Anti-
Pro-
Riddles
Riddles
Word Work
100

 The opposite of the most exciting part of a story.

What is anticlimactic?
100
To throw forward.
What is project?
100

The people who had lived for thousands of years on the island that Christopher Columbus set his Spanish flag upon and named Hispaniola after his homeland, Spain.

Who are the Taino?
100

I am the explorer who went searching for the Seven Cities of Cibola after Friar Marcos announced he had seen them.

Who is Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?
100
Something that is unsuccessful and often causes frustration, great suffering, or loss.
What is disastrous?
200

a substance that works against sweating.

What is antiperspirant?
200

To push or drive forward.

What is propel?
200

The route through the Middle East was long and dangerous, so the people on this continent were looking for a better way to get to the East Indies to obtain spices. 

What is Europe?
200

I am the conquistador who Hernando de Soto helped to conquer the Inca Empire in South America. We took the Inca as slaves, and conquered them when they became sick with European diseases. 

Who is Francisco Pizarro?
200
The process of taking control of an area and its people and sending people to the newly controlled land to develop a settlement there.
What is colonization?
300

Medicine that works against harmful bacteria and cures infections.

What is antibiotic?
300

A prediction of something before it happens.

What is prophecy?
300

THe people who sponsored Christopher Columbus’s voyage to find a route to the East Indies. 

Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain?
300

I am the explorer who traded for pearls with the Lady of Cofitachequi, took her and Vitachuco as prisoners, and crossed the Mississippi River.

Who is Hernando de Soto?
300
To offer or suggest something.
What is propose?
400

Substances in the body that fight against disease.

What is antibodies?
400

Improvement or development over time.

What is progress?
400

The news of my first voyage to what I thought was the East Indies became widely known throughout Europe, thanks to the recent invention of the printing press.

Who is Christopher Columbus?
400

I was trained as a knight and spent years fighting against the Moors in southern Spain; then I joined Columbus on his second voyage in 1493, and later I may have gone searching for the mythical Fountain of Youth.

Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
400
The spanish word for conquerors.
What are conquistadors?
500

The opposite of friendly towards others or someone who does not want to be around people.

What is antisocial?
500

An introduction to a book or play that comes before the book or play starts.

What is prologue?
500

"In ________ Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue."

What is 1492?
500

I am the Moorish slave who with Friar Marcos was sent to find the Seven Cities of Cibola, and who was killed by the Zunis. 

Who is Esteban?
500
Relating to the search for information.
What is investigative?