New world

Question 1

What did the Native Americans in the New World lack?

Answer 1

horses, metal (for steel swords)
written language
immunities from many diseases
gun powder

Question 2

Which people came to Mexico in the early 1500s? Who were they led by?

Answer 2

Spanish Conquistadors (Soldiers), led by Cotes (leader)

Question 3

Who did the conquistaors and cotes face?

What happened

Answer 3

aztecs (native american group)

because of all of the things they lacked, the Native Americans wer wiped out

Question 4

what was the most important weapon? what was the result

Answer 4

disease, some tribes lost up to 90% of their people

Question 5

What did the spanish do in the new world? What positon was that in?

Answer 5

they set up a government/empire that was like a sub version of the one in spain

Question 6

What were the characteristics of that empire?

Answer 6

It was centralized and they had to report to the king.

benefit for spain

Question 7

What did they do to ensure the stability of the government?

where were they placed

Answer 7

2 viceroys (reps) of the King.
one in mexico, one in peru

Question 8

What was the society like in the new world

Answer 8

stratified (arranged/classified)

Question 9

what was the social structure?

Answer 9

Peninsulares
Creoles
Mestizos
Indians 
african slaves

Question 10

peninsulares

Answer 10

full blooded spaniards born in spain

Question 11

creoles

Answer 11

full blooded spaniards born in the new world

Question 12

who were th most powerful

Answer 12

creoles, peninsulares

Question 13

mestizos

Answer 13

mixture of spanish and indian

Question 14

how did the spanish make money>

Answer 14

big plantations for SUGAR agriculture, food, leather

Question 15

what were plantations called

Answer 15

encomienda

Question 16

what else did they have to make money

Answer 16

gold and silver mines in various places

Question 17

What was the role of the church?

Answer 17

since the reformation hurt catholic church in euro, they kinda continued htat shit in new world

Question 18

To convert, they used nice or cruel methods

examples of cruel

Answer 18

whippings, beating, mutilations to make people convert

Question 19

who was the nice priest /missionary? what did he do?

Answer 19

Bartoleme de las Casas. He cared amd protected the indians and it enabled him to convert many

Question 20

What is controversial about this conversion whether it was nice or cruel?

Answer 20

Culture of the Native Americans was being changed

Question 21

What was the percentage of the people that became converted?

Answer 21

90%

Question 22

what is the famous legend known during this time?

Answer 22

The Black legend

Question 23

What is the Black legend?

Answer 23

it is how the spanish were viewed from other countries and how they were so cruel towards indians

Question 24

Who else was just as cruel?

Answer 24

portugal and england who also explored

Question 25

What will occur later as a result of sugar plantation in brazil and carribean

Answer 25

african slavery

Question 26

What was the slave trade called? What was the result of the countries that controlled this?

Answer 26

Asiento

they became rich