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Spain conquers America

How did Spain take possession of America?
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Spain conquers America

How did Spain take possession of America?

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

What do we already know about this topic?

Slide 2 - Woordweb

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

Slide 3 - Quizvraag

How did this person name the indigenous people?

Slide 4 - Open vraag

Slide 5 - Video

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 because of the conviction of scholars like cartographer Toscanelli.

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

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 indigenous 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 7 - Tekstslide

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

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

Slide 9 - Video

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

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

Slide 11 - Quizvraag

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

Slide 12 - Quizvraag

Mallegan
After the Portuguese discovery of the Moluccas (Molukken), the Spanish began to doubt the treaty: is it Possible to sail west and reach the Islands from the other side? Then the Moluccas would be Spanish possession!

Portuguese navigation 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 13 - Tekstslide

Slide 14 - Video

How was Cortes able to conquer the Aztec people?

Slide 15 - Open vraag

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 16 - Tekstslide

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 travelled paved roads.

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

Slide 17 - Tekstslide

Slide 18 - Video

What tactic did Pizarro use to conquer the Incas?

Slide 19 - Open vraag

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 20 - Quizvraag

How did Spain take possession of America?

Slide 21 - Open vraag

What did we learn about this lesson?
name important people/ events/ dates

Slide 22 - Woordweb