Exploration of North America

On October 12, 1492, Columbus claimed the land he found for the country of

• Spain

• Germany

• St. Augustine

• Asia

The first Spaniard to explore the lands that are now the United States was

• Ponce de Leon

• Columbus

• De Soto

• Hernadnez

Who was searching for the Fountain of Youth

• Ponce De Leon

• Hernandez

• De Soto

• Columbus

Ponce de Leon named Florida for its

• alligators

• flowers

• heat

• sunshine

Who was the first European to see the Mississippi River?

• De Soto

• Hernadez

• Leon

• Columbus

The Legend of El Dorado is about

• a city of gold

• a city of flowers

• the fountain of youth

• spanish conquerors

Coronado explored the American Southwest searching for

• the seven cities of Cibola

• the fountain of youth

• flowers

• St. Augustine

The conquistadors were

• European conquerors

• Spanish conquerors

• explorers who found the fountain of youth

• The explorers who found the seven cities of Cibola

The oldest permanent European settlement in the United States is

• San Antonio

• St. Augustine

• in Florida

• Cibola

In the Southwest the Spaniards built religious communities called

• presidos

• forts

• missions

• cibolas