TIME TO TAKE NOTES

JUST KIDDING!!!!

TIME TO PLAY A GAME!!!

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/fling/aztecs/

THE SPANISH

The Spanish

11oo’smulti-religious Moors

Christian kingdoms = more powerful and begin struggle for power from Muslims

Geography: Spain occupies about 80% of the Iberian Peninsula

Water bodies /Mountains

Mediterranean Sea Atlantic Ocean Strait of Gibraltar

Pyrenees = largest mountain ranges

Geography

central plateau = Meseta Central

Climate: rainy in the north moderated by the ocean southern is very dry with very little

rainfall.

Review

Spain

made up of individual kingdoms separated by mountains and rivers

Five Minute Write/Homework Chapter Notes Pg 236-239

Geography Review

La geographia manda

Geography controls everything

Arab influence on the Spanish Conquered entire Iberian Peninsula Built mosques Muslim music, art, architecture Relative religious tolerance

The Reconquista

retake the Iberian land under Muslim control purpose = spread Christianity

The Reconquista

Intermittent Wars Result = Moors dethroned, multiple

kingdoms remain

The Reconquista

Spanish Reconquista

Means reconquest

Ferdinand – Aragon Isabella – Castile

Marriage in 1469 united them Aka Catholic Monarchs

Eventually, through the marriage of King Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile did two of the largest kingdoms unite

The Reconquista

Teaser

Spanish Inquisition

State run system of courts where Church officials put believers of religious ideas other than Catholicism on trial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMtxWs5ZWWY

CONVERT OR BE EXILED

The Spanish Inquisition

1492 – 1834main purpose = eliminate all

non-Christians

civil + religious court

Expulsion of Jews/Muslims Spain: business/educated middle

class

Creation of missionaries – teach and convert people to Catholicism

Important date: 1492: Granada

If we have time…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y4sa0L4IgQ&feature=related

What do you notice?

Teaser - Revisted

The Spanish Begin to Build an Empire In 1492 the catholic monarchs

supported the voyages of Columbus.

This decision led to Spain becoming the most powerful and wealthy country in Europe.

Exploration

Christopher Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic

Voyages

Three ships, 90 sailors, to explore

17 ships, 2500 sailors/soldiers/missionaries/settlers, set up colony/permanent settlement

GOLD!!!!

Exploration

Any resources and goods = property of Spain

sent missionaries to teach the beliefs and customs of the Roman Catholic Church

GOLD

Wealth hidalgos

War

Soldiers

Disease

During conflict between Aztecs and Spanish

Gave Spanish an advantage

Tenochtitlan – killing 50% of Aztecs

Can’t resist Spanish assault

Questions

What was the name of the Disease?

Who brought the disease?

Why didn’t the Spanish die from it?

The Spanish Empire

By the mid-1500, Spain controlled large areas of the Caribbean, the Americas, and parts of Asia and Africa.