Vocabulary
Columbus
The Spanish
Time Line
Trivia
100
path
What is a route?
100
1492
What is the year Columbus set sail?
100
Spanish explorer who conquered large areas of North America and South America for Spain
What is a conquistador?
100
1492
What is Columbus lands in North America at San Salvador?
100
number of colonies the English settled in what is now known as the Atlantic coast of the United States
What is 13?
200
small and swift ship
What is a caravel?
200
to find new lands, gold, and spread Christianity
What is the purpose for Columbus' expedition?
200
conquered by the Spanish, were fierce fighters, but did not have horses or guns
Who were the Aztecs?
200
1519
What is Cortes reaches what is now Mexico?
200
established settlements in present-day Canada
Who are the French?
300
a settlement ruled by another country
What is a settlement?
300
sponsored Columbus
What is the country of Spain?
300
1528
What is Cabeza de Vaca, Esteban and others explore Texas?
300
an Italian sailing for Portugal, explored the coast of present-day Brazil in South America
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
400
to change a person's beliefs to agree with yours
What is convert?
400
where Columbus thought he reached
What are the Indies?
400
legend of a golden city
What is Cibola?
400
1598
What is Juan de Onate claims Texas for Spain?
500
helped sailors figure out where they were by using the positions of stars in the sky
What is an astrolabe?
500
Pinta, Nina, Santa Maria
What were the names of Columbus' ships?
500
led the expedition to Cibola
Who is Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?
500
1685
What is the French build Fort St. Louis near Matagorda Bay?
500
Spanish explorer who escaped the Karankawas
Who is Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca?
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