1. 6Y 11-11-2016 Friday Spain Builds an Empire
Objective: Describe how Spain established a large empire in the Americas.
Agenda:
Prayer
Do Now: Which person do you think had the most significant impact in the exploration of the world? Why?
Go over Do Now and finish notes from yesterday.
Read and take notes on chapter 2.3 (use chart from page 46)

2. Explorer
Sponsored By
Traveled To
Christopher Columbus from Genoa, Italy
Spain by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand
The Bahamas – but Columbus thought it was India
Effects of Journey - got more lands for Spain
Created competition and conflict between European countries.
Amerigo Vespucci
Spain
Present day South America
Effect of Journey – The Americas were named after Amerigo Vespucci. He knew that he had landed onto new land. “The New World”
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Spain
Pacific Ocean – first European to see the Pacific Ocean
Effect of Journey – Europeans now knew that there is a Pacific Ocean.
Ferdinand Magellan
Spain 1519 to 1522
CIRCUMNAVIGATED the world! He was killed in the Philippines, but his crew were the first people EVER to go all the away around the world. 40,000 Miles long.
EFFECTS OF the journeys of all these European explorers: (read page 44-45)
The Europeans got: more land, new knowledge about the world, new plants : corn potatoes, tobacco, cocoa
The Native Americans got: cattle, citrus fruit, grains, horses, sugar cane, and deadly diseases, pigs
COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE – a network of trade that connected Europe, America, and Africa

3. Chapter 2.3 Spain Builds an Empire Key Terms and People
Conquistadors – Soldiers from Spain who led military expeditions in the Americas.
Hernan Cortes – Spanish conquistador who sailed from Cuba into Mexico to conquer the Aztecs.
Moctezuma II – was the ruler of the Aztecs at the height of their power during the 1500s. He was killed by the Spanish conquistadors led by Hernan Cortes.
Francisco Pizarro – Conquistador who conquered the Incas of South America with less than 400 men by 1534.
Encomienda system – Was a system of the Spanish government which allowed their settlers in the Americas to tax Native Americans and put them to work. However, settlers were supposed to protect the Native American people and convert them to Christianity (Catholicism).
Plantations – large farms that grow just one kind of crop. They did this to make money.
Bartolome de las Casas – a priest that tried to convert Native Americans to Christianity (Catholicism) by showing them love, gentleness, and kindness.

4. A+ answer: How did the Spanish conquer the great Aztec and Inca empires?
Spanish Conquest and Settlements
Aztec Empire
- 508 soldiers, 100 sailors, 16 horses and guns vs. thousands of Aztec soldiers
Made allies with the other tribes that were enemies of the Aztecs – Malintzin
Moctezuma II thought Cortes was a god and Moctezuma welcomed him. This allowed Cortes to take Moctezuma prisoner.
Cortez killed Moctezuma II and destroyed the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
The Spaniards brought diseases like small pox that the Aztecs were not immune to. This killed many of the Aztecs.
Inca Empire
Francisco Pizzaro looked for the Incas in South America to conquer their large territory.
Pizzaro had fewer than 400 men but they had better weapons – guns and swords
The Inca had more people but did not have the same type of weapons
Pizarro and his men killed the Inca leaders.