Week 1 History

Week 1 History

Multiple Choice

Why did Ferdinand and Isabella pay for explorers?

• For Pride

• to make money and find treasure

• to meet the locals

Multiple Choice

Why did Ferdinand and Isabella pay for explorers?

• For Pride

• to make money and find treasure

• to meet the locals

Multiple Choice

What are CONQUISTADORES?

• cowboys

• soldiers

• cooks

Multiple Choice

What deal did Spain and Portugal make?

• they would divide the land

• they would be friends

• they would party

Multiple Choice

Where did Muslims, Spanish and Portuguese get their slaves?

• India

• Europe

• West Africa

Multiple Choice

What do we call the journey from West Africa to the West Indies and Central and South America?

• The Middle Passage

• The Cruise passage

• The Circle Passage

Multiple Choice

What do we call the journey from West Africa to the West Indies and Central and South America?

• The Middle Passage

• The Cruise passage

• The Circle Passage

Multiple Choice

Where was Hernan Cortes from?

• Spain

• Portugal

• Mexico

Multiple Choice

What Kingdom/ Tribe did Cortes find?

• Aztec

• Inca

• Mayan

Multiple Choice

Who was Montezuma?

• King of Aztecs

• King of Europe

• King of Incas

Multiple Choice

Who did Montezuma think Cortes was?

• A God

• A Mermaid

• A Warrior

Multiple Choice

What was the rumor Cortes heard about Central America?

• That there was a city made of gold

• There was a city made of Chocolate.

• That there city made of hay bails

Multiple Choice

Who did Montezuma think Cortes was?

• A God

• A Mermaid

• A Warrior

Spain, Portugal and the New World

• Ferdinand and Isabella paid for explorers to go to the new world so that they could make money and find treasure

• Spain and Portugal claimed land in Central and and South America

Conquistadores

were Spanish and Portuguese soldiers

Spain vs. Portugal

• Spain and Portugal had to fight the native tribes (Aztecs, Mayans and Incas) in order to take hold of the New World.

• Spain and Portugal made a deal and split up the land.

• Once they had taken control of the land they made the natives and slaves that they had brought from Africa grow crops and mine gold.

Middle Passage

• Slaves were bought from Muslim traders

• Muslim traders got their slaves from West Africa

• When Spain and Portugal couldn't get enough slaves they went to West Africa and kidnapped West Africans.

• Middle passage consist of West Africa to the West Indies and Central and South America

Cortes and Montezuma

• Hernan Cortes was a Spanish conquistador.

• He found the Aztec Empire

• He heard a rumor that the Aztec city was made of gold.

• Aztecs welcome Cortes and his men with gifts of gold.

Cortes and Montezuma cont.

• The Aztecs that Cortes was a God

• Cortes's men argued with the priests and a fight broke out.

• Cortes and his men escaped and hid, once they noticed the streets were quite the came out but the Aztecs were waiting for them.

• A lot of the men drowned due to all the gold they had on them

• Cortes was able to escape and he came back with an army and took control of Tenochtitlan.