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Vocabulary
Historical Maps
Christopher Columbus and the Carribean
Spanish conquistadors
Extra Questions
100
The name given to a person who travels around to teach his/her religion to others.
What is a missionary?
100
A name given to a reference source that shows past or present events and how they relate to geography.
What is a historical map?
100
This was a group of people that Christopher Columbus first met when he landed in the Americas. We do not know much about them because they left no written records. They were a mostly peaceful people.
What is the Taino?
100
The name of a famous Spanish conqueror who went to Mexico in search of gold. He eventually betrayed and helped to destroy the Aztec empire.
Who is Hernando Cortes?
100
What was the mistake that Moctezuma made that made the Spanish greedy for riches?
What is he sent them a gold and silver disk, which let the Spanish know that there were riches to be had.
200
The name given when Christopher Columbus brought technology, crops, and germs to the New World.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
200
The place on a historical map where the name and dates of the main focus of the map is given.
What is the title?
200
This was a person of Italian descent who was given permission and money from Spain to find a sea route to the Indies.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
200
The name of the Aztec king who was defeated by Hernando Cortes and his armies.
Who is Moctezuma?
200
Why was Bartolomo de las Casas important?
He devoted his life to ending the system of encomiendas.
300
The name given to a territory that is ruled by a faraway place.
What is a colony?
300
The name given to the place on the map which tells directions, such as north and south.
What is the compass rose?
300
Name at least one Taino word that was adopted into the English language.
What is hammock, hurricane, canoe?
300
Name one of the three main reasons that the Spanish army was able to defeat the Aztecs.
The Spaniards had better weaponry. The Spaniards were aided by other native peoples who disliked the Aztec empire. The Spaniards brought germs and disease with them.
300
Why might someone be opposed to Columbus Day being recognized as a national holiday?
Columbus altered the way of life of native peoples in the Americas. Many natives were enslaved and killed following more European visitors after Columbus. Columbus brought disease in the Columbian Exchange.
400
A territory that was worked by Native Americans and owned by a Spaniard.
What is an encomienda?
400
Historical maps often have lines to tell where the subject happened and moved about the globe. Where would you look to find out what the different lines on the map represent?
What is the key?
400
Name two positive effects of the Columbian Exchange. Explain WHY your two reasons were positive effects.
Horses and livestock were brought over. This made hunting and traveling easier. Crops were brought from Europe and allowed for people to grow more food.
400
Name the main reason that more Africans were brought as slaves by the Spaniards.
There were not enough Indian workers left.
400
This group was strategically locked out and starved in order to weaken and eventually overtake them.
Who are the Aztec?
500
A spanish conqueror. They fought for Spain in the battle of Tenochtitlan.
What is a conquistador?
500
Tell the part of a historical map that describes the global position of a given place.
What are latitude and longitude lines?
500
Name two negative effects of the Columbian Exchange. Explain WHY your reasons are negative.
Germs and disease were brought to the Americas. Many people were sick or died. Europeans established colonies, while forcing natives to become laborers and taking their land.
500
Francisco Coronado was a Spanish explorer who went searching in the southwest United States for this.
What is the Seven Cities of Gold?