Misc.
His name is Wreck-It Ralph.
Who is Mr. McGee's dog?
The flagship of Columbus’s initial 1492 expedition, which ran aground off the coast of Hispaniola.
What is the Santa Maria?
In 1541, De Soto became the first European recorded to reach and cross this massive North American river.
What is the Mississippi River?
Popular legend long linked Ponce de León's 1513 expedition to the search for these magical waters.
What is the Fountain of Youth?
The brutal middle leg of the trade network, in which millions of enslaved Africans were forcibly transported across the Atlantic.
What is the Middle Passage?
Italian navigator who landed in the Bahamas in 1492 while sailing for Spain.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The King and Queen that sponsored Christopher Columbus' first voyage.
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
Before exploring North America, De Soto gained vast wealth helping Pizarro conquer this South American empire.
What is the Incan Empire?
Ponce de León named Florida "La Florida" because he landed during this spring Christian holiday season.
What is Easter?
Key high valued agricultural goods such as cotton, sugarcane, tobacco, and indigo.
What are cash crops?
Was the name for the exchange of goods, peoples, cultures, diseases, plants, and animals?
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This was the Colony Columbus founded and tried to rule.
What was Hispaniola?
De Soto began his three-year march across the American Southeast by landing near Tampa Bay in this present-day U.S. state.
What is Florida?
Before sailing north to Florida, Ponce de León served as the first official Spanish governor of this Caribbean island.
What is Puerto Rico?
This percentage of slaves died during the journey across the Atlantic.
What is 12%-15%?
These were the diseases brought over by the Explorers that killed 90% of the early Native American population.
What are Small Pox and Influenza?
The indigenous Caribbean population Columbus first encountered, whom he mistakenly referred to as "Indians."
Who are the Taino?
De Soto introduced these on accident to the area around Arkansas.
What is the Razorback Hog?
Ponce De Leon died from an infection after being shot with this from a Southwest Florida Tribe.
What is a Poison Arrow?
Manufactured goods sent from European ports to West African rulers and traders typically included textiles, manufactured metal, and these weapons.
What are Firearms (Guns)?
This Spanish Priest suggested instead of having Native Americans as slaves, they should instead buy Africans because they were "used to working hard in their country."
Who is Bartolomé de las Casas?
The two smaller ships that Columbus brought along during his first voyage.
What are the Nina and Pinta?
Before embarking on his Southeast expedition, De Soto was appointed governor of this major Caribbean island colony.
What is Cuba?
Long before exploring Florida, Ponce de León first crossed the Atlantic as a crew member on this explorer's second voyage in 1493.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The overarching economic system of imperial powers using colonial trade to build gold reserves and maintain a favorable trade balance.
What is Mercantilism?