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What country was Christopher Columbus trying to find a faster route to?
 
India
 
Spain
 
Portugal
 
America
How many survivors from Magellan's 3 year voyage around the world made it back to Spain?
 
18
 
52
 
1
A Spanish explorer who spread stories to Mexico of cities of gold.
 
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
 
Estevanico
The first North American explorer who was of African descent (Moroccan).
 
Estevanico
 
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Incan Empire in 1526?
 
Francisco Pizarro
 
Hernan Cortes
Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire in 1521?
 
Hernan Cortes
 
Francisco Pizarro
Who was the first explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean by foot?
 
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
 
Ferdinand Magellan
Explored American SouthWEST in search of mythical cities.
 
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
 
Ferdinand Magellan
Who was the first explorer to lead a voyage around the world? (Hint: He was killed before he completed the voyage).
 
Ferdinand Magellan
 
Francisco de Vasquez Coronado
Who was the explorer in search of mythical cities in the SouthEAST, who died and was buried in the Mississippi River?
 
Hernando de Soto
 
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
Who was the first to sail up the coast of California by sea?
 
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
 
Hernando de Soto
Who was the first man to sail west in search of a faster route to Asia? He landed in Central America in 1492.
 
Christopher Columbus
 
Hernando Cortes
 
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
 
Ferdinand Magellan
Who was the Incan Chief that was conquered?
 
Atahualpa
 
Montezuma
Who was the Aztec Chief that was conquered?
 
Montezuma
 
Atahualpa
This European explorer was one of the first to believe that the Americas were not a part of Asia (Hint: They named the Americas after him).
 
Amerigo Vespucci
 
Montezuma
 
Francisco Pizarro
 
Christopher Columbus
Name 2 of the 4 reasons why the Spanish conquered the Aztecs and Incas.
Native Americans believed the Spanish were gods. Disease wiped out Native Americans. Enemy tribes allied with Spanish. Spanish superior weapons and soldiers.
This economic system is when the colony's purpose is to enrich the mother country.
 
Mercantilism
 
Treaty
 
Conquering
 
Missionaries
What three reasons did Europeans want to explore the Americas and conquer new lands?
God, Gold, Glory
The Treaty of Tordesillas was between which two countries?
 
Spain and Portugal
 
Spain and Great Britain
 
Spain and America
 
Brazil and Spain
This treaty between two countries moved the boundary line 800 miles west of where Pope Alexander VI originally placed it.
 
Treaty of Tordesillas
 
Treaty of Versailles
 
Treaty of Paris
 
Treaty of Greenville
Imaginary line drawn by Pope Alexander VI that split Portugal and Spain for land claiming purposes.
 
Line of Demarcation
 
Line of Scrimmage
 
Equator
 
Line of Symmetry
Europeans who conquered and claimed land for their home country using force.
 
Conquistadors
 
Missionaries
 
Priests
 
Aztecs
Peaceful people sent to convert natives to Christianity.
 
Missionaries
 
Conquistadors
 
Explorers
 
Europeans
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