InfluenceofSpanish&PortugueseonLatinAmericaLearningTarget:ICANexplaintheimpacttheColumbianExchangehadonthedeclineoftheindigenouspopulation?GPS:SS6H1ThestudentwilldescribetheimpactofEuropeancontactonLatinAmerica.SS6H2ThestudentwillexplainthedevelopmentofLatinAmericaandtheCaribbeanascoloniesofEuropeannationsandonthroughtheirindependence.InfluenceofSpanish&PortugueseonLatinAmericaSpanishMissions

• AstheEuropeansexploredmoreoftheNewWorld,theybroughttheir___________________alongwiththem.

• TheSpanish,beingdevout___________________,wouldexplorearegionandsetupfortstoprotecttheirinterestsinthearea.Oftenalongwiththefortscamemissions.

• ThesemissionswereintendedtospreadChristianitytothenativesoftheNewWorld.• Atfirst,NativeAmericanslistenedtothepriests'storiesinexchangeforfoodorlodging,

thoughmostdidnot___________________totheChristianreligion.• AstheEuropeanpresencegrew,however,priestsbegantoforceconversionsontheNative

Americans.ColumbianExchange

• ColumbianExchangeisusedtodescribetheexchangeofcrops,animals,people,&even___________________,whichoccurredafterColumbus’discoveryoftheNewWorld.

• AsaresultofthecontactbetweentheEastern&WesternHemispheres,peopleinbothplaceswereintroducedtoavarietyofitems.

• Namedfor:ChristopherColumbus,asaresultofhis“discovery”oftheNewWorldin1492.

• Thisstartedanexchangebetween___________________(OldWorld),andtheAmericas(NewWorld)

Whatsortsofthingsdidtheyexchange?• Thegood:horses,corn,beans,potatoesandotherproduce,farmanimals,andsugarcane,

wheatandbarley• Thebad:germsanddiseaseslikesmallpox,influenza,andtyphoidfever• Theugly:___________________

Horses• BeforetheEuropeansintroducedthem,manynativepeoplehadnotevenseen

___________________.• Thiswasa“game-changer”fornativeAmericans.Why?

Slavery• Thenativepeoplewerenotagoodsourceof___________________becausemostofthemwere

killedbyEuropeansintheirattemptstotakeovertheland,and___________________killedmanymore.

• So___________________werebroughttotheNewWorld.• Theywereforcedtoworkinterribleconditions,andfacedlifetimesofslavery,andtheir

___________________facedthesame.• Theygrewinnumbersastheneedforfarmsgrew,mostlyalongthetropicalcoasts.• Mostofthe___________________wassentbacktoEurope.• TodaydescendantsoftheseAfricanslavesareapartofL.A.’sculture.• OverhalfofCubans,andabouthalfofBrazilianshave___________________ancestors.

CompareContrastAztec/IncaSlaveryEuropeanSlaveryLanguage

• TheEuropeansspreadtheirlanguageacrossLA.• Spanish• Portugeuse• Quechua(Incanlanguage)• Nahautl(AztecLanguage)• HaitianCreole(blendofFrench&Africanlanguage)

Religion

• MostlyRomanCatholicinSouthAmerica.• Christianity• ManyindigenouspeoplewereforcedtosaytheyacceptedChristianity,butcontinuedto

practicetheirownbeliefsinprivate.