Spanish conquest Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

After sailing westward, in what part of the world did Columbus think he had landed? - Asia (East Indies) After the destruction of the Spanish Armada, he was commissioned to raid Spanish towns and treasure in the New World, leading to his circumnavigation of the world in 1577. - Drake In 1531, he led an expedition into South America and began the conquest of the Inca Empire. - Francisco Pizarro In 1682, this French explorer traveled the length of the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico ...

Conquest Model - ANSWER-Model of Interpretation: Emphasized European superiority Holocaust Model - ANSWER-Model of Interpretation: Applied to consequences of Euro expansion/ Many NA killed in 100 years 50-60 million/ Most died from diesease brought by NA US Army distributed blankets with small pox virus Encounters Model - ANSWER-Model of Interpretation (Most popular with historians): Not based on conquest. Shows perspective of English and the NA. Does not favor either Raising the Dea...

APUSH Periods 1-5 Latest Update 100% Pass Columbian exchange The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages. Encomienda system A system whereby the Spanish crown granted the conquerors the right to forcibly employ groups of Indians; it was a disguised form of slavery. Juan Ponce de Leon Spanish Explorer who discovered and gave Florida its name while searching for the "Fountain of Youth" Roanoke "The L...

"In the course of the fifth year [1519] the terrible pestilence began. First there was a cough, then blood. The number of deaths at this time was truly terrible. In 1520 the pestilence spread. Truly, the number of deaths among the people was terrible and the people could not escape from the pestilence. In 1521 my father, King Hunyg, died. The elders and the priests died alike from the pestilence. Half the people threw themselves into the ravines to escape it. The oldest son of the king die...

History 105 Brooks Exam 1 Questions and Answers 100Conquest Model - ANSWER-Model of Interpretation: Emphasized European superiority Holocaust Model - ANSWER-Model of Interpretation: Applied to consequences of Euro expansion/ Many NA killed in 100 years 50-60 million/ Most died from diesease brought by NA US Army distributed blankets with small pox virus Encounters Model - ANSWER-Model of Interpretation (Most popular with historians): Not based on conquest. Shows perspective of English a...

Early Civilizations - CORRECT ANSWER-Immersed in South and Central America and Mexico In Peru the Incas - CORRECT ANSWER-Created the largest empire in the Americas stretching almost 2000 miles long South America develop a complex administrative system pave roads Mesoamerican Civilizations - CORRECT ANSWER--Mayans and Aztecs -Occupied Central America and much of Mexico -Developed a strong agricultural system and extensive trade networks, followed a solar calendar, and participated in high...

Cuban poet, lived in Mexico, Writes about beauty of indigenous ruins - Answer- José Maria Heredia true father of contemporary poetry wrote "good book of love" Castillian Chaucer - Answer- Juan Ruiz Archpriest of Hita circle of Spanish poets wanted to work with advant garde art & poetry - Answer- Generación de '27 changes after Franco rule in Spain changes in every day life - Answer- La Movida 1970's Spain part of Generacion de '27 Spanish poet & playwright symbolism, fut...

Before the coming of Europeans, the peoples who lived in what is now the United States had not developed - A common language The first European country to launch long ocean voyages of exploration was - Portugal When Christopher Columbus made his famous voyages to the New World, he - Believed that he had reached the Far East The Spanish conquest of the Aztecs was, in part, due to - The diseases the Spaniards had given the Indians Before the arrival of the Europeans, the political system of...

encomienda - A grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it asiento system - Required the Spanish to pay a tax to their king on each slave they imported to the Americas bering land bridge - Historians believe that the earliest Americans came over the______ which connected Asia and North America maya - A Meso-American civilization, which reached its height between a.d. 250 and 900 inca - a member of any of the domin...

Columbus - thought he was in the Indies - finds the New World - led to a globally connected economy why were the Europeans searching for a sea route to Asia to avoid Muslim taxes most european expeditions were financed by ____ because ____ the king financed expeditions because he wanted God, Gold, Glory caravel portugese ships - large, long distances - shows europe's interest in overseas trade increasing spain was intimidated by Portugal's success in _____ s...