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Spanish Exploration

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztec empire in Mexico?

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Hernando Cortés

d)

Christopher Columbus

2.

Who was the Spanish explorer who explored the southeast and discovered the Mississippi River?

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Hernando de Soto

d)

Christopher Columbus

3.

Which of the following Spanish explorers conquered the Inca empire in Peru?

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

c)

Hernando Cortés

d)

Juan Ponce de León

4.

Which of the following Spanish explorers was searching for the Fountain of Youth in Florida?

a)

Hernando Cortés

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

d)

Juan Ponce de León

5.

Which of the following Spanish explorers was looking for the Seven Cities of gold in the southwestern United States?

a)

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

b)

Juan Ponce de León

c)

Hernán Cortés

d)

Francisco Vázquez de Coronado

6.

By the end of this period of time, the Spanish claimed most of the ________________________ part of the United States.

a)

southern

b)

northern

c)

eastern

d)

western

7.

Who were the missionaries trying to make Catholic?

a)

Spaniards

b)

Italians

c)

Bison

d)

Native Americans

8.

What are the 3 "G"s of exploration?

a)
Gold, Glory, and God
b)
Glamour, Glory, and Greatness
c)
Guts, Glory, and Greatness
d)
Greed, Glory, and Goodwill
9.

Changes the Catholic Church made, but still keeping as much power as possible.

a)

Counter Reformation

b)

missionaries

c)

Protestant

d)

reform

10.

Large sums of money given to explorers.

a)

grants

b)

missionaries

c)

reform

d)

conquistador

11.

Spanish for conqueror

a)
conquer
b)
conqueror
c)
conquista
d)
conquistador
12.

another word for change

a)

reform

b)

missionaries

c)

Protestant

d)

explore

13.

Period of time when Martin Luther wanted the Catholic Church to make changes.

a)

Grants

b)

Reformation

c)

Revolution

d)

Religion