How did the Spanish exploration change the lives of people i

What was brought the most in the Columbian Exchange?

• diseases

• horses

• plants

• spices

What was a result of the diseases brought to Europe?

• people died

• people developed medicine

• people planted crops

• people became doctors

Spanish explorer who came to the Americas on Columbus's second voyage

• Hernan Cortes

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Where did Juan Ponce de Leon land?

• Florida

• California

• Cuba

• Mississippit River

Spanish explorer that was more successful in his search for riches

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Hernan Cortes

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Hernando de Soto

Spanish for conqueror

• conquest

• resistance

• settlement

• conquistador

Why did Ponce de Leon and Cortes explore?

• both were trying to find riches and looking for gold

• both were making new claims for land

• to defeat the Aztecs

• to take over the empires

large area in which different groups are controlled by one ruler

• conquest

• resistance

• empire

• conquistador

Who offered Cortes gifts of gold and precious jewels in Tenochtitlan?

• Incas

• Aztecs

• Moctezuma

• Vizcaino

What did Cortes do after he met with Moctezuma?

• stole his gold

• took him prisoner

• claimed the land for Spain

• married his daughter