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Columbus
Explorers
Conquest of Mexico
Cabeza de Vaca, Estevan, Zunis
Full Scale Expedition to Nuevo Mexico
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In this year Columbus made his first voyage to the New World.
What is the year 1492.
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He sailed around South America and was killed before he could finish sailing around the world.
Who was Magellan?
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Spaniards who conquered much of the Americas.
Who were conquistadors?
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He was a nobleman from Spain who survived a shipwreck, and wandered for 8 years in what is now the southwestern part of the United States.
Who was Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca.
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This viceroy sent a friar to New Mexico to search for riches.
Who was Antonio de Mendoza.
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The Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria.
What were the ships Columbus used on his first voyage?
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He founded the first navigation school for sailors, but he never explored.
Who was Henry the Navigator?
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He was the ruler of the Aztecs when Cortez arrived in 1519.
Who was Moctezuma II?
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This friar claimed to have seen seven cities of gold.
Who was Fray Marcos de Niza.
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The governor of Nueva Galicia, one of New Spain's western provinces.
Who was Francisco Vasquez de Coronado.
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The rulers of Spain, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella did this, and changed history.
Who sponsored Columbus' first voyage.
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He was looking for gold and "the fountain of youth"
Who was Ponce de Leon?
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The Aztec capital, soon to be called Mexico City.
What was Tenochtitlan?
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He walked across two-thirds of North America for 8 years.
What did Cabeza de Vaca accomplish?
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They explored this current national park.
What is the Grand Canyon.
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An all-water route to the far east.
What was Columbus seeking on his 1492 voyage?
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This expedition sailed for Florida with 400 men and the dream of wealth, only 4 survived.
What was the Narvaez expedition.
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The Aztecs called themselves this name.
Who were the Mexica?
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When Estevan returned to guide another expedition into New Mexico, he was killed at this village.
What was Hawikuh?
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He found six poor villages.
What did Coronado find at Zuni?
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In this voyage he brought the first permanent European settlers to the Americas.
What was the second voyage of Columbus?
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He was the first to sail around the Horn of Africa to reach India.
Who was Vasco de Gama?
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Marina (Malinche) helped this conquistador by talking to the Indians he met.
Who was Hernando Cortes?
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Spanish explorers went to their villages more than once.
Who are the Zunis?
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The Grand Canyon, the continental divide and the pueblos of the Rio Grande Valley.
What did Coronado's men find?