Columbus
Conquered Aztecs
Search for Gold
New Spain
Conquests Continue
100
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue for what European country?
What is Spain?
100
Which European explorer conquered the Aztec Empire?
Who is Hernando Cortes?
100
What country did the Spanish travel to, to search for gold?
What is Mexico?
100
By the late 1500's how many different groups did New Spain have?
What are four?
100
What is the capture or taking of something by force?
What is conquest?
200
Why did Columbus sail on his first voyage?
What is to find a water route from Europe to the Indies.
200
Although Aztecs outnumbered Cortes and his force, the Spanish had some advantages. What four advantages did the Spanish have to conquer the Aztecs?
What are armor, guns, horses, and allies?
200
Who was sent by the governor of New Spain to find Cibola, which was believed to have gold and riches?
Who is Vasquez de Coronado?
200
New Spain was made-up of different groups. The most powerful group was the people who were born in Spain. What were they called?
Who are peninsulares?
200
These people started farms, businesses, and gold mines. What were these people called?
Who are colonists?
300
The Indies were part of what continent?
What is Asia?
300
What is the capital city of the Aztec Empire?
What is Tenochtitlan?
300
Other Spanish explorers traveled to the Americas. Where did Juan Ponce de Leon land in 1540?
What is the Florida peninsula?
300
This is a large farm with many workers who live on the land they work.
What is a plantation?
300
This empire is located south of Mexico in South America.
What is the Incan Empire?
400
Columbus made many explorations from Spain to the "new world". Why did he make his second journey for Spain
What is to help start a colony?
400
After Cortes conquered the Aztecs, who conquered the Incan Empire?
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
400
Who was the first European to reach the Mississippi River?
Who is Hernando de Soto?
400
This is a grant that gave a wealthy settler control of the native people who lived on an area of land.
What are encomiendas?
400
What is the name of a person who is a Spanish conqueror?
What is a conquistador?
500
Many explorers came to the "new world" after Columbus. Name two of the three explorers that sailed after him.
Who are Amerigo Vespucci, Vasco Nunez de Balboa and Ferdinand Magellan?
500
After Pizarro and his men conquered the Incan empire, they founded a new Spanish colony. What was the name of the colony?
What is Peru?
500
What people told the story of of the city of Cibola?
Who are enslaved African sailors?
500
When many native people died from disease and overwork, who did the Spanish replace them with?
Who are African slaves?
500
What does it mean to change from one religion to another?
What is convert?
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