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Vocab!
Explorers
Ask an explorer
Christopher Columbus
The Natives and the Explorers
100
Define the word colony
A group of people who settle in distant land but remain politically connected to their homeland.
100
He searched for the Fountain of Youth
Ponce de Leon
100
El Dorado means ____________
The city of gold
100
Where was Christopher Columbus from?
Spain
100
4. _______ ____ ________ was the first Spaniard to explore land in the United States.
Ponce de Leon
200
Define the word livestock
Animals raised by humans such as cattle, sheep, and goats
200
He landed on an island and named it Newfoundland
John Cabot
200
Hernando De Soto was from __________
Peru
200
Did Christopher Columbus believe that the world was larger or smaller than people thought?
Smaller
200
Spanish settlers converted Native Americans to what religion in the Spanish Missions?
Christianity
300
What does the word ancestral mean?
Having to do with ancestors or the people who came before you.
300
He searched for the Northwest Passage in his ship, the Half Moon
Henry Hudson
300
Hernando De Soto got his riches from ______.
Peru
300
Christopher Columbus believed that the world was __________ and not flat, like previously believed.
round
300
Native Americans were taught skills like ______________________, ______________________, and ________________ while living in the missions
Blacksmithing, weaving, ___________.
400
What is a mission?
A religious community, especially one in the Spanish Southwest.
400
He searched for El Dorado and the Seven Cities of Cibola
Coronado
400
Ponce de Leon named this place ____________________, referring to the Spanish “season of flowers.”
Florida
400
Christopher Columbus believed that he could sail straight through the Pacific Ocean and get to _________.
Asia
400
Why did so many Natve Americans die from the germs the Spaniards brought to the New World?
They were introduced to new germs and/or didn't have the immunity to the diseases from the Spaniards.
500
What is a presidio?
A fort found in the Spanish Southwest
500
He discovered and settled in the city of Quebec
Champlain
500
The ___________________ tribe drove off the Spaniards and reclaimed their land and were led by _____________
The pueblo tribe, led by Pope
500
Native Americans were named _________ because Columbus thought he was in the West ________.
Indians, Indies
500
True or False The Native Americans and the European explorers got along very well with one another.
False- There was great tension between the explorers and Native Americans, often resulting in violence.