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Conquistadors, a la Shmoop.

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Boats. [Jack Sparrow holding up a cruise ship]

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Giant crosses. [two crosses, one in a hat with a handbag]

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Silly hats. [man with a fruit hat]

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And beards. [guy with a large beard]

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What do all of these things have in common? They were all used by Conquistadors. [Conquistadors in a bowl of chili]

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Who were the Conquistadors? An indie rock band? [Conquistadors playing instruments]

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Actually, they were explorers and military leaders who conquered new lands for Spain [dora shows military Conquistadors]

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and Portugal. They colonized much of the world between the [map of Americas with Spanish flags popping up]

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15th and 17th centuries. They were able to conquer much larger armies using their wits…

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and guns…

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and disease. [menu of small pox sandwich and influenza ice cream]

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They brought Spanish and Portuguese culture…[map of Spain, dancer, painting of bull fighting, wine and a soccer ball]

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…language…

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…and religion to all the lands they conquered. [Conquistador flying through the air with Bibles]

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You may have heard of some of the more famous Conquistadors.

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Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztec Empire. [portrait of Cortes vs. Aztecs]

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Francisco Pizarro conquered the Incan Empire. [portrait of Pizarro vs Incas]

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Amerigo Vespucci gave his name to the Continents. [portrait of Vespucci and a map of the Americas]

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And Guy “Guido” Fawkes inspired a movie with Natalie Portman.

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Conquistador armies comprised of poor Spaniards looking for work…[picture of poor Spaniards]

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…and slaves from Africa. [picture of slaves getting tortured on a boat]

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Their forces traveled the globe, charting new rivers and coastlines…[Conquistador in a Mario game]

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…discovering new continents and oceans…

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...and killing lots of people.

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They also established the first major treaties between Europe and India, China, and Japan. [Conquistador with world map and flags]

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Some guys like Ponce de Leon went looking for the fabled Fountain of Youth…

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Others searched through the jungles in search for the Lost Cities of Gold. [Lego Indiana Jones in tall grass]

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They did find several new species of animals…[tiger with elephant head]

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As a result of all of this running around and looking for made-up stuff while killing people…

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The Conquistadors brought untold riches back to Europe…[Conquistador packman eats gold]

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…made hundreds of scientific discoveries…

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…and destroyed the boundaries that separated the world’s peoples.

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Their adventures gave birth to the modern world. [Conquistador holds ipad]

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Too bad those hats lost popularity.

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What do you think?

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Did all of the advancements that came about because of the Conquistadors justify all that destruction?

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Shmoop amongst yourselves.

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