Products
Columbian Exchange
Explorers
Conquests and Battles
In the Americas
100

When Columbus made contact with the Tiano people in 1492, he began what is now called?

Columbian Exchange

100

The Columbian Exchange did not involve just Europe and the Americas, but transformed the _________ __________.

Whole World

100

_________ __________ ___ ___________ became the first Spanish Explorer in what is now United States.

Juan Ponce De Leon

100

Spains ____________ gave them land to settle and people to _____________

Settle

Enslave

100

In 1502, ______________________________ became ruler of the Aztec Empire.

Moctezuma II

200

Many of the new foods contained ______________, which helped the European population ___________.

Vitamins and Grow

200

Europeans brought what two diseases to the Americas?

Smallpox and Measles

200

Hernan ___________, another Spanish explorer, decided there must be a great empire rich in gold to the west of the __________________ ____________. He was right!

Cortes

Caribbean Islands

200

Cortes took Moctezuma ________________, causing a riot in which the emperor was ___________.

Prisoner

Killed

200

Spain also continued to pursue its claim in what is now ________________.

Florida

300

Columbian Exchange refers to the trading of what? Between who?

Trading of items, culture, ideas, and more between Europeans and native peoples of the Americas
300

The natives have not developed __________ for the diseases, so they died in large numbers.

Resistance

300

In 1531, ________________ _____________, sailed with troops to take on the mighty ________ Empire, who had more than ______ _________________ people.

Francisco Pizarro

Inca

12 million

300

The troops Pizarro brought with him were armed with a type of ______ called the ___________________.

Gun

Harquebus

300

Cabeza de Vaca experiences made him ____________________ to the native peoples, and he urged the King of Spain to treat them ___________.

Sympathetic

Better

400

What are some of the products the Spanish brought back from the Americas? (Name 4)

Corn, Peanuts, Tomatoes, Potatoes, Pineapples, Turkeys, Tobacco, and Beans

400

Some plants Europeans brought to the Americas originally came from _________ and ____________. 

_________ _________ were brought by ______________ ___________ and became popular to add in many Asian dishes.

Asia and Africa

Chili Peppers and European Sailors

400

De Leon died in ___________, while fighting the ___________ people of the area. (Year not location)

1521

Calusa

400

This caused a battle between the Spanish and Aztec Empire. The Spanish had two things that the Aztec did not: _______ ____________ and ______________.

Fine Swords

Horses

400

After several failed attempts, _____________ _________________ ___________________ in 1565 built a fort in an area on the east coast that he name ___________________________.

Pedro Menendez de Aviles

St. Augustine

500

What 10 products did the Spanish BRING to the Americas? (Name 5)

Wheat, sugar, oranges, peaches, bananas, cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, and horses.

500

The Spanish forced many ____________ to work as _____________ people, and even shipped them to Spain. While few survived, ____________ slaves were brought to the islands to __________ them.

Natives

Enslaved

African

Replace

500

Spanish claims on what is now _____________________ began with ___________ __________________ ______________, who explored the coast around present-day San Diego in 1542.

California 

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

500

After the _______ day battle, Cortes destroyed the Aztec empire and built _____________ _________. It would be the capital of a colony that the Spanish called Nuevo Espana, or _______ ________.

75

Mexico City

New Spain

500

In 1528, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was exploring the coast along Gulf of ______________. He was shipwrecked by a hurricane and landed in what is now _________. He lived among the _______________ __________ for 4 years.

Mexico

Texas

American Natives