Christopher Columbus
Where is Columbus from?
Spain
What country did Cortes discover?
Mexico
What did he discover?
The Grand Canyon
Why did Cabot go exploring?
hoping to find a shorter route to Asia
Why did Columbus explore to North America?
Columbus wanted to find a new route to India, China, Japan and the Spice Islands
What major empire did Cortes conquer?
Aztec Empire
What was he searching for?
the fabled Seven Cities of Gold
Where did he mistakenly think he landed?
Asia
Columbus sailed from island to island looking for spices. What islands did he land at?
Caribbean islands
Why did Hernan Cortes explore?
He also wanted to make his fortune and fame.
He claimed land for what country?
Spain
He claimed ___________ (land) for England
Canada
How did Columbus view the Native Americans?
He viewed them as well-built bodies who could be servants and do whatever they wanted.
What did Cortes do to the ruler Montezuma II?
He took him hostage and eventually killed him.
He and his men are also the first Europeans to live among the ___________ ______________.
Pueblo Indians
What did he help develop between England and the Americas?
The Transatlantic trade
How did his explorations impact future exploration in a positive way?
journeys to the Americas opened the way for European countries to colonize and exploit those lands and their peoples
What is Tenochtitlan?
the Aztec capital home to ruler Montezuma II
What parts of the U.S. did he discover?
the southwest United States
His expeditions proved that
there was a shorter route across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas