early explorers test Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What are the continents of the old world? | Europe, Africa, Asia |
What are the continents of the new world? | North and south America. |
what is a conquistador? | Spanish Conqueror. |
Who got credit for being the first person to reach the Americas? | Columbus. |
What was the Columbian Exchange? | An exchange between the old world and the new world trading animals, plants, goods, ideas, and diseases. |
Why did Spain want to come to the new world? | Gold, God, and Glory (and partly land, but mostly the 3 gs) |
Who conqured the Aztecs? | Cortes |
Who conqured the Incas? | Pizzaro |
What was Ponce de Leon searching for? | The fountain of youth. (but instead he found Florida.) |
What was Coronado looking for? | The city of gold. |
Where did the people of spain settle/explor? | Floirida, Southwest area of U.S, mexico, left edge of south america. |
What was Spain's relationship with the natives? | not good; they defeated them in war and used them as slaves. |
What were the 3 types of settlements they Spanish had, and what were there main purposes? | 1) missions-- used for religious purposes 2) presidos-- used for military purposes 3)pueblos-- used just as like towns |
Why did the french (and neitherlands)come? | north west passage, trading, and religion (only for french) |
did the french and neitherlands get along with the indians? | yes, they were allies, they traded with them, and the french lived among them |
Where did the french settle? | canada and lousiana |
where did the neitherlands settle? | new amsterdam (modern day manhattan island) |
who was peter minuit? | father of the neitherlands |
who was the man who names lousiana after king? | robert de lasalle |
why did england come? | new land and religious freedom. |
who left roanoke and came back 3 years later (due to war) | john white |
who was the hero of jamestown | john smith |
why did jamestown fail | malaria and swampy areas. and too much gold search. |
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