Columbus
The Conquistadors
Quiz 1 Review
The Native Americans
Vocabulary
100

Columbus sailed for this country.

What is Spain?

100

A conquistador comes from this country.

What is Spain?

100

Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered this place in the New World.

What is Brazil?

100

The Native American civilization that Cortes conquered.

Who are the Aztecs?

100

A Spanish conqueror.

What is a conquistador?

200

Columbus actually landed on this island.

What is Hispaniola?

200

Conquistadors have military backgrounds. That means they used to be these.

What are soldiers?

200

Europeans wanted to begin exploring to have better access to this resource.

What is spices?

200

These were unknowingly spread to the Native populations by Europeans.

What are diseases?

200

A crop grown solely to be sold for profit.

What is a cash crop?

300

Christopher Columbus went on this many voyages.

What is four voyages?

300

He conquered the Aztecs in the span of three years (Full name).

Who is Hernan Cortes?

300

Vasco da Gama made it here and back without dying (at least the first time).

What is India?

300

Natives were forced into this inhumane practice.

What is slavery?

300

When a crew rebels against their captain.

What is a mutiny?

400

This was Columbus's most successful voyage.

What was his first voyage?

400

Cortes became the governor of this country.

What is Mexico?

400

The Three G's

What are Gold, God, and Glory?

400

The Native American civilization conquered by Pizarro.

Who are the Inca?

400

A collection of countries or colonies all controlled by one person or government turns into this.

What is an empire?

500

Columbus interacted with this group of Native Americans.

What are the Taino?

500

He conquered the Inca by capturing their leader (Full name). 

Who is Francisco Pizarro?

500

The first country to begin exploring away from European borders.

What is Portugal?

500

The Native American group that Columbus first encountered on Hispaniola.

Who are the Taino?

500

A large chunk of land that is used to farm one specific crop by a landowner.

What is a plantation?