Vocab
Magellan
Cortes
Conquistadors
100
A settlement far away from the county that rules it.
What is a Colony?
100
Cortes was from this country.
What is Spain?
100
Cortes's goal was to conquer this Empire.
Who were the Aztecs?
100
Most Conquistadors were motivated by this.
What is gold or riches?
200
Conquistador is a Spanish word that means this:
What is a conqueror?
200
When a crew revolt against their captain.
What is a mutiny?
200
Many Aztecs were killed by this?
What is disease?
200
Juan Ponce de León was searching for this.
What is the Fountain of Youth?
300
A group of nations ruled by a single authority.
What is an empire?
300
Magellan's voyage was the first to do this.
(use your vocabulary word)
What is circumnavigate the globe?
300
The leader of the Aztec Empire.
Who was Montezuma?
300
Juan Ponce de León named the land he discovered "Pescua Florida" which means this.
What are Easter Flowers?
400
An organized group taking a journey for a purpose.
What is an expedition?
400
Ferdinand Magellan was killed on an island which is now part of this country.
What are the Philippines?
400
The man who Cortes left in charge of Tenochtitlan.
Who is Pedro De Alvarado?
400
Founded by the Spanish this is the oldest town in the United States.
What is St. Augustine?
500
A person who supports the work of another person or organization, often with money.
Who is a patron?
500
That name of Magellan's one ship that was able to return to Spain.
What was the Victoria?
500
After conquering the Aztecs, Cortes discovered the land that became this US state.
What is California?
500
Which Conquistador was the first European to see the Grand Canyon?
Who was Francisco Vásquez de Coronado?
