Columbus
Explorers
Spanish
Columbian Exchange
Misc.
100
When Columbus reached Cuba, he thought it was
What is the Indies
100
Who gave Florida its name?
What is Juan Ponce de Leon
100
True or false, when Ponce de Leon went to Florida, he became the first Spaniard to set foot in what is now the United States
What is True
100
The Columbian Exchange was a transfer of people, goods, and ideas between?
What is the Eastern and Western hemispheres
100
What caused the greatest number of Native American fatalities?
What is diseases spread by European contact
200
How many total expeditions did Columbus lead?
What is four
200
Who was the first explorer to realize that the Americas were not Asia?
What is Amergio Vespucci
200
True or False, The Spanish paid Native Americans to work in the gold and silver mines
What is False
200
Mercantilism arose largely because
What is European rulers thought it would make their countries wealthy and powerful
200
By 1530, what was true of several European rulers?
What is they had split from the Catholic Church
300
What did Columbus call the people he found in the "indies"?
What is Indians
300
Coronado explored much of New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas while
What is looking for a golden city
300
True or false, the Spanish colonists who had been born in Spain occupied the Mestizo level of society
What is False
300
The French traded with the Native Americans for
What is animal skins and furs
300
Sailing for England, John Cabot explored the region around
What is New Foundland
400
Were the Natives nice to Columbus and his sailors?
What is yes
400
Which explorer discovered a strait that bears his name?
What is Magellan
400
Which Spanish explorer found the Mississippi river?
What is De Soto
400
What does the term "couriers de bois" mean in English?
What is "runners of the woods"
400
The first European to see the Pacific Ocean was
What is Balboa
500
Convinced who to back his voyages when Portugal would not
What is Spain
500
What did John Cabot and Henry Hudson have in common?
What is Both vanished in Americas, never to be found
500
Who was the first Spaniard to set foot in what is now the United States?
What is Juan Ponce de Leon
500
Albany was founded as a Dutch fur-trading post called
What is Fort Orange
500
What happened when Moctezuma offered Cortes gold to get him to leave?
What is Cortes took Moctezuma hostage and claimed Mexico for Spain
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