Early Explorers
A story based on fact that may not be completely true
What is a legend?
What is Italy?
The Spanish word for "conqueror."
What is conquistador?
America is named after this explorer.
Amerigo Vespucci
The Spanish feared the Aztecs because of this practice.
What is human sacrifice?
The small round boat that may have been used by St. Brendan to sail across the Atlantic
What is a coracle?
The Catholic monarchs who gave Columbus funds to sail
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
Cortes destroyed these to galvanize his men.
What are ships?
This explorer discovered Florida.
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
This religious order came to the New World to convert the Indians.
What are the Franciscans?
The land discovered by Erik the Red
What is Greenland?
The names of Columbus's ships
The new name for Tenochtitlan and the surrounding area after the Spanish Conquest
What is New Spain?
The first European to discover the Mississippi River
Who is Hernando de Soto?
The Inca's empire was found in these mountains.
What are the Andes Mountains?
An epic story passed down over the years
Columbus believed that the island called ____ _______________ was off the coast of Asia.
What is San Salvador? (Or Hispaniola)
The light-skinned, bearded god whom the Aztecs thought Cortes might be.
Who is Quetzalcoatl?
This explorer wanted to find the Seven Cities of Cibola.
Who is Coronado?
Instead of gold, Coronado and his men found this type of native settlement.
What is a pueblo?
The modern-day name for Vinland, the land traveled to by Leif Erikson
What is Newfoundland?
Columbus was proved wrong when _________ _________ ___ ____________ discovered the Pacific Ocean.
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
The name of the night attack against the Spanish on June 30, 1520
What is La Noche Triste (the night of Sorrows)?
These two explorers conquered the Inca in South America.
Who are Francisco Pizzaro and Hernando de Soto?
Name two aspects of the Aztecs' advanced civilization.
What are farming, stone buildings and pyramids, fine ornaments, written language?