1. Spanish and Portuguese Imperialism

2. Name: _______________________ Date: ___________ Period: _____

3. How Spain Received Its Power
The two main ruling families of Spain (Aragon and Castile) merged to make Spain the strongest country in the 16th and early 17th centuries

4. Territorial Reign Spain had control over…
Most of South America and nearly 1/3 of North America
Northern Africa
Italy
Southern France

5. Conquistadors
Refers to Spanish and Portuguese soldiers, explorers and adventurers who took over territories in the name of Spain and the Catholic Church

6. American Territories On the next slide locate Spain and Portugal
Once you have done so, draw their political borders (the Iberian Peninsula) and shade them the color of your choice
On the slide after that locate North and South America
You will then draw the territorial border(s) in the “New World” but do not shade it yet

9. Products in the Americas
Make a symbol for gold in your key
Locate Brazil on the next page and label the southern part of Brazil with your gold symbol

11. Now that you’ve located where gold was, you can shade Brazil

12. Voyages of Columbus
Without Columbus’s journeys to the Americas, Spain would not have had a stronghold across the Atlantic
On the following slide locate his routes for Spain during the height of their exploration across the Atlantic
You will need to label the years that each route was used on your key