Vocabulary
A journey taken for a special purpose
What is an expedition?
The first conquistador to arrive in Florida in 1513
Who is Juan Ponce de León?
One valuable metal conquistadors wanted to find
What is gold? (or silver)
The ocean explorers crossed to reach Florida
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Europeans brought new foods and this
What is culture?
Materials that come from Earth and help people
What is a natural resource?
Probably the first free African person in North America
Who is Juan Garrido?
The religion Spain wanted to spread
What is Christianity?
A problem on ships during long trips
What is limited food? (or bad weather / crowded ships)
A positive effect of meeting Europeans
What is new trading partners?
A place ruled by another country
What is a colony?
Led an expedition that ended in disaster in 1528
Who is Pánfilo de Narváez?
Spain wanted more of this by owning land
What is power? (or wealth)
How long people lived on ships
What is months?
A negative effect that killed many people
What is disease?
A system where people are forced to work without freedom
What is slavery?
Survived Narváez’s expedition and wrote about it
Who is Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca?
Trading natural resources helped Spain earn this
What is money?
What made travel dangerous besides storms
What is disease? (or lack of food)
Fighting between Europeans and Native Americans caused this
What is death?
A Spanish explorer in the Americas
What is a conquistador?
Explored Florida and crossed the Mississippi River
Who is Hernando de Soto?
The story or item Ponce de León is connected to
What is the Fountain of Youth?
Narváez split his group into land and this
What is a water force (ship group)?
Before explorers came, Native Americans had this land to themselves
What is Florida?