PIP Flashcards
(FP) Full name, year and place he was born and year he died
Francisco Pizzaro, 1475 to 1541 Spain
How did he find the New World?
Pizzaro growing up in poverty could mean he would have to find his way to the New World by serving on a ship, there he became a soldier on missions to explore Central America.
King Charles:
He granted him permission to explore the rumoured Incan Empire in 1528 so he gathered a small army of 180 men and 27 horses and invaded the empire in 1532.
___ _____ promised to fill a room with __ and ___ in exchange for their__ so he took it but he ____ him anyway. He then _____ their empire the Spanish province of __ ____. He called the capital city ___.
The Incas , gold, silver, king, killed, declared, New Castile, Lima
What made the Spanish the wealthiest in Europe?
Their gold and silver
Who was the Incan leader?
Atahualpa
What were the Incas like?
Sophisticated engineers and architects and also very fine artists. They kept information down using a system of knotted string. Roads ran throughout the empire.
Where did Pizzaro meat Atahualpa?
The town of Cajamarca