Who were the explorers and what did they

find?UNIT 2, LESSON 2

By: Mr. Casey

Cartographer(Noun) A person who makes maps or charts

Colony

(Noun) an area or place that is ruled by a distant country

Reform(VERB) TO CHANGE

Martin Luther

Convert(VERB) To change someone’s or one’s own

beliefs

Emperor(NOUN) the ruler of an empire

MoctezumaRuler of the Aztec

Empire

Circumnavigate(NOUN) The act of sailing around something

Magellan

SPANISH POWER

The Cause & Effect of Spain’s power

Ferdinand and Isabella Marry, joining two kingdoms

SPANISH INQUISITION (1478)“You aren’t catholic? Get out or convert!”

Columbus Finds the New World

Columbus starts a wave of exploration

The VASCO EFFECTVasco de Gama finds a new route to Asia (1497). The portuguese focus efforts and resources on asia

BALBOA’S GOLDVasco Nunez de balboa explores the area around modern day panama and discovers the pacific ocean and gold

then he sends 30,000 pieces of gold to the king of spain which creates a gold rush riches

CHARLES I Charles I comes to power (1516) and eventually creates a vast empire

He becomes Charles V, holy roman emperor and wants to spread catholicism

CHARLES I Spain

increases its power

and empire

THE CONQUISTADORS

“The Conquerers”

CORTES & The Aztecs

aztec empire is huge (200,000 soldiers)

1519 -cortes only has 500 men, 16 horses, and 11 ships

Aztec people believe in the prophecy of Quetzalcoatl

Moctezuma sends gold plates and tells him not to come

cortes gathers tribes that oppose the aztecs to help him with the help of dona marina

CORTES & The Aztecs

Cortes goes directly to Tenochtitlan

Many other tribes see Cortes as a liberator

It takes him two years and reinforcements but he defeats the aztecs in 1521

His army, disease, guns, and horses help him defeat the aztecs

They take control of the aztec lands and replace tenochtitlan with mexico city

SPANISH POWERPortuguese focus on routes to africa and the new world (Vasco de gama 1498)

Martin Luther and the protestant reformation create a rift between the Catholic church and other religions (1517)

The New World holds great riches (Gold, land, crops)

Spanish not only want to get rich, but now they want to spread catholicism across the world, Especially this new World (Reconquista)

Spanish Inquisition - (1478) Not catholic? “Get Out!”