Vocabulary
Vocabulary and misc.
Aztecs and Spanish
Explorers
Explorers
100
A friend that is willing to help in a fight.
What is an ally?
100
A settlement far from the country that rules it.
What is a colony?
100
Ruler of the Aztecs
Who is Moctezuma?
100
He sailed to the eastern coast of South America in 1501. he was the first to realize that America was a separate continent.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
100
He led an expedition searching for gold. He was the first European to reach the Mississippi River.
Who is Hernando de Soto?
200
A religious settlement where missionaries live and work.
What is a mission?
200
The reason Columbus sailed west on his first expedition.
What is to find an easier, quicker way to India?
200
Spanish soldier that wanted to defeat the Aztecs.
Who is Hernando Cortes?
200
Spanish soldier that wanted to defeat the Aztecs.
Who is Hernando Cortes?
200
A missionary that spoke out against enslaving and mistreating the native people.
Who is Bartolome de Las Casas?
300
A journey made for a special purpose.
What is an expedition?
300
They paid for Columbus' expedition to find the Indies.
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain?
300
Disease that helped the conquistadors.
What is smallpox?
300
He led an expedition in 1513 in what is now Florida, searching for the fountain of youth.
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
300
In 1513, he crossed the Isthmus of Panama and reached the Pacific Ocean.
Who is Vasco de Balboa?
400
A person that teaches his or her religion to others who have different beliefs.
What is a missionary?
400
Spain's goals in Columbus' 3 expeditions.
What is to start a colony and for profit.
400
The city where the Aztecs lived.
What is Tenochtitlan?
400
A conquistador that was sent to South america to conquer the Incan empire.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
400
He led the first expedition around the world. (He was killed during the voyage.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
500
The capture or taking of something by force.
What is a conquest?
500
The movement of people, animals, plants, foods, and diseases between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
500
Spain's goals in Columbus' 3 expeditions.
What is to start a colony and for profit.
500
He explored the American southwest.
Who is Franciso Coronado?
500
He led an expedition in 1513 in what is now Florida, searching for the fountain of youth.
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
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