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This man thought he had reached islands off the coast of India. He definitely did not discover America.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This was the first trading route from Europe to Asia.
What was the Silk Road?
This country took over most of Mexico and the southern part of North America.
This explorer began his trip in Florida and went looking for the Fountain of Youth
Who is Ponce de Leon?
North and South America are named after this explorer.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
This were Spanish religious settlements established in the New World.
What are Missions?
These were the first Europeans to set foot in North America.
Who were the Vikings?
This country became the dominate force behind the Age of Exploration.
What is Portugal?
This explorer searched the American Southwest and traveled to Kansas in search of the 7 Cities of Gold.
Who is Coronado?
This explorer sailed around the tip of Africa.
Who is Dias?
These professional soldiers from Spain subdued native peoples in the Americas.
Who are conquistadors?
These wars introduced Europeans to Eastern spices and materials and majorly increased the demand.
What are the Crusades?
Our Queen sent Columbus west in search of India.
What is Spain?
This explorer traveled from Florida and was the first European to see the Mississippi River.
What was de Soto?
This explorer was the first European to reach India by sea.
Who was Magellan?
These were Spanish military forts set up in the New World.
What are presidios?
These were the people who invaded Rome which eventually led to its downfall.
Who were the Goths or Visigoths?
This country claimed most of South America.
What is Portugal?
This Explorer conquered the Inca in Peru.
Who was Pizarro?
This man was the first person to circumnavigated the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This social group consisted of people with one Spanish parent and one Native American parent.
What are Creoles?
Occurring around the year 400 AD, this event is the most important event in European history.
What is the fall of the Roman Empire?
Having defeated the Spanish Armada, this country became the new major navy on the Atlantic.
What is England?
This explorer fought the Aztecs and won Mexico for Spain.
Who is Cortes?