CH2 L3

To encourage explorers, the Spanish king offered ________, or large amounts of money given for a specific reason, to explorers who would lead expeditions

• prizes
• rewards
• incentives
• grants

The explorers who conquered many of the native people who were already living in areas explored are called

• Conquistadors (or conquerors)

• Settlers
• Pioneers
• Colonizers

______________ had sailed with Christopher Columbus and had helped take over Puerto Rico. He heard about an island called Bimini and a special spring on the island called _________________

• Juan Ponce de León, the Fountain of Youth
• Christopher Columbus, the Fountain of Youth
• Vasco Nunez de Balboa , the Fountain of Aging

• Hernán Cortés, the Fountain of Wealth

Ponce de Leon ended up landing in the present day state of __________ and claimed the land for _______. He named it ___________, Spanish for flowery

• New York, England, French

• Texas, New York, Frog

• Florida, Spain, La Florida

• California, Dani, Red Hot Chili Peppers

  (nerdy RHCP reference)

Ponce de Leon was the first person to (a)  

In 1519 Spain sent ___________________ on an expedition to find gold in the land of the Aztecs

• Hernándo Cortés

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Christopher Columbus
• Francisco Pizarro

The Aztecs believed that Cortes was a light skinned god that they thought would return to rule the people. The Aztec ruler, _____________, welcomed Cortes and offered him gifts. Courtes took him prisoner, hoping to rule the Aztecs by capturing their king.

• Atahualpa
• Hernán Cortés
• Montezuma
• Moctezuma II

Cortes and his men tore down the Aztec temples and destroyed the city. On the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the conquistadors built ____________ and later became the capital of Spain's new empire in the Americas.

• Mexico City
• Buenos Aires
• Lima
• Madrid

After Courtes found gold, the spanish went looking for more riches. They sent a _________ named Marco de Niza. When he returned, he said he had seen a golden city.

• Marco de Niza
• Vasco Núñez de Balboa
• Francisco Pizarro
• Hernán Cortés