Who?
He changed history through his exploration in the 1490s
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The Aztec Empire was in this modern-day country
What is Mexico?
This system gave Spanish settlers large plots of land
What is encomiendas?
They were Spanish explorers
Who were conquistadors?
Spanish explorers destroyed Native civilizations in these two regions of the world
What is South and Central America?
These two things killed many native people in the Americas
What are forced labor and European diseases?
This word describes people, animals and plants that are original to an area
What is Indigenous?
Balboa found this ocean, he called it "the South Sea"
What is the Pacific Ocean?
What is a gold mine?
He destroyed the Aztec people
Who is Cortes?
By 1550, there were only a few hundred Taino people living here
What is Hispaniola?
Balboa chose this many of his toughest men in an expedition to find a great sea
What is 190?
These people lived in the Caribbean land before Columbus
Who are the Taino?
Pizarro invaded the Inca civilization in this modern-day country
What is Peru?
Balboa tested water to make sure it was ocean water by doing this
What is drinking it?