Chapter 6 Review

These were Spanish conquerors of the Americas.

• Pizzaros

• Conquistadors

• Crusaders

• Mongols

This country was the first of the Europeans to begin exploring.

• Spain

• England

• Russia

• Portugal

He was the first European explorer to be credited with discovering America.

• Magellan

• Vespucci

• Cortes

• Columbus

One of the first islands that was explored by Columbus in the New World was

• Philippines

• New Zealand

• Cuba

• Tasmania

This conquistador conquered the Inca

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Hernan Cortes

• Ponce de Leon

Slave traders wanted what type of capture?

• Young and strong

• Middle aged and tired

• Young children and infants

• Older and tested

The first groups to become a multiracial society in Latin America were?

• creoles and peninsulares

• mestizos and mulattoes

• peninsulares and mulattoes

• creoles and mestizos

This group established more than 30 missions to spread Christianity in the New World.

• Mestizos

• Mulattos

• Jesuits

• Peninsulares

After being shipwrecked and living among the natives for a few years, Cabeza de Vaca wandered through what is now Texas and Northern Mexico. When he finally found Spanish soldiers, he told them stories about Cibola. What is Cibola?

• Seven Cities of Gold

• Atlantis

• The Fountain of Youth

• A Black Hole

Hernando de Soto is best known for his travels and exploration of what?

• Mexico

• Cuba

• Florida

• Bahamas