Lesson 5: Routes of Exploration to the New World

A community ruled by another country is called a(n)

• conquistador

• contagious disease

• East Indies

• colony

A(n) is a Spanish colonizer who came to the Americas in the 1500s.

• colony

• contagious disease

• conquistador

• East Indies

Many colonizers sought out the _________, or a route across the northern part of North America.

• East Indies

• Northwest Passage

• contagious disease

• colony

A(n) is a sickness that can pass quickly from one person to another.

• contagious disease

• colony

• East Indies

• conquistador

Europeans called Southeast Asia, including Indonesia and Malaysia, the

• colony

• East Indies

• Northwest Passage

• conquistador

Why did the rulers of Spain want a shorter route to what they called the East Indies?

• to practice fighting wars

• to study a different culture

• to send away their prisoners

• to get silks and spices

How is a colony different from other places in which people settle?

• It is ruled by another country

• It was started many years ago

• It is designed to be temporary

• It has a very simple way of life

Juan Ponce de León looked for

• the Seven Cities of Gold

• a shortcut to Asia

• a site for a mission

• the fountain of youth

Hernán Cortés fought against

• the Aztecs in Mexico

• the Seminoles in Florida

• the Incas in South America

• the Mayas in Central America

Why did many American Indians die from contagious diseases?

• They were enslaved and forced to work in the mines

• They got tired of giving European colonists free food

• They did not have the technology of gunpowder or swords

• They were exposed to diseases that spread quickly