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A Changing World
Spanish Explorations
Explorers
Vocabulary
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Which group of Europeans reached North America about 500 years before Columbus?
Vikings
100
True/False Magellan was killed during his expedition.
True
100
Name 2 reasons why Spanish explorers wanted to sail to the Americas.
find adventure and riches, trading, win national glory, and convert Native Americans to Christianity
100
"I am a German mapmaker who had a continent named after me." a) Cabot b) Vespucci c) Magellan
Vespucci
100
Spanish explorers and soldiers are also known as a) reform b) conquistadors c) grants
conquistadors
200
Which European nation sponsored Columbus's expedition across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492?
Spain
200
The Treaty of Tordesillas was an agreement between which two countries.
Portugal and Spain
200
What did the Aztecs think about Cortes when he arrived?
They thought his was a God.
200
"I helped settlers start a settlement in what is now the country of Panama." a) Balboa b) Columbus c) Vespucci
Balboa
200
An agreement between countries a) treaty b) reform c) isthmus
treaty
300
What was the main reason Columbus sailed west from Europe?
Columbus wanted to find a more direct water route to Asia.
300
True/False Vespucci agreed with Columbus that the land they were exploring was Asia.
False
300
Francisco Pizarro conquered which group?
The Incas
300
"King Henry XII sent me on an expedition to the Indies to help England compete for land and wealth." a) Cabot b) Magellan c) Balboa
Cabot
300
A trip taken with the goal of exploring a) navigation b) expedition c) grant
expedition
400
What was the movement to make Spain all Catholic called? a) reform b) Reconquista c) cost
Reconquista
400
Magellan named the Pacific ocean after the word __________.
peaceful
400
Who wanted their to be changes in the Catholic Church?
Martin Luther
400
"I started a settlement in Florida." a) Martin Luther b) Juan Ponce de Leon c) Hernando de Soto
Juan Ponce de Leon
400
The science of planning and following a route a) empire b) cost c) navigation
navigation
500
What were the names of the three ships that Columbus's crew sailed on?
Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria
500
Magellan's sailors were the first to do what?
Sail around the world.
500
What was the main result of the Counter-Reformation in the Americas?
The Catholic Church sent missionaries to convert the Native Americans to the Catholic faith.
500
"I conquered the Aztecs." a) Hernando Cortes b) Columbus c) Francisco Pizarrro
Hernando Cortes
500
Changes a) expedition b) missionary c) reform
reform