Dates & Figures
Columbus' First Transatlantic Voyage. "Ocean blue," indeed.
1492
The word "Columbian" is derived from this name.
Christopher Columbus
The first Natives to lay eyes on one of these thought that man and animal were one being.
Horse
These are the "Three G's of New World Exploration," which illuminate the motives of European explorers.
God, Gold, & Glory
This is de Soto's first name.
Hernando
The number of large villages in the Southern Mississippi Valley had decreased from 80 in 1539 to this many by the time of French exploration, having endured the ravages of European disease.
Five.
This is the country that gave Columbus the funding for his transatlantic voyage.
King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella of Spain
Some of the ideas transferred during the Exchange were religions, including this one, which was forced upon the Natives by Spanish explorers.
Catholicism (Christianity)
He was an English explorer who was the first European to lay eyes on what would become Maryland.
John Cabot
De Soto landed in modern day Florida at this location.
Tampa Bay
The number of men de Soto landed with for his expedition.
700
Because they were in this, Native American peoples hardly stood a chance against the advanced steel and gunpowder weaponry of the Spanish.
The Stone Age
Besides humans, these were one of the biggest spreaders of disease in the New World
Livestock (Pigs, Horses, Sheep, etc.)
Columbus landed in this chain of islands when he arrived in the New World
The Bahamas
One of the primary objectives of the de Soto exploration was to find this, a mythical city of Gold believed to be in the New World
El Dorado
The percentage of Native Americans wiped out by European diseases (approximately).
90%
This crop created a huge demand for labor on the island of St. Domingue
Sugar
This New World crop led to a population boom in Europe with the cheap, easily-grown calories it provided.
Potato
These were responsible for the gold found by Natives in the American Southeast and which inspired further Spanish interest in the region.
Spanish Shipwrecks
Before his fateful march in the American Southeast, de Soto first came to the New World at this age.
Fourteen
The year, month, and day of the Ambush of M'Vila
October 18, 1540
By the time Europeans arrived in the New World, Natives had domesticated only a few animals, including these two.
Guinea pigs, llamas, or dogs.
Columbus was originally trying to find this on his historic voyage, a name given to the now known-to-be non-existent sea route from Europe to East Asia.
The Western Passage
This is the term for the extermination of an entire race of people based on their religious or racial identity.
Genocide
Conquistador