Causes
What cause/motive did missionaries have for coming to the new world?
spread religion
Defeated the Aztecs?
Cortez
Fished with a basket?
Caboto
What happened to the population of the Natives once European explorers began to arrive?
Declined significantly
who is the president?
biden
Riches, religion, and power
Was searching for the fountain of youth?
Reached the America's in 1492, but thought it was Asia?
Columbus
What was the 2 main causes for mass casualties among natives?
war and disease
what city do you live in?
baltimore
Why did columbus sail west?
find a water route to asia
Battle many Natives and was the first to reach the Mississippi?
Soto
First to travel around the America's and reach Asia, died in battle. The rest of his boats made it all the way around the world.
Magellan
What happened to Natives that refused to change religions?
Enslaved
what is the state capitol?
annapolis
Why did explorer need to find a water route to asia?
silk road closed
Search for the 7 cities of gold?
Coronado
Doubted Columbus reached Asia?
Vespucci
What was 1 positive consequence of Soto's exploration?
See mississippi
Claimed land
what is the nations capital?
dc
What invention allowed many more people to be able to read Marco Polo's book?
printing press
Went to explore the gulf off mexico, but only 4 of nearly 600 survived?
Narvaez
Named the newly discovered Ocean the Pacific which means peaceful.
Magellan
Coronado set out to find the 7 cities of gold, how many cities did he find?
0
name the 7 continents
asia
australia
north and south america
africa and antartica and europe