European Explorer #1
Who traveled to Venice to China?
Marco Polo
Who sailed the ocean blue in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
How many trips did Columbus make to the Caribbean Islands?
4
What did Columbus take back to Spain instead of gold?
Slaves
What is a conquistador?
Spanish solider
What year did Marco Polo leave for his trip?
1271
What inspired Columbus to explore?
What were the name of the Native people called on the island Columbus landed on? (Not Indians)
Taino
What was the impossible task the Taino were assigned to do?
Find gold
Who led one of the first Spanish expeditions into North America?
Juan Ponce De Leon
What were the three things Europeans were interested in?
Land, gold, wealth
What were the names of Columbus ships? (100 points per correct ship)
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
What was the exact date Columbus and his men spotted land?
10/12/1492
Find gold, get your hands chopped off
What was the name of the land Juan Ponce De Leon discovered?
La Florida
What was the name of the travel route Marco Polo traveled on?
The silk road
Who paid for Columbus trip? Extra 100 points for exact names
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella or King and Queen of Spain
What did the Taino have that made Columbus think there was a lot of gold on the islands?
gold ornaments or gold earrings
How many more ships and men did Columbus get on his second voyage back to the Caribbean?
17 ships, 1200 men
Where did Spanish colonizers first look for the Seven Cities of Cibola?
Florida and Texas
How many years did Marco Polo stay in Asia, and what year did he return home?
17 years, 1295
Where did Columbus think he landed? Where did he actually land?
Indies, Caribbean Island
How many men did Columbus leave behind on his first trip back to Spain? and what happened to them?
39, were all killed by the Taino
What was the Columbian Exchange?
transfer of people, plants, animals, and diseases back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean
By 1600, what 5 states did the Spanish Borderlands run across? (100 points for each correct state)
Florida, Texas, Arizona, California, New Mexico