When Columbus made contact with the Tiano people in 1492, he began what is now called?
Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange did not involve just Europe and the Americas, but transformed the _________ __________.
Whole World
_________ __________ ___ ___________ became the first Spanish Explorer in what is now United States.
Juan Ponce De Leon
Spains ____________ gave them land to settle and people to _____________
Settle
Enslave
In 1502, ______________________________ became ruler of the Aztec Empire.
Moctezuma II
Many of the new foods contained ______________, which helped the European population ___________.
Vitamins and Grow
Europeans brought what two diseases to the Americas?
Smallpox and Measles
Hernan ___________, another Spanish explorer, decided there must be a great empire rich in gold to the west of the __________________ ____________. He was right!
Cortes
Caribbean Islands
Cortes took Moctezuma ________________, causing a riot in which the emperor was ___________.
Prisoner
Killed
Spain also continued to pursue its claim in what is now ________________.
Florida
Columbian Exchange refers to the trading of what? Between who?
The natives have not developed __________ for the diseases, so they died in large numbers.
Resistance
In 1531, ________________ _____________, sailed with troops to take on the mighty ________ Empire, who had more than ______ _________________ people.
Francisco Pizarro
Inca
12 million
The troops Pizarro brought with him were armed with a type of ______ called the ___________________.
Gun
Harquebus
Cabeza de Vaca experiences made him ____________________ to the native peoples, and he urged the King of Spain to treat them ___________.
Sympathetic
Better
What are some of the products the Spanish brought back from the Americas? (Name 4)
Corn, Peanuts, Tomatoes, Potatoes, Pineapples, Turkeys, Tobacco, and Beans
Some plants Europeans brought to the Americas originally came from _________ and ____________.
_________ _________ were brought by ______________ ___________ and became popular to add in many Asian dishes.
Asia and Africa
Chili Peppers and European Sailors
De Leon died in ___________, while fighting the ___________ people of the area. (Year not location)
1521
Calusa
This caused a battle between the Spanish and Aztec Empire. The Spanish had two things that the Aztec did not: _______ ____________ and ______________.
Fine Swords
Horses
After several failed attempts, _____________ _________________ ___________________ in 1565 built a fort in an area on the east coast that he name ___________________________.
Pedro Menendez de Aviles
St. Augustine
What 10 products did the Spanish BRING to the Americas? (Name 5)
Wheat, sugar, oranges, peaches, bananas, cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, and horses.
The Spanish forced many ____________ to work as _____________ people, and even shipped them to Spain. While few survived, ____________ slaves were brought to the islands to __________ them.
Natives
Enslaved
African
Replace
Spanish claims on what is now _____________________ began with ___________ __________________ ______________, who explored the coast around present-day San Diego in 1542.
California
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
After the _______ day battle, Cortes destroyed the Aztec empire and built _____________ _________. It would be the capital of a colony that the Spanish called Nuevo Espana, or _______ ________.
75
Mexico City
New Spain
In 1528, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was exploring the coast along Gulf of ______________. He was shipwrecked by a hurricane and landed in what is now _________. He lived among the _______________ __________ for 4 years.
Mexico
Texas
American Natives