and glory for their home country
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remember this…

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god, gold, and glory - conquistadors

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Which of the following conquistadors is responsible for the destruction of the Aztec Empire?

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Cortes

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Encomienda was the giving of Natives for what purpose?

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Slavery

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14
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Arizona and New Mexico were discovered by the explorer ______

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Coronado

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15
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The number one item on the conquistadors’ minds was _________

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gold

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Vasco Nunez Balboa discovered which of the following lands?

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Panama