Columbus
Conquistadors
The American Southwest
Conquistadors
Hudson and Champlain
100

Columbus claimed the land he found for the king and queen of what country?

a) Italy

b) Spain

c) America

d) England

b) Spain


100

Who was the first Spaniard to explore the lands that are now part of the southern east coast of the United States?

a) Juan Ponce de León

b) Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

c) Christopher Columbus

d) Junípero Serra

a) Juan Ponce de León


100

What place was Ponce de León searching for?

a) the Northwest Passage

b) the Grand Canyon

c) the Fountain of Youth

d) the Seven Cities of Cibola

c) the Fountain of Youth


100

Who was the first European to see the Mississippi River?

a) Christopher Columbus

b) Henry Hudson

c) El Dorado

d) Hernando de Soto

d) Hernando de Soto

100

What was the legend of El Dorado about?

a) a famous city or cities of gold

b) a famous city of silver

c) a real city in Florida

d) a big canyon

a) a famous city or cities of gold


200

What was Columbus trying to find by sailing west?

a) a western route to The Indies

b) Seven Cities of Cibola

c) the Rocky Mountains

d) Northwest Passage

a) a western route to The Indies
200

Who were the conquistadors?

a) Spanish priests

b) Spanish conquerors

c) Native Americans of the Southwest

d) rulers of El Dorado

b) Spanish conquerors


200

What is the oldest continuing European settlement in the United States?

a) the Alamo

b) Wichita

c) Santa Fe

d) St. Augustine

d) St. Augustine

200

What were the religious settlements that the Spaniards built in the Southwest called?

a) presidios

b) vaqueros

c) missions

d) conquistadors

c) missions


200

Who led the Pueblo a rebellion against the Spanish?

a) St. Augustine

b) San Marcos

c) Popé

d) Champlain

c) Popé


300

What year did Columbus sail?

a) 1942

b) 1492

c) 1429

d) 1249

b) 1492

300

Where is the river named for Henry Hudson located?

a) Canada

b) Newfoundland

c) New York

d) Florida

c) New York

300

What did Champlain name the settlement he founded?

a) Florida

b) Quebec

c) Newfoundland

d) Bimini

b) Quebec

300

Which body of water did Champlain explore for France?

a) the Caribbean Sea

b) the Mississippi River

c) the Hudson River

d) the St. Lawrence River

d) the St. Lawrence River

300

What were most early European explorers in the Americas looking for?

a) riches or a passage to Asia

b) good farmland

c) a place to build colonies

d) a new home for themselves

a) riches or a passage to Asia

400

What is one of the tools that Columbus may have used?

a) GPS

b) a compass

c) a landmark

d) an atlas

b) a compass

400

something from nature that is useful to humans

a-exploit

b-Northwest Passage

c-canyon

d-expedition

e-natural resource

f-merchant

g-scouting party

e-natural resource

400

a special journey taken by a group that has a clear purpose or goal

a-exploit

b-Northwest Passage

c-canyon

d-expedition

e-natural resource

f-merchant

g-scouting party

d-expedition

400

a few members of a group who are sent out ahead of the rest of the group to get information about an area

a-exploit

b-Northwest Passage

c-canyon

d-expedition

e-natural resource

f-merchant

g-scouting party

g-scouting party

400

a deep valley between mountains, cut through the rock by river water

a-exploit

b-Northwest Passage

c-canyon

d-expedition

e-natural resource

f-merchant

g-scouting party

c-canyon

500

What was NOT one of Columbus' beliefs?

a) the earth is round

b) the world is smaller than people believed

c) the earth is flat

d) there was a route to the Indies by traveling west

c) the earth is flat

500

to take unfair advantage of a person or group

a-exploit

b-Northwest Passage

c-canyon

d-expedition

e-natural resource

f-merchant

g-scouting party

a-exploit