TCI Lesson 5 Routes of Exploration to the New World

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

• Conquistador

• Contagious desease

• East Indies

• Colony

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

• Conquistador

• Contagious desease

• East Indies

• Colony

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

• Northwest Passage

• Contagious desease

• East Indies

• Colony

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

• Northwest Passage

• Contagious desease

• East Indies

• Colony

Europeans called Southeast Asia, including Indonesia and Malaysia, the _____________.

• Northwest Passage

• Contagious desease

• East Indies

• Colony

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 short cut 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 colonist free food

• they did not have the technology of gunpowder or swords

• they were exposed to diseases that spread quickly