The name for Spanish explorers who claimed land in the Caribbean and Central and South America for Spain.
What are Conquistadors?
100
This Spanish nobleman led an expedition into what is now known as the Southwestern United States in search of a city of gold.
Who is Franciso Vasquez do Coronado?
100
This Spanish soldier led an expedition in search of the mythical "fountain of youth." He never found the magical waters. He did find what is now Florida and claimed it for Spain.
Who is Jaun Ponce de Leon?
100
Native people were mistreated.
What was an impact of Christopher Columbus's discover and exploration of America?
200
Sicknesses brought by European explorers that spread quickly and infected many Native Americans.
What are Contagious Diseases?
200
The French nobleman financed his own expedition up and down the Mississippi River Valley. He claimed this land for France.
Who is Robert de La Salle?
200
This sailor was sent by the king of France to find the Northwest Passage. He never found the passage, but he made France's firts land claim in North America.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
200
Italy
What country did not sponsor an explorer from this chapter - Spain, France, Italy, or Holland
300
The name of the shortcut from Europe to Asia through North America that many explorers searched for but never found.
What is the Northwest Passage?
300
This explorer convinced the rulers of Spain that Asia could be reached by sailing west from Europe. Though he thought he had reached Asia, he actually made the first European land claims in the New World.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
300
This Spanish nobleman led an expedition to conquer the Aztec empire in what is now central Mexico.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
300
The area that is now the coast of California.
What area was not explored in this chapter - Florida, east coast of Canada, California, or Pennsylvania?
400
The period in the 1500s when Europeans started searching for lands they did not know.
What is the Age of Exploration?
400
This explorer was a merchant who convinced sponsors in England to support him as he looked for a new trade route to Asia. He never found the trade route, but he did make England's first land claims in North America.
Who is John Cabot?
400
Holland and England sponsored this sailor to find a sea route to Asia. He explored a large river in what is now New York and a huge bay in what is now Canada. Both bodies of water were named after him.
Who is Henry Hudson?
400
Land was claimed for European countries.
What was the most common impact explorers had in North America?
500
Brave men who sailed small ships across large oceans in search of new lands.
What are explorers?
500
A leafy plant the Europeans brought back from the New World.
What is tocacco?
500
This artifact was used to claim new land.
What was a flag used for?
500
This artifact was used to spread Christianity in the New World.