Spanish Explorations Quiz (S.S./3.3)

What was Ponce de Leon the first Spanish explorer to do?

• Ride a bicycle

• Explore present-day Canada

• Set foot on land that became part of the US

• Sail across the Atlantic Ocean without vomiting

What was Ponce de Leon searching for when he found Florida?

• He was looking for a new island.

• He was looking for a new continent.

• He was looking for the Fountain of Youth.

• He was looking for Mexico.

The king of Spain encouraged explorers by offering them large sums of money called...

• grants

• donations

• indulgences

• purses

Conquistador is a Spanish term which means...

• travelers

• conquerors

• sailors

• cruisers

In 1519, Spain sent Hernando Cortes to find what in the land of the Aztecs?

• horses

• lumber

• iron

• gold

At the time of Cortes's travels across Mexico, all the native peoples he encountered were pleased with the Aztec rulers.

• True

• False

Cortes's eventual conquest of the Aztecs was helped by the fact that many Aztec people believed he might be...

• an awesome guy.

• a god.

• a great warrior.

• an excellent farmer.

Many Aztecs died in battles, but most died from...

• poor hygiene

• diseases

• old age

• leopard attacks

On the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the Spanish built...

• a really cool fort.

• a palace made of gold for Cortes.

• Mexico City.

• a ten-foot statue of Cortes.

How was Cabeza de Vaca different from most of the other Spanish conquistadors?

• He found treasures of gold in the New World.

• He learned to speak native languages.

• He was respected by the local native peoples as a medicine man.

• He learned how to ride his horse backwards.