Explorers From Spain

What is an expedition?

• a Spanish conquerer

• a long journey, or trip

• an explorer who went to the Americas

• a kind of dog

Columbus was looking for a water route to what continent?

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• Antarctica

Which explorer went to Mexico and conquered the Aztecs?

• Hernan Cortes

• Christopher Columbus

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Mrs. Fox

One of Magellan's ships was the first ship to ____________.

• win a race against the Asians.

• get lost.

• sail around the world.

• have canvas sails.

Why did Fransisco Vasquez de Coronado travel to the Americas?

• to go on vacation

• to find the fountain of youth

• to buy a house

• to search for treasure and riches

Why did Juan Ponce de Leon go to the Americas?

• to look for the fountain of youth

• to get spices and silk for trade

• to visit his family

• to find his dog

Spain made a colony in the Americas called __________.

• New Spain

• New Haven

• Spain #2

• Class 101

What happened to many of the Native Indians when people from Spain came to the Americas?

• they were old and passed away

• they died from fighting and disease

• they were friends with the people from Spain

• they moved to another place

What is a conquistador?

• a kind of food

• a country in Europe

• a Spanish conquerer

• a new kind of boat