Spanish Exploration and Settlement of the Americas

Submission

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Part 1 Give Response in one-three sentences. (Each question is worth two points)

1. Describe two remaining influences of Spanish colonization in Latin America.

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2. What resources would have helped indigenous people fight off Spanish conquistadors?

3. What motivated Spain to explore and colonize the Americas? Describe at least one example.

4. What modern technology would have helped explorers calculate the best route to Asia?

5. How did missionaries try to discourage indigenous people from practicing their traditional religions?

1. Describe Christopher Columbus’s adventures in the Americas as an explorer and conquistador.

2. What was the role of religion in the Spanish colonization of the Americas? Describe two examples in your answer.

3. Why would friars insist that indigenous people destroy traditional religious places and figures? Describe at least one example of this action in your answer.