Explorers and Conquistadors

Which Spanish Explorer discovered the Mississippi River?

• Hernan Cortes

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Henry Hudson

• Hernando de Soto

Name the conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire?

• Hernando de Soto

• Hernan Cortes

• Juan Ponce Leon

• John Cabot

Which Spanish Explorer found Florida?

• Henry Hudson

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• John Cabot

What reason did the Portuguese have for searching for a water route to Asia?

• Enemies controlled the land routes.

• Prince Henry was a cool dude

• They didn't want to travel to South America

• They wanted to find a way to Australia

Which Portuguese explorer sailed around Africa's tip all the way to India?

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco de Gama

• Juan Ponce de Leon

any of the Spanish conquerors in the Americas during th early 1500's

• Conquerors

• Reconquista

• Conquistadors

• Pizzaro

a shortcut through North America to the Pacific Ocean

• Expedition

• Benefit

• Northwest Passage

• Astrolabe

What does conquistador mean?

• conqueror

• king

• judge

• explorer

How did the conquistadors treat native people they encountered?

• kindly

• neutrally

• calmly

• violently

Conquistadors wanted to gain what through their expeditions?

• wealth

• power

• glory for their home countries

• all of the above