Countries/Language
Who colonized Mexico?
The Spanish
Who was believed to be the first person to discover the Americas?
Columbus
What animal was brought to the Americas?
Horses
What direction did Columbus sail to reach America?
West
What is the ocean that touches California?
Pacific
What language is spoken is Brazil?
Portuguese
What did the man who went to go take over the land in the Americas hope to find?
Gold
Name three cities that have Spanish names
San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento etc
What country did Columbus think he landed in?
India
What was the group of Native Americans that lived in Mexico called?
Aztecs
What four major languages are spoken throughout the Americas?
Spanish, English, French, and Portuguese
What is the name for Spanish soldiers who took land by force?
Conquistadors
Name three states that use to be part of New Spain
California, Oregon, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Part of Texas
What ocean did Columbus sail to reach America
Atlantic
What are the three states that touch the pacific ocean?
California, Oregon, Washington
France
What was the name of the Spanish man who went to explore the land in America and take it over?
What is the piece of land below California called? The piece connected to Mexico
Baja California
How many countries speak Portuguese in South America?
Only one Brazil
What continent do we live in? Name the three countries.
North America
What is the official language of the United States?
There is none
What was the name of the Aztec leader?
Montezuma 2
What country or person brought horses to America?
Spanish/ Hernan Cortez
What are the countries in the middle of the two Americas known as?
Central America
What is the continent below us known as? Name three countries
South America