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1.3 The discovery of America
Slide 1 - Diapositive
Goals for this lesson
At the end of this lesson you know...
What the Reconquista was in Spain.
What Ferdinand and Isabella hoped to gain from supporting Columbus.
When Columbus discovered America.
How the contact was between the Spanish and the 'Indians'.
Why the New World was named America.
Slide 2 - Diapositive
Read the intro text
Slide 3 - Diapositive
Aragon & Castille
Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille fell in love and married.
Their lands were combined to form one mighty Spanish kingdom.
Slide 4 - Diapositive
Reconquista
Slide 5 - Diapositive
The Reconquista
=Reconquest of Muslim Spain by the christian kingdoms.
Castille and Aragon defeated the last muslims in 1492.
Slide 6 - Diapositive
Who were the last Muslims defeated in the Reconquista?
A
Muslims of Valencia
B
Muslims of Seville
C
Muslims of Granada
D
Muslims of Cordoba
Slide 7 - Quiz
When did the Reconquista end?
A
1492
B
1453
C
1476
D
1521
Slide 8 - Quiz
Which kingdoms were involved in the Reconquista?
A
Castille
B
Leon
C
Aragon
D
Navarre
Slide 9 - Quiz
1b. Drag the texts to the correct places in the map
Prince
Ferdinand
Muslim Spain
Princess
Isabella
Slide 10 - Question de remorquage
Columbus
Italian.
Hoped to find a western road to reach Asia.
Was sponsored by the new Spanish kingdom.
Was given three ships
Santa Maria, Pinto and Nina.
Slide 11 - Diapositive
How many ships did Columbus have?
A
Three
B
Two
C
One
D
Four
Slide 12 - Quiz
What was Columbus' nationality?
A
Dutch
B
British
C
Italian
D
Spanish
Slide 13 - Quiz
What were the names of Columbus' ships?
A
Nina
B
Pinto
C
Santa Maria
D
Endeavour
Slide 14 - Quiz
Which continent did Columbus hope to reach?
A
North America
B
Asia
C
Africa
D
Australia
Slide 15 - Quiz
Who sponsored Columbus' voyage?
A
The new Spanish kingdom
B
Portugal
C
England
D
France
Slide 16 - Quiz
Slide 17 - Diapositive
Slide 18 - Vidéo
5. The Time of Discoverers and Reformers
Lesson 2. Discovery and Conquest (1)
What is this lesson about?
The Spanish King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella united their two kingdoms and defeated the Moors in the south of Spain. After this, they looked for possibilities to expand their power and Catholic religion to other lands. Christopher Columbus convinced them to lend him ships to sail west. By doing this he discovered a new continent that would eventually be called America.
Slide 19 - Diapositive
Previous lesson
Slide 20 - Carte mentale
New land
1492: Discovery new land.
Planted a Spanish flag in the Bahamas.
He thought he found a new sea route to Asia.
Slide 21 - Diapositive
Describe how you think the first contact between the Europeans and Native Americans went?
Slide 22 - Question ouverte
First contact with local inhabitants
Soon after Columbus set foot on land, the local inhabitants of the island came up to him and his men. He believed that he had arrived in the Indies, so he called them Indians. In his journal he wrote: 1.22
Columbus gave the inhabitants glass beads and other objects of little value to him, but this seemed to make the Indians even more friendly towards him. He wrote: (see source 1.23)
The Indians brought parrots, cotton threads, darts and many other things as gifts for Columbus and his crew. He received them and they explained to him that gold could be found on a bigger island, not far from their own.
Source 1.22
"They appear to be people who are very poor in everything. They are as naked as the moment they were born. They have handsome bodies, and their skin colour is neither white nor black.Their long hair is coarse, almost like that of a horse's tail. Some of them painted their bodies in white, black or red colours."
Source 1.23
"I think that they could be good servants, and they could easily become good Christians for they do not seem to have a religion themselves."
Christopher Columbus setting foot in the New World
Slide 23 - Diapositive
How did Columbus vieuw the indigenous people?
Slide 24 - Question ouverte
First contact
Columbus thought he was in India -> called the people Indians.
Columbus received gifts from the locals. He then enslaved them
Slide 25 - Diapositive
New world
Many Spanish ships came after Columbus.
A few years after C. Amerigo Vespucci discovered that C. found new land. In 1507 it was first called America.
Slide 26 - Diapositive
Word Duty
KEY WORDS
Reconquista: the name for the war in which Christians reconquered
Spain on the Moors
Indians: the name Columbus gave to the natives of America
New World: nickname of America given by Europeans who hoped
to start a new life there
Slide 27 - Diapositive
Why did Ferdinand and Isabella not support Columbus before 1492?
Slide 28 - Question ouverte
Why would the king of Portugal not have been very pleased with Columbus' plans?
Slide 29 - Question ouverte
Why would the Spanish king Ferdinand react differently to the proposals of Columbus?
Slide 30 - Question ouverte
Columbus' crew was made up of criminals who had to choose between sailing to the other side of the world or to rot in jail.
Why would it have been hard for Columbus to get a normal crew for his voyage?
Slide 31 - Question ouverte
On a long voyage, food would gradually run out. At some point Columbus reached a "point of no return". Can you think of what that meant?
Slide 32 - Question ouverte
Why did Columbus call the local inhabitants "Indians"?
Slide 33 - Question ouverte
Why was the New World eventually called "America"?
Slide 34 - Question ouverte
In this world map, made in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller, the name America was first used.
Slide 35 - Diapositive
Look at the map by Waldseemüller. Which continent is still missing in this map?
Slide 36 - Question ouverte
In the United States,
the second Monday in October is
Columbus Day.
Slide 37 - Diapositive
Use the pictures in the previous slide to describe the controversy of the celebration of Columbus Day.