Early Spanish Explorers
Columbus claimed the land he found for this country.
What is Spain?
De Soto was the first to see this river.
What is the Mississippi River?
This is a deep valley between mountains, cut through rock by river water.
What is a canyon?
This is the spanish word for conquerers.
What is conquistador?
This is a person who buys and sells goods to earn money.
What is a merchant?
This is the name of the river Champlain explored for France.
What is the St Lawrence River?
This was the first explorer to discover lands in the southeast part of the US
Who is Ponce de Leon?
De Soto and Pizarro took unfair advantage of people to become rich. This is the word for this.
What is exploit or exploitation?
This is members of a group of people who are sent ahead of the rest to get information about an area.
What is a scouting party?
This is a settlement built for the purpose of converting Native Americans to Christianity.
What is a mission?
This explorer explored eastern Canada and the northeastern part of the US.
Who is Henry Hudson?
These are the two things early explorers were looking for in the Americas.
What are riches/gold and a passage to Asia?
This is what Ponce de Leon was searching for.
What is the Fountain of Youth?
The Native Americans strategically told de Soto that if he walked 10 days north and west he would find this.
What is gold?
This is what the legend of El Dorado is about.
What is a city or cities of gold?
The Native Americans were given food and a place to live but in return they had to do this.
Possible answers are:
Convert to Catholicism
Work the ranch for free
Give up relious beliefs and way of life
Give up their freedom.
The Hudson River is located in this state.
What is New York?
This is the name of the settlement Champlain founded.
What is Quebec?
This is what you call a special journey taken by a group that has a clear goal.
What is an expedition?
This is how the Spanish explorers like de Soto killed large numbers of Native Americans without even trying.
What is diseases like small pox and measels?
This was a Spanish official living in Mexico who led an expedition north to the American West.
Who is Coronado?
This is the Native American who fought back and led a revolt against the Spaniards.
Who is Pope?
This is a sea route connecting the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean.
What is the Northwest Passage?
This is what you cal something from nature that is useful to humans.
What is a natural resource?
The oldest continuing European settlement in the United States
What is St. Augustine?
De Soto died during an expedition in North America and was buried here.
What is the Mississippi River?
Coronado was searching for this in the American Southwest.
What is the Seven Cities of Cibola?
This is what they called Spanish religious settlements.
What is a presidio?
Even though explorers failed to find the Northwest Passagefrom the Atlantic to the Pacific because the waters were too icy and dangerous, mapmakers were able to use their information to do this.
What is make more accurate maps?
This is what they called the area from eastern Canada down to Louisianna.
What is New France?