1. Wednesday – May 2, 2012 Mr. Lombardi MrLombardi22@aol.com Do Now: Answer the following in your notebook: 1.Make a list of all the reasons why you would go on an exploration of a foreign land. 2.Why would the actions of Hernando Cortez encourage other conquistadors to explore and conquer the native people of the Americas? Aim: How did Spain build an empire in the Americas?

2. Unit 8: Global Interactions & The First Global Age

3. Handout: Conquistadors Push North – Analyze/interpret the map. – Read the handout. – Answer the questions. – Due: Tomorrow, May 3 H.W. #9

4. Preview to Unit 8: Spanish Exploration The competition for wealth in Asia among European nations prompted Christopher Columbus to make a daring voyage from Spain in 1492. Instead of sailing south around Africa and then east, Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic in search of an alternate trade route to Asia and its riches. Instead of arriving in Asia, he stepped onto an island in the Caribbean. The Europeans would bring many dangers with them to the new world that the natives had not yet been exposed to, such as diseases…

5. Spain Builds an American Empire The actions and success of Hernando Cortes would encourage other conquistadors to explore and conquer the native people of the Americas. However, not all of them submitted to their demands…

6. Guiding Questions: 1.What might the Inca have thought of the Spaniards character? 2.How were the conquistadors and Spanish missionaries similar? 3.In what way was Coronado’s journey pivotal in Spain’s settlement of the southwestern United States?

7. Summary 1.How did Spain build an empire in the Americas? 2.How can we compare and contrast Cortez and Pizzaro?

10. Regents Prep - Age of Exploration Regents Prep