Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Hernan Cortes
Jacques Cartier
Fr. V. de Coronado
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the island San Salvador (48, 6)
What means "Holy Savior" in Spanish?
100
As a merchant, "...he had seen spices and silks that were being traded from Asia." (50)
What is a motive for exploring the world?
100
Spaniards heard stories of a rich Mexican empire. (52)
What is the reason Spaniards, like Hernan Cortes, were looking for gold?
100
The Northwest Passage
What is route that people thought they might be able to take to get to Asia, sailing across North America.
100
Spanish rulers "gained wealth and power fromt their land claims in Mexico and South America." (54)
What is the reason Spain's rulers wanted more land in North America?
200
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand rewarded Columbus and agreed to pay for more voyages. (48, 7)
What resulted when Columbus "sailed back to Spain with a few gold ornaments and Indian captives".
200
Any "unknown land" (50)
What is "the place King Henry the VII gave permission to explore?"
200
Cortes, a Spanish nobleman, sailed from Cuba to Mexico to conquer a native people called the Aztecs.
What resulted from Cortes seeking adventure, gold and silver?
200
They endured two harsh winters.
What is the reason Cartier and the settlers gave up?
200
Coronado and his men were a disgrace, however, THEY had a chance to convert Indians in the southwestern part of North America to Christianity (54)
What is the reason only the Spanish missionaries thought Coronado's expedition was successful.
300
As explorers, Columbus and Marco Polo had this in common? (48, 1)
Who was interested in finding the faraway lands of Asia?
300
Bristol, England (50)
What is the place Cabot left from with one small ship and 17 men?
300
The negative health impact brought by Cortes and his men (52)
What is smallpox (a European disease)?
300
there were great riches farther west (of the St Lawrence River).
What did the Indian chief tell King Francis of France?
300
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The route of the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. (48, 5)
What is southwest past the Canary Islands, then west across the Atlantic Ocean?
400
"He saw the thick green forests and plentiful fish of the eastern coast of Canada." (50)
What is the reason he saw no Golden Chinese cities as he claimed land for England?
400
their pockets were weighed down with gold. (52)
What is reason Spaniards drowned in the dark waters of the lake?
400
1000 miles (53)
What is the distance Cartier traveled up river with the Indian chief?
400
Coronado marched to Cibola. (54)
What is one city where the priest told Coronado of the Seven Cities of Gold?
500
The advisers thought the route around Africa was shorter. (48, 4)
What is the reason the Kings of Portugal, France, and England turned Columbus down?
500
Cabot was like Columbus, Cabot's voyage opened the way for English settlers to come to North America. (50)
Why was Cabot's discovery of a new continent still important even though, like Columbus he never realized his discovery?
500
This backfired: The Aztecs, believing Cortes was a god, sent him gold to convince him to leave.
Why did Cortes want to conquer the Aztecs more?
500
Despite Cartier and the settlers giving up and leaving, sixty years later New France had it's first permanent settlement.
What is the result of France staking claim in North America?
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Mexico and the SW US.
What is area explored by Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
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