par. 1.3 Spain conquers America

par. 1.3 Spain conquers America

How did Spain take possession of America?
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par. 1.3 Spain conquers America

How did Spain take possession of America?

Slide 1 - Slide

What do we already know about this topic?

Slide 2 - Mind map

Who discovered America in 1492?
A
Amerigo Vespucci
B
Marco Polo
C
Vasco da Gama
D
Christopher Columbus

Slide 3 - Quiz

How did this person named the indiginous people?

Slide 4 - Open question

Christopher Columbus
1492: Spain won the Reconquista. Spanish King Ferdinand + Queen Isabella financed Christopher Columbus to discover new routes to the Indies.

Columbus went west across the Atlantic with the convincing of scholars like cartographer Toscanelli.

Slide 5 - Slide

Read: "the success of Columbus" (p.17) and fill in the blanks:

In 1492 Columbus departed with ____ ships. In October they sighted land and Columbus went ashore.

He called the indiginous people ________ and named the territory San Salvador.

He sailed back to Spain and convinced the King and Queen his expedition had been a success. He announced that the __________ route to the Indies was found!

Slide 6 - Slide

Treaty of Tordesillas
1494: Spain and Portugal divided the undicovered parts of the world between them:
  • Everything west of Cape Verde = Spanish rule
  • Everything east of Cape Verde = Portugese rule

Slide 7 - Slide

Slide 8 - Video

Slide 9 - Slide

Wich country got everything west of Cape Verde?
A
Spain
B
Portugal
C
Italy

Slide 10 - Quiz

Wich country Portugal get according to the treaty?
A
Chile
B
Argentina
C
Brazil

Slide 11 - Quiz

Mallegan
After portugese discovery of the Moluccas (Molukken), the Spanish began to have doubts about the treaty: Possible to sail west and reach the Islands from the other side? Then the Moluccas would be Spanish possession!

Portugese navigaton Ferdinand Mallegan sailed from Seville and tried in order of German/Spanish king Charles V (Karel V).

Mallegans' journey took him around the world. Magellan himself didn't survive the journey as he was killed.

Slide 12 - Slide

Slide 13 - Video

How was Cortes able to conquer the Aztec people?

Slide 14 - Open question

Aztecs 
Aztecs were indigenous people in Mexico. They were a developed civilization with an active trade and cities. Their leader 'Montezuma' was considered a god.

In 1519 they came into contact with Conquistador Hernan Cortes who was also considered a god by Aztecs.

Cortes conquered the Aztecs with the help of rival tribes and military force.

Slide 15 - Slide

Incas
The Incas were a civilization from the Andes region from Ecuador to Chile. 

The Incas ruled their empire from the administrative centre of Cusco with the help of couriers who traveled paved roads.

They were ruled by the Inca who was seen as a incarnation of their sun god 'Inti'. At the time this was 'Atahualpa'.

Slide 16 - Slide

Slide 17 - Video

What tactic did Pizarro use to conquer the Incas

Slide 18 - Open question

What were the reasons Pizarro was able to conquer the Inca kingdom that fast?
A
The Spaniards brought superior weapons.
B
The Spaniards brought European diseases with them.
C
The Incas didn't know how to fight.
D
The Incas weren't governed as one so they were easy to conquer.

Slide 19 - Quiz

How did Spain take possession of America?

Slide 20 - Open question

To do
Start with working on learning goal 3
Focus on the criteria and your summary

Slide 21 - Slide