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Important Terms
Important People
Important Explorers
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Columbus's 1st Voyage
100
The spanish word for conqueror.
What is conquistador?
100
He was the man who led the conquest of the Aztc Empire.
Who is Hernando Cortes?
100
He was the person who discovered the new world.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
The country that colonized the eastern coast of North America.
Who is England?
100
The date that Columbus landed in the new world.
What is October 12th, 1492?
200
Lands that are controlled by another nation.
What is a colony?
200
He was the leader of the Aztec Empire when it was conquered.
Who is Montezuma II?
200
He is the man who was the first to lead an expedition all the way aroung the world. He died along the way.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
200
The country that colonized nearly all of Central and South America.
Who is Spain?
200
The name that Columbus called the Natives of the island he landed on.
What is Indians?
300
The term for a person of Spanish and Native American mix.
What is a mestizo?
300
He was the man who led the conquest of the Inca Empire.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
300
He is the person who explored the eastern coast of South America and later had the new world named after him by a German mapmaker.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
300
The country that colonized the modern day area of eastern Canada and the mid-western part of North America.
Who is France?
300
The name Columbus gave to the island he landed on which meant "holy savior."
What is San Salvador?
400
A theory that many European nations believed in during the age of exploration where a country's power was based on wealth.
What is mercantilism?
400
He was the leader of the Inca Empire when it was conquered.
Who is Atahualpa?
400
He was an sailor for the Netherlands who explored the New York area and had three places named after him: a river, a bay, and a strait.
Who is Henry Hudson?
400
The country that colonized the modern day country of Brazil in South America.
Who is Portugal?
400
The name of the three ships that traveled on Columbus' first voyage.
What are the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?
500
An economic system the Spanish set up in the new world where the Natives farmed, ranched, or mined for the Spanish landlords.
What is encomienda?
500
He was the god who was believed to some day come back from the dead and reclaim his throne as leader of the Aztec Empire.
Who is Quetzalcoatl?
500
He was a sailor for France who explored the St. Lawrence River area of Canada.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
500
The country that colonized the modern day area of New York state.
Who is the Netherlands or (the Dutch)
500
The name for the place where Columbus was trying to find. It was nicknamed "the spice islands."
What is the East Indies?