Italian captain who lead an expedition to find a sea route to the Indies.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
African scout.
ESTEVANICO
ATAHUALPA
Spanish conquerors.
CONQUISTADORS
MAP KEY
Holy Savior.
SAN SALVADOR
QUEEN ISABELLA AND KING FERDINAND
Indian woman called Malinche.
Dona Marina.
Catholic priest who was a defender of Indian rights.
BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS
Taxes.
TRIBUTE
Record of a voyage.
LOG
Where Spanish rulers headed to find Mayan treasures.
YUCATAN PENINSULA
Spanish priest who lived to tell about the Seven Cities of Gold.
FRAY MARCOS DE NIZA
Elected ruler of the Aztec who led them in the desperate battle for Tenochtitlan.
CUAUHTEMOC
Young conquistador who led a group of Spaniards, Africans, and Indians on a search for the Seven Cities in what is now southwestern United States.
FRANCISCO CORONADO
COLONY
MISSIONARY
Inca capital.
CUZCO
Explorer who realized that the lands Columbus sighted were not a part of Asia.
AMERIGO VESPUCCI
Elderly enslaved African who, along with his followers, built a town called San Lorenzo de los Negros.
YANGA
MOCTEZUMA II
Products from the Americas and Europe were traded.
COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
A NEW WORLD
What they called Mexico after declaring it a colony of Spain.
NEW SPAIN
Conquistador who led 180 Spanish soldiers against a powerful Indian empire in 1531.
FRANCISCO PIZARRO
Came from Spain to the Caribbean island of Cuba at the age of 19.
HERNANDO CORTES
I rode on Andalusian horses, used steel armor and a Calvary lance. Who am I?
SPANISH SOLDIER
Shows where past events took place.
HISTORICAL MAP
A large area of land that included Indian villages.
ENCOMIENDA
Aztec city that was the capital of the empire since the early 1300s.
TENOCHTITLĂN