Spanish Conquest
A explorer who claimed lands in America for Spain
What is a conquistador?
Juan Ponce D Leon wanted to stay young forever by finding....
What is the fountain of youth?
This explorer discovered the Caribbean Islands and parts of South America.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This person discovered Canda and also Named it Canada...
Who is Jacques Cartier?
What is the name of the Aztec capital
What is Tenochtitlan?
What animal did the Conquistadors have that the Natives had never seen before
What are horses
This person herd legends of "Seven cities od Cibola"
Who is Francisco Coronado?
Was the first person to ever sail around the world
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
What was considered the same value as gold
What is Beaver Fur
Took advantage of Aztecs Emperor Montezuma's invitation to enter the city.
Who is Hernando Cortes?
What helped kill 90% of the Indigenous People in the Americas
What is smallpox's?
First Conquistador to see the Pacific Ocean in the Americas...
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
This man's name was used to name the Americas
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
Samuel de Champlain made a trading post in Canada & named it
What is Quebec
What are the three G's
What is God, Gold, Glory
The original presidio in America by the Spanish is located in what city in Florida
What is St. Augustine
This Spaniard discovered Florida and named it after a sea of flowers...
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
This man was the OG explorer that Christopher Columbus looks too, he wrote journals about his travel to China
Who is Marco Polo?
Coureurs de bois or Wood runners are other names for
What is Fur Trappers?
religion that the Natives were forced to convert to
What is Catholic/Christianity
A trading back and forth of ppl, plants, animals, & diseases between Europe and the Americas
What is the Columbian Exchange
This conquistador is credited for destroying the Incan Empire in 1532....
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
This English man is credited for the "white people' coming to America
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
The major river that Joliet, Marquette, and La Selle explored that they named the area Louisiana
What is the Mississippi River?
What cash crop did the Europeans take from the Americas that we still use today
What is Tabacco?