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The Middle Ages
Spainards Reach the Americas
Spanish Exploration & Conquest
Spain's Overseas Empire
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Who were the first Europeans to reach the Americas?

Vikings

100
What was the name of the Italian sailor, funded by Spain, who became one of the first Europeans to reach and colonize the Americas?

Christopher Columbus

100

The Aztec Empire was in which present-day country?

Mexico

100

Spaniards came to Florida in search of ____________ and ________________?

Gold and the Fountain of Youth

200

What was the name of the series of trade routes that connected Europe and Asia in the Middle Ages?

The Silk Road
200

Which country did Christopher Columbus think he had reached when he landed in America?

India

200

The Inca empire was in which present-day countries?

Chile and Peru

200
Spaniards took control of pieces of land in the Americas and _______________ the Native Americans living there, or forced them to work without pay.

enslaved

300
What is the name for a new class of people who made their living buying and selling goods and services?

Merchants

300

Christopher Columbus became of the first Europeans to set up a _________________ in America, or a settlement whose ruler is far away.

colony

300

Hernan Cortes was known for conquering which group of people, killing their king and destroying their capital city?

the Aztecs
300

Spaniards also kidnapped and enslaved people from which continent, brining them to the Americas to work against their will?

Africa

400

Which series of religious wars was fought for the control of the city Jerusalem, and led to Europeans making contact with Asia?

The Crusades

400

Christopher Columbus and his fellow explorers brought diseases such as _________________, which killed many Native Americans.

smallpox

400

Francisco Pizzaro conquered which group of people, kidnapping their king and melting their gold and silver artifacts to turn them into money?

The Inca

400

Bartolome de las Casas was a _________________ who spoke out against the poor treatment of Native Americans.

missionary

500

Prince Henry the Navigator set up schools for sailors and encouraged them to explore the coast of Africa. Which country was he from?

Portugal

500

What is the movement of people, plants, animals, and diseases across the Atlantic Ocean called?

the Columbian Exchange

500

What does the word conquistador mean in Spanish?

conqueror

500

What was the name of the system where Spanish rulers promised land in America to explorers who were loyal to them?

encomienda