Who were the first Europeans to reach the Americas?
Vikings
Christopher Columbus
The Aztec Empire was in which present-day country?
Mexico
Spaniards came to Florida in search of ____________ and ________________?
Gold and the Fountain of Youth
What was the name of the series of trade routes that connected Europe and Asia in the Middle Ages?
Which country did Christopher Columbus think he had reached when he landed in America?
India
The Inca empire was in which present-day countries?
Chile and Peru
enslaved
Merchants
Christopher Columbus became of the first Europeans to set up a _________________ in America, or a settlement whose ruler is far away.
colony
Hernan Cortes was known for conquering which group of people, killing their king and destroying their capital city?
Spaniards also kidnapped and enslaved people from which continent, brining them to the Americas to work against their will?
Africa
Which series of religious wars was fought for the control of the city Jerusalem, and led to Europeans making contact with Asia?
The Crusades
Christopher Columbus and his fellow explorers brought diseases such as _________________, which killed many Native Americans.
smallpox
Francisco Pizzaro conquered which group of people, kidnapping their king and melting their gold and silver artifacts to turn them into money?
The Inca
Bartolome de las Casas was a _________________ who spoke out against the poor treatment of Native Americans.
missionary
Prince Henry the Navigator set up schools for sailors and encouraged them to explore the coast of Africa. Which country was he from?
Portugal
What is the movement of people, plants, animals, and diseases across the Atlantic Ocean called?
the Columbian Exchange
What does the word conquistador mean in Spanish?
conqueror
What was the name of the system where Spanish rulers promised land in America to explorers who were loyal to them?
encomienda