European Explorers CKLA Domain Flashcard

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Which explorer was sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain?

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Christopher Columbus

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Which city is the oldest continuously inhabited city in North America settled by Europeans? Options: Hispaniola, Cuba, St. Augustine, Manhattan

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St. Augustine

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Which word means “conqueror” and describes someone who traveled to North, Central, and South America to look for wealth, conquer the native peoples, and take over land?

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conquistador

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Which explorer wrote about his friendly contact with native people as he traveled upstream by river in search of a Northwest Passage?

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Henry Hudson

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Which European explored the areas that today are Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama, and killed more than two thousand Mississippians?

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Hernando de Soto

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Which explorer took a native chief, Vitachuco, prisoner?

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Hernando de Soto

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Which word means “the process of taking control of an area and sending people to the newly controlled land to develop a settlement there”?

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colonization

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Which of the following words means “unfamiliar”?

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uncharted

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Why is 1492 called “the year that changed the world”?

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Christopher Columbus discovered a new land.

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Why did Juan Ponce de León leave the island of Hispaniola and explore nearby areas?

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He was searching for gold. Legend has it that he may have heard a story about a Fountain of Youth, and he may have also been searching for that.