Reasons for Colonization and Exploring the New World

Name: ______

REASONS FOR COLONIZATION AND EXPLORING THE NEW WORLD
Countries are searching for a ______to Asia for spices and silk
Christopher Columbus reaches the ______, a chain of islands near the Americas on October 12, 1492
THE SPANISH:GOD
The Spanish defeat the Moors after they convert to ______in 1492
The Spanish believe that it is their duty to ______

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When the Spanish conqueror Native Americans they must be converted because to be Spanish means that you must be ______

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Countries will practice______, the belief that nations can become wealthy by finding ______and exporting large amounts of ______

THE SPANISH:GLORY
During ______, the Spanish will defeat the Moors after being under their control for ______years
After the Reconquista, Spanish ______will look for ______in the New World
Conquistadors will ______the mountains, forests and Native Americans for ______
SPANISH EXPLORERS HERNAN CORTES
In 1519, ______lands at ______with ______soldiers
Cortes will encounter the ______and destroy their empire in ______
The Spanish beat the Aztecs because they ______

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If the Indians do not submit they are ______
Some Spaniards will take Indian women as wives, their children will be known ______(birth of Mexicans)

Treasure
Spain soon became the richest, most powerful nation in the world due to the American colonies.
Ships filled with ______from the Americas continually sailed into Spanish harbors.
This new found wealth helped usher in the ______of Spain.
Catholic Priests
______explorers to the Americas.
While the explorers searched for ______, the priests looked for ______.
In 1609-1610, the “______” was built. (Mission)
In the ______Christian missions would expand across the southwestern U.S.
Opposition to Spanish rule
______worked to spread Christianity in the Americas.
They also pushed ______of Native Americans.
Priests spoke out against ______the natives.
They criticized the ______system.
Bartolome de las Casas
“There is nothing more ______or ______than the ______which the Spaniards use toward ______for getting of riches.”
Las Casa suggested the use of ______.
“The ______is more valuable than that of ______Indians.”
The Spaniards soon began to import ______to meet their growing labor needs.

The Biological Exchange
Europeans
Introduced ______
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______changed travel, ______and ______for Indians
Diseases like ______
Indians
Introduced ______which increased the ______
______, and various types of ______
Milder forms of ______
Pizzaro
Atahualpa
The Spaniards crushed the ______and kidnapped their ruler.
______offered to fill a room once with ______and twice with ______in exchange for his release.
After the Spaniards received the ransom, they ______Atahualpa.
Pizarro then took control of the Inca capital, ______.
Atahualpa captured
A new society emerges
______– Spaniards born in Spain who came to America as settlers or explorers.
Peninsulares were mostly ______, therefore many married native women.
A new race was created called ______– mixed Spanish and Native American.
Encomienda system
Spaniards forced ______in a labor system.
Natives______for Spanish landlords.
The landlords promised ______they would act ______toward the workers.
However, many ______the natives and worked many laborers to ______.
Brazil
The Portuguese took control ______.
Finding little gold or silver, the Portuguese began growing ______.
Clearing out ______, the Portuguese built ______

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The demand ______was high in ______, and the Brazilian colony made Portuguese very rich.

Disease and Slavery
Disease ran rampant throughout Brazil also, killing ______.
Furthermore, the Portuguese ______natives, like the Spanish did in Mexico and the Caribbean.
In this time period, it was common for people to enslave the people of ______

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