Name: ________________________________________________ Period: ______________ Date: __________
Exploration and Expansion
Country
Portugal
Spain
Explorers
 Bartholomeau Dias: Rounded the
“Cape of Good Hope”
 Vasco de Gama: Sailed around
Africa to India
 Pedro Cabral: Landed in South
America
Lands Explored
Dias: South Africa
De Gama: India
Cabral: South America
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Hernan Cortes: Conquered
Mexico, introduced Catholicism
Christopher Columbus:
Discovered “New World”
Ferdinand Magellan: Sailed to
Asia through Western Hemisphere
Cortes: Mexico
Columbus: West Indies
Magellan: First person to
circumvent the globe
John Cabot: Explored New
England coastline of North
America
Hudson: Explored Hudson Bay and
Canada, and Labrador Bay
Drake: Circumvented the Globe
Cabot: New England
Hudson: Canada &
Labrador Bay
Drake: Circumvented the
Globe
Giovanni da Verazzano: Explored
Atlantic coast of North America
between Florida and New
Brunswick
Cartier: Explorer Gulf of St.
Lawrence in Canada
William Barents: Explored Artic
Explorer, explored Barents Sea in
search of Northwest Passage
Henry Hudson: Explored New
Jersey, Delaware and New York
and Hudson River
Verazzano: Atlantic Coast of
North America
Cartier: Gulf of St. Lawrence
in Canada
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England
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France
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Netherlands
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Cultures of the Americas
Barents: Artic & Barents
Sea
Hudson: New York, New
Jersey, Hudson River
Aztec
Inca
Government
Strong authoritarian monarchy
claimed lineage with the gods
and oversaw semiindependent territories
governed by local lords.
___________________ claimed
lineage with __________ God,
empire divided into quarters
and ___________ ruled by
________________.
Economy
Agriculture trade
Religion
Polytheistic, with one supreme
God, rituals included human
sacrifice.
Art &
Architecture
Pyramids and shrines to the
Gods.
Achievements
Accurate roads and chinampas
system.
_________________, strong
________________, quipu
Maize: Corn
Tribute: goods or money paid by conquered peoples to
their
conquerors.
Name: ________________________________________________________ Period: _________ Date: _______
Colonial Latin America
Social Classes in Latin America
Penisulares: Spanish and Portuguese colony Officials born in Europe
Creoles: Descendants of Europeans born in Latin America, controlled land and
business
Mesitzos:/Mulattoes:
(Mesitzos:) Half Native American / Half European (Multi-ethnic were lowest classes)
(Mulattoes:) Half African / Half European
Mita: Political System in Peru in which the Spanish authorities drafted natives to
work the silver mines.
Colonial Latin America
Defined Social Classes
Christianize the Natives and establish
Catholic schools, hospitals and
government
Colonial Economies are tied to Parent
Countries of Spain and Portugal
Colonial Latin America
Social Classes in Latin America
Penisulares: Spanish and Portuguese colony Officials born in Europe
Creoles: Descendants of Europeans born in Latin America, controlled land and
business
Mesitzos:/Mulattoes:
(Mesitzos:) Half Native American / Half European (Multi-ethnic were lowest classes)
(Mulattoes:) Half African / Half European
Mita: Political System in Peru in which the Spanish authorities drafted natives to
work the silver mines.
Colonial Latin America
Defined Social Classes
Christianize the Natives and establish
Catholic schools, hospitals and
government
Colonial Economies are tied to Parent
Countries of Spain and Portugal