Lesson 1:
The Voyages of Columbus
The Voyages of Columbus
The year in which Columbus made his first voyage to the Americas.
What is 1492?
The Spanish conquistador who led the defeat of the Aztec Empire.
Who is Hernando Cortes?
Spanish explorers where constantly searching for this in the Americas.
What is gold?
The country Columbus sailed for.
What is Spain?
The name of the imaginary lines that circle the globe in an east-west direction.
What are lines of latitude?
The names of Columbus's three ships.
What are the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?
The name given to Spanish conquerors in the Americas
What is conquistador?
The number of levels of society in New Spain.
What is four?
The powerful leader of the Aztec Empire.
Who is Moctezuma?
The name of the imaginary lines that circle the globe in an north-south direction.
What are lines of longitude?
The king and queen of Spain who supported Columbus's first expedition.
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
Along with metal armor and guns, this animal helped the Spanish defeat the Aztecs.
What is the horse?
The name of the group of people at the top of the hierarchy of society in New Spain.
Who are peninsulares?
The capital city of New Spain.
What is Mexico City?
The line at 0 degrees latitude that separates the North lines from the South lines.
What is the equator?
The number of ships Columbus brought on his second trip to the Americas.
What is seventeen?
After defeating the Aztecs, the Spanish established a colony that was given this name.
What is New Spain?
The group of people in New Spain who were of Spanish background, but born in the Americas.
Who are creoles?
The explorer who America was named for.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
The line at 0 degrees longitude that separates the East lines for the West lines.
What is the Prime Meridian?
Columbus sailed west on his first expedition to to find a shorter route to this area in Asia.
What are the Indies?
Francisco Pizarro led the group of Spaniards who conquered this group of people in South America.
Who are the Incas?
The group of people in New Spain with Indian and Spanish backgrounds.
Who are mestizos?
The present day country where Columbus first landed.
What is the Bahama Islands?
Another name for lines of latitude.
What are parallels?