Spanish Explorers

Long ago people thought spices were valuable because they _________________.

In 1492, Spain sent ________ to search for spices.

The country in Asia from which he was to get these spices was ____ .

He thought that he could reach China by sailing _____ from Spain.

He did not know that there was a large land mass between Europe and Asia, and instead, he landed on an island off the coast of present-day ______ .

Assuming that he had reached the East Indies near southern China in Asia, Columbus called the people “___________”.

He then sailed to other islands in the area and set up a settlement on the island called _______.

The group of people who lived on the island were called the _______.

Many of the native people ______ brought by the Spaniards.

The next explorer for Spain who was trying to get to Asia was ____________ .