Spain Builds and American Empire

led a voyage west around the tip of South America. Even though he would not survive the trip, his crew would be the first to circumnavigate the globe.

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernando Cortes

• De Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

were the first European settlers in the Americas and would greatly increase their wealth

• French

• Portugal

• Spanish

• English

The Spanish brought this to America which greatly affected the Native Americans.

• disease

• foreign food

• trade

• tobacco

is a Spanish explorer, which means conqueror in the Spanish language

• aztec

• conquistador

• victor

• champion

defeated the Incan Empire with a small force of 200 men

• Hernando Cortes

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Pizarro

• Juan Ponce de León

The leader of the Inca Empire who was kidnapped and killed.

• Squanto

• Atahualpa

• Montezuma

• Pachacuti

defeated the Aztec Empire

• Francisco Pizarro

• Ponce de Leon

• Hernando Cortes

• Ferdinand Magellan

How did Cortes defeat the Aztecs?

• with superior weapons, help from surrounding native groups, and disease

• with a larger army

• starting a rebellion throughout the Aztec Empire

• the Aztecs submitted to Spanish rule after seeing their dominant power

What year did Columbus set sail westward and would land in the Caribbean?

• 1942

• 1510

• 1011

• 1492

This gave Spanish settlers control of native peoples who lived on their land.

• Colony

• Ally

• PLantations

• Encomiendas