In 1492, Columbus sailed....
The land that Columbus expected to reach on his second voyage.
What is China?
He defeated the Aztecs in what is now Mexico City.
Who was Hernando Cortes?
The Spanish believed that this personal hygiene habit, practiced by Native Americans, was bad for the health.
What is bathing?
Who was Moctezuma?
They were named after Amerigo Vespucci.
What are the Americas?
What were the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?
He went to "La Florida" to look for the Fountain of Youth.
Who was Ponce de Leon?
The king and queen of Spain who sponsored most early expeditions to the Americas.
Who were Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand?
He nailed his complaints about the Catholic Church on a church door.
Who was Martin Luther?
The current name of the country that was known as "New Spain."
What is Mexico?
Columbus predicted this event to trick Native American chiefs.
What is a lunar eclipse?
He found a passage to the Pacific Ocean at the southern tip of South America.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
This plant, grown by Native Americans, became popular in Europe and became a cash crop grown by settlers.
What is tobacco?
This group of people had a civilization in Peru for only about 100 years before they were conquered by the Spanish.
Who were the Incas?
The mythical "seven cities of gold."
What was Cibola?
The trans-Atlantic transfer of plants, animals, people, and goods that took place after 1492.
What was the Columbian Exchange?
He led explorers across Panama to the Pacific Ocean.
Who was Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
People left the Catholic Church to practice this religion.
This violent Aztec practice led the people in surrounding areas to hate the Aztec leaders.
What was human sacrifice?
Between 75-90%.
The percentage of Native Americans that scientists estimate died after 1492.
Columbus set up his "home base" on this Caribbean Island during his first voyage.
What is Hispaniola?
He explored north of Mexico and into what is now Kansas, but he still didn't find gold.
Who was Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?
The movement in Spain that forced non-Catholics to convert to Catholicism or be killed.
What was the Spanish Inquisition?
Who were the Olmecs?
This seed was considered sacred by the Aztecs, and was used for offerings to the gods or for money.
What are cacao beans?