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Spanish in America

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Who were the first Europeans to explore North America The Vikings
Who were the religious soldiers that attempted to retake the "Holy Land" in the Middle Ages The Crusaders
Who was the european traveler that helped to open Asia to European trade? Marco Polo
Who invented the printing press? Johann Gutenberg
Who created a sailing school in order to find an all water route to Asia? Prince Henry the Navigator
Who discovered the Cape of Good Hope? Bartholomew Dias
Who discovered the first all water route to India? Vasco de Gama
Who was the first Spanish sailor to discover the new world? Christopher Columbus
What did Christopher Columbus name the first island he found? San Salvador
What does it mean to sail around the world? Circumnavigate
Who is America named after? Amerigo Vespucci
Who was the first spanish explorer to find the Pacific Ocean? Balboa
Who was the first spanish explorer to lead a trip to circumnavigate the world? Ferdinand Magellan
Which French explorer sailed down the St. Lawrence river looking for a Northwest passage to Asia? Samuel de Champlain
Who defeated the Aztec empire? Hernando Cortes
Who was the Aztec emperor? Moctezuma
Who conquered the Inca Empire? Francisco Pizzaro
Which Sapa Inca did Pizzaro kill? Atahualpa
Which conquistador traveled extensively through the North American southwest looking for the seven cities of gold? Coronado
Which conquistador was the first European to discover the Mississippi river? De Soto
Which conquistador was ship wrecked on the coast of North America and made an 18 month journey traveling with various Native American tribes? Cabez de Vaca
What was the name of the mythical cities of gold? The Seven Cities of Cibola
What did Spain call the new world? New Spain
What was the name of the large estates granted to Spanish nobles in the new world? haciendas
What was the right of property owners to demand forced labor from the natives living on his land? encomieda
What is the name for someone of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry? mestizos
Who was the title called for the two colonial governors of New Spain? viceroys
What was the name of the people Columbus discovered? (not what HE called them) Tianos
Which Spanish priest fought for the rights of the native people? Bartolome de las Casas
What was the name of the religous settlements founded by priests for the purose of spreading the Catholic faith? missions
What was the name of the Aztec capital? Tenochtitlan
What legendary place was Ponce de Leon searching for? The Fountain of Youth
What was the Inca capital? Cuzco
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