Chapter 3 Lesson 4 Conquest of the Americas

The Spanish word for conqueror

• Expedition

• Conquistador

• Empire

A journey to achieve a goal

• Expedition

• Conquistador

• Empire

Many nations or territories ruled by a single group or leader

• Expedition

• Conquistador

• Empire

Spanish conquistador looking for the "Cities of Gold" in North America in 1540.

• Cortes

• Coronado

• De Vaca

• Pizzaro

She helped Cortes communicate with the Aztecs

• Dorantes

• Moctezuma

• Pizzaro

• Malinche

Survived a shipwreck and walked across present day Texas to Mexico City

• Malinche

• Dorantes

• Coronado

• DeVaca

He led an expedition to Florida to find the "fountain of youth."

• Pizzaro

• Ponce de Leon

• Cortes

• De Vaca

Leader of the Aztec Empire and imprisoned by Cortes when they met.

• Moctezuma

• Malinche

• Dorantes

• Coronado

Conquistador that defeated the powerful Inca Empire in South America.

• Dorantes

• Coronado

• Pizarro

• Ponce de Leon

He was a slave who survived the shipwreck with Vaca and then traveled with him.

• Coronado

• Dorantes

• Malinche

• Cortes