1. Chapter Introduction Section 1: Conquest in the Americas
This chapter will cover the conquistadors taking over the Aztec and Incan empires, the establishment of European colonies in the Americas, the slave trade, and the effects of the Columbian Exchange.
Section 1: Conquest in the Americas
Section 2: Spanish and Portuguese Colonies
in the Americas
Section 3: Struggle for North America
Section 4: The Atlantic Slave Trade
Section 5: Effects of Global Contact

2. Conquest in the Americas
Chapter 15: Section #1
Conquest in the Americas

3. As inferiors How did Spanish conquistadors treat the Taínos?
Question #1:
How did Spanish conquistadors treat the Taínos?
As inferiors

4. Question #2:
What impact did the Aztecs’ religious beliefs have on Cortés’s approach to Tenochtitlán?
They believed that Cortés might be one of
their gods, and therefore were more welcoming
than they might have been otherwise.

5. The Inca civil war, Indian allies, superior weapons, and disease.
Question #3:
What factors encouraged Spanish success in Peru?
The Inca civil war, Indian allies, superior
weapons, and disease.

6. In what ways did Native Americans resist Europeans?
Question #4:
In what ways did Native Americans resist Europeans?
The Maya and the Inca fought or rebelled for
years. Indians throughout the Americas resisted
the Spanish by preserving aspects of their own
cultures.

7. Chapter 15: Section #2 Spanish and Portuguese Colonies in the America
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8. What was the encomienda system?
Question #1:
What was the encomienda system?
A system in which the Spanish had the right to
demand labor from Native Americans.
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9. What was the role of the Church in colonial education?
Question #2:
What was the role of the Church in colonial education?
The Church fostered the creation of universities
in the colonies to provide for the education
of priests.
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10. What was Brazil’s economy based on?
Question #3:
What was Brazil’s economy based on?
The cutting and exportation of brazilwood,
plantation agriculture, and cattle ranching.
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11. Struggle for North America
Chapter 15: Section #3
Struggle for North America

12. Question #1:
Why did French settlers abandon farming in favor of fur trapping and trading?
They found farming difficult in the cold climate
and much less profitable than trapping
and trading.

13. For what reasons were the English colonies established?
Question #2:
For what reasons were the English colonies established?
As commercial ventures for profit, or as
havens from persecution.

14. Why was the French and Indian War fought?
Question #3:
Why was the French and Indian War fought?
It was fought to determine which country—
France or Britain—would have dominance over
North America.

15. The Atlantic Slave Trade
Chapter 15: Section #4
The Atlantic Slave Trade

16. How did triangular trade affect colonial economies?
Question #1:
How did triangular trade affect colonial economies?
The triangular trade was immensely profitable
to merchants and to industries such as shipbuilding,
fishing, tobacco growing, and sugar cane
growing and processing.
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17. How did enslaved Africans resist captivity?
Question #2:
How did enslaved Africans resist captivity?
By trying to escape, by overcoming their
captors, or by killing themselves.
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18. How did the slave trade affect Africans?
Question #3:
How did the slave trade affect Africans?
Millions of Africans were enslaved and killed,
destroying lives and disrupting societies.
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19. Effects of Global Contact
Chapter 15: Section #5
Effects of Global Contact

20. Why did the global population explode?
Question #1:
Why did the global population explode?
The Columbian Exchange made more nutritious
foods available to people around the world,
spurring population growth.
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21. How did the “putting-out” system work?
Question #2:
How did the “putting-out” system work?
Merchants gave raw materials to a cottager to
make into a product. Merchants then bought
and sold the finished product for a profit.
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22. How did economic changes affect different Europeans?
Question #3:
How did economic changes affect different Europeans?
Merchants gained wealth, and the middle
class prospered. Nobles did poorly, as the land
they owned brought fewer benefits. Peasants
either felt little change or suffered, falling into
poverty.
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