Vocabulary
—money or property tha is used to earn more money
What is Capital
Today's Mexico was called this after the Spanish settled there.
What is New Spain
This tribe was the first in North America to meet Christopher Columbus.
who are the Taino people.
He was the first explorer to reach the Americas.
Who is Christopher Columbus.
This country established the Colony of New Amsterdam.
What is the Netherlands
businesses in which a group of people invest together
What is Joint-stock company
This island was one of Christopher Columbus' first stops in North America.
What are the Bahamas.
This tribe had a brief battle with Hernan Cortes.
Who are the Aztecs.
He was the first Portuguese explorer to find a route around Africa.
Who was Diaz.
This country was the first European country to colonize the Mississippi River basin.
What is France.
soldiers who led military expeditions in the Americas
Who is the Conquistadors
This Western American state was discovered by Juan Cabrillo?
What is California
Francisco Pizzaro conquered this Andean Mountain tribe.
Who are the Incas.
He was the first Spanish explorer to enter Mexico City.
Who is Hernan Cortes
This country tried to establish a Colony on Roanoke Island in what is now North Carolina.
What is Great Britain or England
It gave settlers the right to tax local Native Americans or enslave them to get work done
What is the encomienda System
This area is now the Caribbean but was called this in 1500.
What is the West Indies
This tribe encountered both the British and French in Canada and America.
Who are the Iroquois.
This Spanish explorer was trying to find the Fountain of Youth in what is now Florida.
Who is Juan Ponce deLeón
This Norwegian Country established a colony near New Amsterdam?
what is Sweeden.
This religious movement began as an effort to reform the Catholic Church and spread through German towns in the 1520s
What is Protestant Reformation
The spanish explorer Francisco Coronado was trying to find the seven cities of gold in these American States.
What are New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado.
This tribe met Sir Walter Raleigh in Virginia.
Who are the Powhatan.
This Portuguese explorer died when he tried to be the first captain to sail around the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
This country's explorers treated the Native American tribes with respect to help trade furs.
What is France