the geographical discoveries

2. In the XV Century Spain and Portugal
were rediscovered and divided into
different territories.
Christopher Columbus left Spain to
discover America. 12th October 1492.

4. The Aztecs
The Mayas
The Incas
When Columbus arrived to the Americas
there were three indigenous tribes.
There were wars against the Spanish and
these tribes to control these areas.

5. The capital was Tenochitlán. This is a
place in Mexico.
There are still pyramids and temples
there.
 In 1592, Hernán Cortes invaded the
Aztec tribe with the help of the Emperor
Moctezuma II.
The new name of this place is Mexico
City.

7. The Mayan culture wrote their own
language. ´Mayan Script´.
They were a very important tribe before
Columbus invaded.
The Mayan population still live in their
tribes today.

9. The capital of the Incas is Machu Pichu.
This is in Peru.
The Inca empire was the biggest in the
New World.
The emperor of this empire was
worshiped as the son of the sun.

10. Laws were made in Spanish

Institutions were created- all the information was
controled from Sevilla to the Americas.
Spain became an Imperial Colony. There were battles
with England and Holland over these territories.
Social problems- the indigenous population of the
Incas, Mayans and Aztecs disappeared becauase of the
wars.