Conquistadors BrainPOP Review

What is the definition of dominate?

• have a commanding influence on; exercise control over

• an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority

• high renown or honor won by notable achievements

• make (someone) a slave

Which word best describes how the conquistadors treated the people they conquered?

• Fairly

• Cruelly

• Generously

• Indifferently

What is the definition of glory?

• have a commanding influence on; exercise control over

• an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority

• high renown or honor won by notable achievements

• make (someone) a slave

What is the definition of enslave?

• have a commanding influence on; exercise control over

• an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority

• high renown or honor won by notable achievements

• make (someone) a slave

Why did the king of Spain want so much gold and land?

• He wanted to make the

  conquistadors rich and powerful

• He wanted to build expensive new

  palaces

• He wanted to build expensive new

  palaces

• He wanted to dominate other

  European empires

What is the definition of colony?

• have a commanding influence on; exercise control over

• an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority

• a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country

• make (someone) a slave

Why do so many people in Latin America speak Spanish or Portuguese?

• They are subjects of the kings of

  Spain and Portugal

• Their countries were once Spanish

  or Portuguese colonies

• They are descended from Spanish

  and Portuguese conquistadors

• They are immigrants from Spain and

  Portugal

What is the definition of empire?

• have a commanding influence on; exercise control over

• an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority

• high renown or honor won by notable achievements

• make (someone) a slave

Why did smallpox kill so many of the natives in the Americas, but so few conquistadors?

• The conquistadors had been

  vaccinated against smallpox

• The natives had poor hygiene, while

  the Spanish were very clean

• The smallpox virus was designed to

  only infect native populations

• The natives had never been exposed

  to European diseases

What is the definition of convert (in religion)?

• change one's religious faith or other beliefs

• an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority

• a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country

• make (someone) a slave