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Explorers
Ch. 6 - Explorers
Question | Answer |
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What was the capital city of the new colony of Spain called? | Mexico City |
What did the Spaniards name their new colony? | New Spain |
Columbus wanted to find Asia. What direction did he sail? | west |
What did Columbus name the place where he first landed? | San Salvador |
Who led an expedition to circumnavigate the world? He died in the Philippine Islands but 18 of his crew finished the expedition. | Magellan |
Who was asked to lead an expedition to Mexico? His army joined with the Indians to conquer the Aztecs. | Hernando Cortes |
Who heard wonderful stories about a fountain of youth which led him north from Puerto Rico? He landed in a place he named Florida. | Juan Ponce de Leon |
Who was one of the rulers of Spain? She decided to raise money for Columbus's voyage. | Queen Isabella |
Who was a Catholic priest who defended the rights of the Indians? He was nicknamed, "Protector of the Indians." | Bartoleme de Las Casas |
Who made four voyages to the new world for Spain? He tricked his crew by having two sets of the ships' logs so they wouldn't know how far they were from home. | Christopher Columbus |
Who was the emperor of the Aztecs? He welcomed the Spaniards to Tenochtitlan, and was killed in a battle with them. | Moctezuma II |
Who led an expedition into the southwest area of North America looking for the Seven Cities of Gold? | Francisco Coronado |
Who was a viking that started a small settlement in northeastern Canada called Vinland? | Leif Ericson |
What was Columbus seeking to find on his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean? | Asian spices and silks |
What do you call a journey made for a special purpose? | an expedition |
What was the name of the movement of people, plants, animals, and germs across the Atlantic Ocean called? | the Columbian Exchange |
What do you call a person who teaches his or her religion to others who have different beliefs? | a missionary |
What do you call the Spanish soldiers who conquered lands and claimed them for Spain? | conquistadors |
Christopher Columbus sailed under the flag of what country? | Spain |
The Spanish government gave certain Spanish colonists a very large piece of land that often included Indian villages. What was it called? | encomienda |
What two seeds of change came from the west? | corn and potatoes |
What three seeds of change came from the east? | horses, sugar and diseases |