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French & Spanish Exp
UNIT 3: French & Spanish Explorers
| Cortes | conquered the great Aztecs |
| Montezuma | ruled the Aztec Indians |
| de Soto | first Spanish explorer on the Mississippi River; traveled through present day Alabama |
| Magellan | Portuguese sea captain who was the first person to circumnavigate the Earth |
| Cabot | an Italian merchant who searched for the Northwest Passage |
| Cartier | Jesuit navigator who won many Indians to Christ |
| Champlain | founded Quebec |
| Hudson | has a bay and a river named after him |
| Ponce de Leon | named Florida; searched for the Fountain of Youth |
| Coronado | searched for the legendary "Seven Cities of Gold" |
| martyr | a person who is killed for his/her beliefs (often because of their religious beliefs) |
| mutiny | resistance or a revolt against authority; open rebellion |
| colony | a settlement established far from the country that rules it |
| presidio | fort or military town occupied by the Spanish |
| ally | a person, group, or nation that sides with another in a dispute |
| barter | the trading of goods without using money |
| conquer | to take over by force |
| missionary | a person who works to win people over to a particular religion |
| patroon | powerful Dutch landowners who were harsh |
| Indians | were sometimes made to work against their will at the missions |
| Strait of Magellan | a water passageway discovered by Magellan that goes through the southern tip of South America; connects the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans |
| Spain | country that dominated Central and South America after Columbus' voyages |
| What powerful Indian group ruled over the other Indians in Mexico? | Aztecs |
| What was the Northwest Passage? | A shorter water route to Asia to the north of North America |
| What were the four reasons Cortes was able to defeat the Aztecs? | (1)Aztecs thought Cortes was a god (2)Spaniards had guns, horses, cannons (3)Montezuma & his Aztec tribe had many enemies that joined Cortes (4)Cortes' men left smallpox behind which weakened and killed many of the Aztecs |
| What disease did Cartier's men get and how was it cured? | Cartier's men got scurvy. The Indians made a curing drink by boiling the bark of an evergreen tree & they gave it to Cartier's men to drink. |
| What items did the French and Indians trade? | French traded guns, knives, metal pots, beads, & cloth. Indians traded furs & animal skins. |
| What was Coronado searching for? | the legendary "Seven Cities of Gold" |
| Why did Ponce de Leon sail to Florida? | He was searching for gold and the Fountain of Youth. |
| Name the two martyrs we read about in Chapter 3 of The Light and the Glory. How did they live according to Philippians 2:1-4? | Father de Brebeuf and Father Jogues (The second question has several acceptable answers. You should be prepared to give one or two statements to support your answer.) See TLTG Chp 3 for help. :) |
| Why did God choose monks to spread His light into the dark land of the New World? | See TLTG Chp 3 |
| Compare Father Jogues with Christopher Columbus. How were they alike? How were they different? | See TLTG Chp 3 |
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