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Spanish Explorers
Columbus
Explorers from other Nations
Hodge Podge
100
He explored and claimed for Spain much of the southern half of the U.S. (while he was looking for the seven cities of gold)
Hernando de Soto
100
Which European country sponsored Columbus's journey across the Atlantic in 1492?
Spain
100
Who was the leader of the first expedition to sail around the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
100
What does the word technology mean?
Scientific knowledge and tools
200
He explored and claimed for Spain what is now Florida.
Juan Ponce de Leon
200
What was the main reason Columbus sailed west from Europe?
to find a more direct water route to Asia
200
What group of explorers reached North America about 500 years before Columbus?
The Vikings
200
What does conquistador mean?
"conqueror"
300
Which empire did the army of Hernando Cortes conquer in Mexico?
The Aztecs
300
Columbus first asked this King for help to pay for his voyage, but he said no.
The King of Portugal
300
What was Henry Hudson searching for?
The Northwest Passage
300
What does Reconquista mean?
The movement to make Spain all Catholic.
400
Which Spanish conquistador took control of the Inca Empire in Peru?
Francisco Pizarro
400
What was Columbus's beliefs about the lands he had reached?
He thought the lands he had reached were Asia.
400
What did Verrazano and Cartier search for in North America?
The Northwest Passage
400
Who later helped to prove that Columbus had not reached Asia?
Amerigo Vespucci didn't think the lands matched the descriptions of Marco Polo
500
He explored the land that connects the Americas and became the first European explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
500
Why did Columbus have to wait until after the Reconquista to start his voyage?
The King and Queen could not pay for his voyage until the war was over.
500
What happened during Hudson's last voyage?
His crew mutinied and set him adrift at sea.
500
Why did so many Europeans want to find the Northwest Passage?
They believed it would be a shortcut to Asia, which would help bring them wealth and power by finding it.