The Taino people sho lived on the islands between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
Who were the first people Christopher Columbus met when he landed in the Bahama Islands?
100
San Salvador/ Holy Savior
What is the first island Christopher Columbus named and claimed for Spain?
100
A journey made for a specific purpose.
What is an expedition?
100
Tierra! Tierra!
What does the word land mean in Spanish?
200
The royal couple who funded Christopher Columbus's voyages to the "indies".
Who were King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.
200
The Spaniard who was looking for a route to the Indies by sailing around the southern tip of South American. He was killed on his voyage, but his crew completed the first known voyage around the world.
Who was Magellan?
200
Four
What are the number of voyages CC made to the Caribbean Islands?
300
Ponce De Leon was looking for this in what is present day Florida.
What was The Fountain of Youth?
300
The capital of the Aztec empire.
What was Tenochtitlan?
300
He was the first Spaniard to explore Texas after he was shipwrecked trying to find Cuba.
What was DeVaca?
300
A settlement far away from the country that rules it.
What is a colony?
300
The five main items that moved from the Eastern/Western Hemispheres that changed the world.
Potato, Maize, Sugar, Horse, Disease
What was referred to as the Seeds of Time?
400
The ruler of the Aztec empire in the 1500s.
Who was Moctezuma?
400
Balboa led an expedition across Central American and was the first European to see and name this body of water.
What was the Pacific Ocean?
400
He was the first Spanish explorer to see the Mississippi River.
What was De Soto?
400
The movement of people, plants, animals, and germas across the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
400
The time in the Western Hemisphere before Columbus arrived, is referred to as this.
What is precolumbian time?
500
The Spanish conquistadore who defeated Moctezuma?
What was Cortez?
500
A Spanish explorer who explored the American Southwest in search of the Seven Cities of Gold (which didn't exist).
What was Coronado?
500
A Spanish soldier who conquered new lands for Spain, lookig for gold and other riches.
What is a conquistador?
500
The conquistador who conuered the Incan Empire ruled by Atahualpa.