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Unit Vocabulary
Columbus
European Explorers
French Explorers
It Happened in...
100
Indigenous
Who are the native people Columbus called "Indians"?
100
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand
Who paid for Columbus's Explorations?
100
Cortes
Who did the Aztecs think was an Aztec god?
100
Fort St. Louis
What is the LaSalle's Texas Colony?
100
1521
What is Cortes defeats the Aztecs?
200
Conquistadors
Who are the Spanish soldiers that sailed to the Americas.
200
Gold and Glory
What was Columbus's reason to explore new land?
200
Pizarro
Who defeated the Inca Empire?
200
Canada
Where did the French explore first?
200
1542
What is the year Coronado returns to Mexico?
300
Tribute
What is a payment of food and other valuables.
300
Asia and India
Where was Columbus trying to go?
300
Cabeza de Vaca
Who reached Texas because of a failed expedition?
300
Northwest Passage
What is the area the French were seeking when they explored the Mississippi?
300
1542
What is the year Cabeza de Vaca published the Relacion?
400
Shaman
Who is the medicine man?
400
The Moors
Who took over Spain, and brought ideas and goods with them?
400
Marcos de Niza
Who started the legend of the Seven Cities of Gold?
400
Spain vs. France
Who was fighting in a war during this time?
400
1537
What is the year Pizarro defeats the Incas?
500
Reconquista
What was the 800 year struggle? or What was the reconquest of Spain?
500
Christianity
What was the religion of Spain?
500
Estevenico
Who was the enslaved Moore who traveled on expeditions?
500
The French are the second
Who are the explorers who enter Texas?
500
1492
What is the year Columbus finds new land in the Americas?