Spanish Conquests and Aztec Vocabulary and Facts

Columbus was known for his skills as one of these, exploring and directing a ship to new lands.

• Navigator

• Merchant

• Farmer

• Artist

Columbus completed 4 main trips with his ships to the Americas that were called ________.

• Voyages

• Journeys

• Expeditions

• Missions

The year Columbus first landed in the New World was ________.

• 1492

• 1501

• 1485

• 1510

Columbus sailed under this country’s flag for King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Which country did Columbus sail for?

• Spain

• Portugal

• France

• England

What term was used by Europeans for the Americas?

• New World

• Old World

• Far East

• Dark Continent

Who were the native inhabitants Columbus encountered?

• Indigenous Peoples

• Pilgrims

• Vikings

• Colonists

The region where Columbus first arrived in the Americas is called the ________.

• Caribbean

• Pacific Northwest

• Great Plains

• Andes

Columbus’s journeys marked the start of European ________ of the Americas.

• Exploration

• Independence

• Decline

• Isolation

The transfer of goods, ideas, and diseases between the Americas and Europe is called the ________.

• Columbian Exchange

• Silk Road

• Triangular Trade

• Industrial Revolution

The Americas: Columbus’s voyages paved the way for the Spanish Empire to this place. What is this place called?

• The Americas

• Asia

• Africa

• Australia