Show:
The Voyages of Columbus
Different Worlds Collide
Life In New Spain
Bonus Questions
Bonus Questions
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Who gave Christopher Columbus money to go to Spain?
King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella (the king and queen of SPain)
100
What are conquistadors?
Spanish conquerors
100
What group of people owned plantations?
Peninsulares
100
Where was Columbus originally trying to go when he ended up in the Americas?
the Indies (Asia)
100
What were the names of Columbus' three ships?
The Nina, Pinta, & Santa Maria
200
Where did Christopher Columbus and his crew land first?
Bahama Islands
200
What was the name of the city where the Aztecs lived?
Tenochtitlan
200
What does a missionary do?
teaches his or her religion to others who have different beliefs
200
How did diseases benefit the Europeans trying to take over the Americas?
It killed people so there was less people to fight back against the conquest.
200
What is a journey made for a special purpose called?
expedition
300
What is the movement of people, animals, plants, diseases, and ways of life between the Eastern and Western Hemisphere called?
The Columbian Exchange
300
What was the new colony established by Cortes called?
New Spain
300
What is the correct sequence of groups from most powerful to least powerful in New Spain?
Peninsulares, creoles, mestizos, Africans and Indians
300
Who was the leader of the Aztecs?
Moctezuma
400
What religion did the Europeans make the Taino switch to?
Christianity
400
What colony was formed after the defeat of the Incan empire?
Peru
400
Why did Spanish landowners want to keep slaves?
The slaves made them rich.
400
What was the road called that Europeans used to get to Asia before the Columbian Exchange?
The Silk Road
400
Who was Moctezuma supposedly killed by?
His own people
500
What is the definition of a colony?
A colony is a settlement far from the country that rules it.
500
Who conquered the Incan Empire?
Pizarro
500
Who spoke out against the mistreatment of native peoples under the care of the church?
Bartolome de Las Casas
500
What date did Christopher Columbus first touch land?
Oct. 12 1942
500
What was the name of the Incan ruler?
Atahualpa