10.4 HMWH - Spain Builds an American Empire

Nina Pinta and Santa Maria

ships that Columbus took to America

Los indios

term used by Columbus because he thought he had landed in India

Bahamas

where columbus landed

San Salvador

Which island did Columbus claim for spain

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, 3

Who funded Columbus’s exploration, how many trips did they finance

Empire builder

The second trip, Columbus returned to America as a

Colonies

lands controlled by another nation

Morison

Wrote praises of Columbus

Philips

wrote criques of columbus

Portugal

who gave strong support to exploration of the Amercias

Cabral

who reached the shores of modern day Brazil

Vespucci

discovered Brazil and claimed it as a new world

Magellan

sailed around South america to the Philippines and first to sail around the world

Cortes

spanish colonizer of Carrribian islands and the Aztecs

conquistadors

Cortes and other spanish explorers in America were known as

Disease

Main thing that the Aztecs brought with them

False, killed millions

T/F: Conquistadors diseases did not have a severe impact on indigenous persons

Technology and had natives

What allowed the conquering of the Americas

Maliche

Native woman who interpreted and helped Cortes

Pizarro

Conquered Incan Empir

Atahualpa

Incan ruler, kidnapped and held for ransom by Pizarro

mestizo

mixed spanish and nativve american population

encomienda

grant of land byspain to a settler in America including the right to use Native Americans as slaves on the land

Bandeiras

slave hunting expeditions exploring western Brazil for Natives

Catholic priests

who accompanied conquistadorPu

Pueblo

native inhabitants of Santa Fe

Santa Fe

headquaters for advancing the caltholci religion

more religous

how did spain’s conlony in new mexico differ from its colonies in New Spain

True

T/F: spanish government abolished encomienda

Pope

pueblo ruler who led a rebellion against spanish enslavement and returned the southwest region of the US to the Natives

Pueblo Revolt

revolt led against spanish invaders in Santa Fe