Juan Ponce de Leon and Hernando de Soto

Juan Ponce de Leon was born in ___.

• Spain

• Florida

• Hispanolia

• Puerto Rico

What did Juan Ponce de Leon name the area he found?

• Georgia

• Florida

• Alabama

• Louisiana

Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for __.

• Portugal

• Italy

• England

• Spain

Who did Juan Ponce De Leon sail with to the Americias?

• Marco Polo
• Vasco Nunez De Balboa
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan

Juan called Florida "La Flores". What does that mean in English?

• Hot sun
• Land of the free
• Home of the brave
• Covered in flowers

After his expedition to Peru, Hernando de Soto returned to Spain a very _________ man.

• poor

• handsome

• tired

• wealthy

Hernando de Soto started his Southeast Expedition near Tampa Bay, ___________.

• Georgia

• Alabama

• Florida

• Hawaii

On his Southeast Expedition, de Soto and his men searched for ______.

• gold

• silver

• bronze

• food

Hernando de Soto died from a _________ in 1542.

• ship wreck

• fever

• bear attack

• old age

The King of Spain chose Hernando de Soto to head to Florida to conquer it.

• True

• False