Spanish and Portugese Exploration IT work

3rd A and 3rd E

Step 1
Open the following link
http://www.flushinghighschool.org/ourpages/auto/2009/3/15/53349030/Spanish%20and%20Portuguese%20Colonies%20in%20Americas%20text%20summary.pdf

Step 2
Read the information and study the pyramid

Step 3
Use the text book and the online summary to answer the following questions.

Step 4
Open a new word document
Include your name, date and class in a header
Write the title of the section
Copy & paste the question
Directly answer the question
Add an image in the bottom centre of the page
Include the exact pyramid of how society was divided.
Print
Hand in 1 page ONLY

QUESTIONS

A. Main Ideas
As you read Section 2, answer the following questions on the lines provided.
1. To the Spanish, what goal was as important as gaining land in the Americas?
2. How did Spain control the economic activities of its colonies?
3. Why did Las Casas urge colonists to import slaves from Africa?
4. Why did the Spanish colonists build universities in the Americas?
5. Give three examples of ways in which the Spanish, Native Americans, and Africans contributed to one another’s cultures.
6. What natural resources and industries did the Portuguese exploit in Brazil? Reading and eview

B. Reviewing Key Terms
Briefly explain how the terms in each of the following groups are related.

7. plantation, encomienda
8. peninsular, creole, mestizo,mulatto