Early Explorers
What did Saint Brendan cross the ocean to find?
The land of promise of the saints
What were the names of Columbus's three ships?
Santa Maria, Nina, Pinta
Who was the Aztec King when Cortes arrived?
Montezuma
What river did Hernando de Soto discover?
the Mississippi
What is the term for a small boat used by Irish fishermen; it was made of hides stretched over a wooden frame
Coracle
What was Columbus's great dream?
To find a westward route to the Indies
Name two characteristics of Aztec civilization
- They practiced human sacrifice
- they built beautiful temples
- they had houses made of stone
- they had a written language
- they practiced good agriculture
Who conquered the Inca and his kingdom of Peru?
Francisco Pizarro
Where was Vinland? Who discovered it?
Vinland was either located in Newfoundland or Print Edward Island (Canada). It was discovered by Leif Ericsson.
Who were the Spanish king and queen who sponsored Columbus's voyage?
Fernando and Isabel
Why did the Aztecs think Cortes might be the god Quetzalcoatl?
Because he had pale skin, a dark beard, and he came from the east
What was the term for Spanish adventurers who wanted to conquer the New World for Spain?
Conquistadors
Why was the New World called America?
Because a book was written about Amerigo Vespucci's voyage, and when people in Europe read it, they began to call the New World America
On what day (day, month, year) did Columbus land in San Salvador?
October 12, 1492
What is the term for the night that the Aztecs massacred the Spaniards and their Indian allies escaping from Tenochtitlan?
La Noche Triste
What was the Viking name for the natives of Vinland and of Greenland?
Skraelings
How did Balboa’s discovery of the Pacific Ocean show that the new lands Columbus had discovered were not the Indies but a new world?
It showed that an ocean lay between the lands Columbus discovered and the Indies
Name Columbus's other two main goals:
On what date did Tenochtitlan fall? (day, month, year)
August 13, 1521
What was the name of the Dakota Indian tribe said to have resembled Europeans in their looks, language, and ways
Mandan