Italian Explorers
This man never accepted that he had "discovered" a new world and died a poor miserable man.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
General name for Spanish Conquerors
Who are conquistadors?
What is circumnavigate?
Three "G's" conquistadors wanted.
The names of the areas of Spanish colonization in modern day Mexico and western South America.
What were New Spain and Peru?
This great change or revolution was started because some Catholics were unhappy with the Roman Catholic Church.
The natives were called Indians because this man believed he had discovered...
What are the Indies?
Names of Columbus' three ships.
Conquistador who conquered the Aztecs with the help of enemy tribes
Who was Hernan Cortes?
First person given credit for circumnavigating the Earth.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
People of Spanish and Mexican descent are called...
Who are Mestizos?
Spanish religious settlements were Roman Catholic religion was preached and natives were educated.
What were missions?
This priest nailed 95 Thesis on the door of a German church in protest of the Catholic Church.
The Spanish looted and forced natives in mines to get gold and silver while the French preferred to...
What is trade for beaver pelts?
Name of the island region Columbus first discovered.
The Carribbean.
Conquistador who conquered the Incas with only 168 men and some horses
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
Discovered Florida and wanted to find the "fountain of youth".
Who was Ponce de Leon?
A book that explained the advantages the Europeans had over the natives was called "Guns, G______ and Steel"
What is germs?
Proof that relations between natives and the Spanish were not good can be seen in the need for forts.
What is the Selling of Indulgences?
The balance of power in Europe shifted when Spain's _____ was destroyed by smaller quicker ships and a better naval strategy in 1588.
What was the Spanish Armada?
America is named after this Italian.
Who is Amerigo Verspucci?
Leader of the Aztecs.
Who was Montezuma?
John Cabot and many others were looking for this trade route to Asia.
What was the Northwest Passage?
Conquistador who got lost in Florida, spent years as a slave and faith healer who also came to believe the natives were equal.
Who was Cabez de la Vaca?
Spanish settlements that were towns and centers of trade.
What were Pueblos?
Protestants believed that the Pope had too much power and that ones relationship with God and faith through this was more important.
What was the Bible?
These French were runners for trade.
Who were Coureurs de bois?
Natives on the Island Columbus first arrived on were called.
What was the name of the feathered serpent god of the Aztecs that Montezuma believed the Europeans might be?
Who was Quetzalcoatl?
This English explorer founded the Dutch colony of New York and lost his life to a mutiny in a bay named after him.
Who was Henry Hudson?
Spanish priest who spoke out against the inhuman way natives were being treated.
Who was Bartolome de la Casas?
Spanish land grants given to settlers which allowed them to enslave natives.
What were encomiendas?
Because of this priest's 95 Thesis he was_______from Roman Catholic Religion.
What was excommunicated?
This man was the first captain to circumnavigate the world and was a privateer for the English.
Who was Francis Drake?