What three reasons did Europeans want to explore the Americas and conquer new lands?
God, Gold, Glory
Peaceful people sent to convert natives to Christianity.
Conquistadors
Missionaries
Europeans
Explorers
Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Incan Empire in 1526?
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortes
Who was the Incan Chief that was conquered?
Atahualpa
Montezuma
A Spanish explorer who spread stories to Mexico of cities of gold.
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Estevanico
How many survivors from Magellan's 3 year voyage around the world made it back to Spain?
52
18
1
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).
Francisco Pizarro
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Montezuma
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 man to sail west in search of a faster route to Asia? He landed in Central America in 1492.
Christopher Columbus
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernando Cortes
Who was the Aztec Chief that was conquered?
Atahualpa
Montezuma
This treaty between two countries moved the boundary line 800 miles west of where Pope Alexander VI originally placed it.
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Greenville
Treaty of Tordesillas
What country was Christopher Columbus trying to find a faster route to?
Spain
India
America
Portugal
The Treaty of Tordesillas was between which two countries?
Spain and America
Brazil and Spain
Spain and Great Britain
Spain and Portugal
Europeans who conquered and claimed land for their home country using force.
Conquistadors
Priests
Missionaries
Aztecs
This economic system is when the colony's purpose is to enrich the mother country.
Conquering
Treaty
Missionaries
Mercantilism
Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire in 1521?
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortes
Who was the first explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean by foot?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Ferdinand Magellan
Imaginary line drawn by Pope Alexander VI that split Portugal and Spain for land claiming purposes.
Line of Demarcation
Line of Symmetry
Equator
Line of Scrimmage
Who was the first to sail up the coast of California by sea?
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
Hernando de Soto
Explored American SouthWEST in search of mythical cities.
Ferdinand Magellan
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
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
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.
The first North American explorer who was of African descent (Moroccan).
Estevanico
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
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