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Story of the World - Volume 3, Chapter 1

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  • What name was given to parts of South America because so many Spanish moved there?
    New Spain
  • How did the Spanish get gold?
    They took it from native tribes, panned for it in the streams, and mined it from rock.
  • Who inherited Charles's lands?
    His son Philip and his brother Ferdinand
  • How many kings did Charles have in his family?
    three
  • Which country was Christopher Columbus looking for when he sailed west for Europe?
    India
  • What title did Charles want?
    Holy Roman Emperor
  • What is the name of the leader who brought peace to France, and who first held the title of Holy Roman Emperor?
    Charlemagne
  • What three thrones did Charles inherit while he was still a teenager?
    Netherlands, Spain, and Germany
  • What was an encomienda?
    a special contract that gave conquistadores permission to sail to South America and take gold.
  • What did these conquistadores realize about the land that Columbus found?
    That is was an entirely new land
  • How much money in gold and silver did the Spanish take from South America?
    They took five hundred billion dollars worth
  • Did the pope eventually agree to crown Charles "Holy Roman Emperor?"
    yes
  • What problems did Charles have with his kingdom?
    growing poorer because of fighting many wars and Catholics and Protestants were fighting each other
  • What were Spanish adventurers called?
    conquistadores
  • Who was living in South America?
    Native tribes called Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas
  • Which three people of groups of people joined together to fight against Charles and his armies?
    The king of France, the princes of Italy, and the pope
  • The Spanish prospered from gold in South America. Did the South Americans prosper?
    No, they suffered because the Spanish forced the men, women, and children to work for them in mines.
  • In the year 1600, ____________________________ was the king of Spain.
    Philip
  • In the year 1600, ___________________________________ was the Holy Roman Emperor.
    Ferdinand
  • Who did Charles hire to march down and attack Rome?
    a group of Protestant Christians called the German Fury
  • Spanish law declared that ______________________________ got a share of gold brought from the New World.
    the king of Spain
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