Social Studies Unit 2 Lessons 1-4 quiz

From Venice, Italy, this man lived in China, wrote his adventures in a book, and told of paper money, gunpowder, and noodles (1295)

• Vasco da Gama

• Marco Polo

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Fransisco de Coronado

This Spanish conquistador destroyed the Aztec Empire and took over the capital city of Tenochtitlan. (1519)

• Hernan Cortes

• Francisco Pizarro

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

• Juan Ponce de Leon

This Spanish explorer was looking for gold, but instead was the first European to see the Grand Canyon. (1540)

• Atahualpa

• Bartolome de Las Casas

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Francisco de Coronado

Sponsored by Spain, this explorer wanted to sail west to the Indies. He landed in the Bahamas and called the land San Salvador. (1492)

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernando de Soto

• Francisco Pizarro

He was the ruler of the Aztecs. He lost his empire and died in 1519.

• Atahualpa

• Montezuma II

• Wayna Capac

• Huasacar

He was missionary from Spain. He tried to use his influence to change the treatment of Native Americans. (1563)

• Marco Polo

• Hernan Cortes

• Bartolome de Las Casas

• Hernando de Soto

This Spanish explorer lost his ship to a hurricane. He and his men walked across Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. (1528)

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Juan Ponce de Leon

He was a member of Portugal's royal family. He started a school to study ship building, map making, and navigation (1400s)

• Vasco da Gama

• Marco Polo

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Francisco Pizarro

He was the ruler of the Inca Empire. To make the conquistadors happy, he had a room filled with silver and gold, but he was still killed (1532)

• Montezuma II

• Atahualpa

• Wayna Capac

• Huasacar

This explorer from Portugal sailed all the way around Africa, crossed the Indian Ocean, and landed in India (1498)

• Christopher Columbus

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Hernan Cortes

• Vasco da Gama