Geography
Columbus
Conquest of Mexico
Explorers and Conquistadors
Vocabulary
100
He was the Viking that settled in North America (Newfoundland) around A.D.1000
Who is Leif Ericson?
100
This is where Columbus was trying to go.
What is China (or the Indies or Asia)?
100

This is the Spanish word for conqueror.

What is a conquistador?

100
He was the Spanish conquistador that conquered the Inca of Peru.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
100
A settlement in a distant land that is governed by the mother country.
What is a colony?
200

Aztec Captial was located in present-day Mexico City.

What is Tenochtitlan?

200
The Nina, Pinta, and this boat were the three ships Columbus used on his first westward exploration.
What is the Santa Maria?
200
This was the empire Cortes conquered to control Mexico.
What are the Aztecs?
200

After hearing about Estevanico and Fray Marcos de Niza's journey, this Spaniard led a large group into what is now the U.S. in search of one of the seven cities of Cibola...after two years of wondering around North America, he returned with no gold.

Who is Francisco Coronado?

200

 The process by which plants, animals, diseases, people, and ideas have been introduced from Europe, Asia, and Africa to the Americas and vice versa.

What is the Columbian Exchange

300

Old Spain declared present-day Central and South America this

What is New Spain?

300
This is where Columbus first reached land in the Americas on October 12th, 1492.
What is The Bahamas?
300

He was the emperor of the Aztecs, who was unfortunately crushed by a boulder. 

Who is Moctezuma II

300
This weapon provided and proved to be better with accuracy against the spears of the Aztecs and Incas

What is a rifle?

300
The "Three G's"...or three motivations for the Spanish conquistadors.
What is gold, god, and glory?
400

The capital of the Incan Empire is found in Present day Peru

What is Cuzco

400
This is the island where Columbus established his first colony.
What is Hispaniola?
400
The Spanish were masters of making this material (iron infused with carbon), which allowed them to have superior weapons and armor.
What is steel?
400

This woman helped Cortes translate when communicating with the Aztecs.

Who is Doña Maria or Malinche?

400

A land license (which included the settlements and people) was given to conquistadors and other colonial officials in America. The officials were allowed to get labor from the people in exchange for protection and religious instruction. It was brutal for the Native Indigenous people 

What is an encomienda system?

500

Spanish Conquistadors traveled here after the fall of the Aztec Capital in search of gold and other treasures. 

It was in the Textbook!! 

What is the Yucatan Peninsula?

500
This is the island that Columbus got stranded on during his fourth voyage (after worms destroyed the bottom of his boat).
What is Jamaica?
500
He was the conquistador that conquered Mexico.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
500
Found the Fountain of Youth and Florida

Who is Juan Ponce de Leon

500
An infectious disease that killed millions of natives and helped the Spanish conquer the empires of America. Thankfully, it has recently been eradicated.
What is smallpox?
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