1. New Word Empire
Expeditions:
Conquest
Exploration
Organization
Council of the Indies
Viceroyalties
Casa de Contratación of Seville

2. Pre-Columbian America
There were many different native
cultures in America. They have
called Pre-Columbian because they
existed before Columbus arrived
there
There were three famous
civilizations:
The Mayas
The Incas
The Aztecs
However many other pepople also
lived in America

3. Find out about the Mayas, the Incas and the
Aztecs
Where did they live?
How was their society organized?
What were their main economic activities?
What kind of food did they eat?
In what ways were the three civilizations similaror
different?

4. Expeditions
Conquest in Central and South America
Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztec Empire
Francisco Pizarro conquered the Inca Empire
Exploration
Francisco de Orellana discovered the Amazon
rainforest, He was the first to sail down the
Amazon River
Expeditions to the Pacific: Miguel Lopez de
Legazpi left from Mexico to conquer the
Philipppines

5. Hernán Cortés F. Pizarro
Orellana
López de Legazpi

6. Organization of the New World
Empire
The kings treated America as an extension of
Spain and applied the same laws.
Carles V created the Council of the Indies
(consejo de Indias), which advised the king on
matters of goverment
The conquered territory was divided into de
Viceroyalty of New Spain (Virreinato de Nueva
España)
Viceroyalty of Peru (Virreinato del Peru)
The viceroys came from the Spanish Aristocracy and
were very powerful

8. Economy
Large amounts of precious metals, especially
silver, were discovered in America and this
helped the kings to finance their empire
Trade with America was carried out through
the Casa de Contratación, or trading house
in Seville.
The Spanish also set up large haciendas in
America for stockbreeding and agriculture

10. Society in the New World
Spaniards occupied the highest positions in
society in the Indies
Mestizos were the children of Spanish men
and Native American women, and occupied
the second highest positions in society
Indians performed manual work, largely in
agriculture
Negroes were in the worst situation. They were
slaves brought from Africa to do the hardest
work, and they had no rights at all

12. Main vocabulary
Launched Prince Henry the Navigator
Take over
Portulan chart Cape of Good Hope
Compass, astrolabe, quadrant Genoese
Caravel
Trading post Catholic Monarchs
Circumnavigating
Cipango
Crew
Took command Ferdinand magellan
Headed
Acquire Spice Islands
Accurate Strait of Magellan
Diseases
Sail down Philippines
Starting pint
Council of the Indies
Viceroyalty
Viceroy
Haciendas