Spanish Settlements
These were known to be the religious communities.
What are missions?
Who were the Songhai?
Christopher Columbus first landed here in 1492.
What is the Bahamas?
Fulfilled Portugal's dream of finding a sea route to Asia.
Who was Vasco da Gama?
Had weapons and animals never before seen, convinced some natives to fight against their rulers, and diseases carried by the Europeans.
What is how Cortes and Pizarro were able to defeat the Aztec and Incas?
These were known as towns or centers of trade
What is a pueblo?
This kingdom was overthrown by the Songhai around 1468.
Who was the Mali?
These are the two reasons the king and queen of Spain agreed to sponsor Christopher Columbus on his expedition.
What is 1)he promised to bring Christianity to the new lands he found; and 2) Spain would become wealthy if he succeeded in finding a route to Asia?
The first explorer to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas.
Who was Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
This was the original goal or plan of the Crusades in 1095.
What is to take back control of Christian holy sites in the Middle East from Muslims?
The term used for people with Spanish and Native American parents.
Who are Mestizos?
The ruler of the Mali kingdom.
Who was Mansa Musa?
The name of Marco Polo's book which later inspired Columbus.
Founded the first Spanish settlement in the present day United States at St. Augustine
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
This Spanish explorer was the first to sight California in 1542.
Who is Juan Cabrillo?
The term for people who were born in the Americas and whose parents were Spanish.
Who are Creoles?
This kingdom/empire captured Timbuktu.
Who were the Songhai?
What is the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?
Did not find the Seven Cities of Cibola but found the Grand Canyon and the Colorado Plateau.
Who is Francisco Coronado?
This became the first Spanish city in the southwest (of the present day U.S.) after Juan de Onate founded its province.
What is Santa Fe?
The term for people who were landowners, leaders of government, and heads of the Catholic Church in Spanish society.
Who are the peninsulares?
The West African kingdom which was a huge trading Empire, trading gold and salt and were attacked by the Almoravids
Who were the Ghana?
This title was given to Christopher Columbus by the king and queen of Spain when he returned after completing his first voyage.
What is Admiral of the Ocean Sea?
He realized South America was a separate continent from Asia and it was named after him.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
The name of the ancient Greek astronomer whose estimate of Earth's size was believed to be true by Christopher Columbus and others.