Spanish Colonization

The first nation to make widespread colonization efforts in the new world was?

• Spain

• Portugal

• England

• France

What phrase summarized the Spanish goals in the New World?

• Semper Fidelis

• Gold, Glory and God

• Deutschland uber alles.

• Sic semper tyrannis.

What Spanish word meant "conqueror"?

• Monarchist

• Oligarchy

• Dictator

• Conquistador

The land a conquistador controlled, called an encomienda, came with these benefits and responsibilities?

• They must give 50% of profits to the king, were given 15 peasants to farm the land.

• They must give 10 lbs of gold per year to the governor, were allowed to have 100 slaves.

• They must give 20% of profits to the king, were given the rights to the labor of the natives.

• There were no responsibilities, just endless benefits of conquering a new world.

Who is this?

• Christopher Columbus

• King Moctezuma of the Aztecs

• Leif Eriksson

• Hernando Cortes

What happened to the Aztec kingdom?

• They were defeated by Cortes

• They were victorious over the Spanish

• They fought the Spanish to a draw, allowing the kingdoms to exist side by side.

• They had already disappeared by the time Cortes found Tenochtitlan.

How did Cortes defeat the Aztecs?

• A large artillery bombardment followed by blitzkrieg tactics.

• Making allies with Aztec enemies, superior technology and many natives dying of disease.

• He did not defeat them.

• The Aztecs surrendered because they thought the Spanish might be Quetzalcoatl.

What was Juan Ponce de Leon looking for?

• Tropical fruits only found in Florida.

• New friends and allies to be found in the Americas.

• Gold and the fountain of youth.

• A good fishing spot.

What hardships did the explorers face when they tried to conquer North America?

• Alligators, crocodiles and snapping turtles.

• Lack of success, hostile natives, tough terrain.

• Vast tracts of uninhabited land with no resources.

• Leaking ships and a lack of funding.

This is the name of the towns the Spanish built, that included a market, church and were used as a market town.

• Pueblo

• Presidio

• Mission

• Madrid