European Explorers Chapter 15

Where were many Spanish explorers known as "conquistadors"?

• They were soldiers who came prepared to attack and conquer American Indians.

• It identified they type of ship most Spanish explorers sailed on.

• Conquistador was the king they sailed for.

• They were Catholics who built missions to spread their religion to American Indian groups.

The first European to lead a crew that circumnavigated the globe.

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernando de Soto

The first European to discover the Americas.

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernando de Soto

The first European to see the Mississippi River.

• Amerigo Vespucco

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernando de Soto

The first European to realize the Americas were a new land, not Asia.

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernando de Soto

______ sailed from Spain to the Caribbean Islands.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

_________ crossed the Pacific Ocean.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

_________ met the Taino people.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

_______ went around the tip of South America.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

What goal did Christopher Columbus hope to achieve when he set sail in 1492?

• to find a shorter route to Asia by sailing east across the Pacific Ocean

• to find a shorter route to Asia by sailing west across the Pacific Ocean

• to find a shorter route to Asia by sailing east across the Atlantic Ocean

• to find a shorter route to Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean.