History Test 1.2
What great Indian tribe lived in what is now Mexico?
Aztecs
Who helped found it?
Champlain
Who searched for the cities?
Coronado
What Spanish soldier conquered the Aztecs?
Cortes
Who discovered the Mississippi River
De Soto
What queen permitted English pirates to attack Spanish ships?
Elizabeth I
What was Canada first called?
New France
What was the first successful French settlement in America?
Quebec
Who was the most famous sea dog?
Sir Francis Drake
What area did he explore?
Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas)
Name the three powerful countries with claims in the New World during the years of discovery?
Spain, France and England
What was the first permanent European settlement in America?
St Augustine
What was Cartier searching for?
a waterway through America to Asia
What was he really searching for?
gold
What three important things did Cartier do for France
opened the way for a trade with Indians, developed a friendship between the French and the Indians, and gave France a claim to the New World
What were the English pirates called?
sea dogs
What natural wonder did Coronado discover on his journey?
the Grand Conyaon
What legendary place did the Indians describe to the greedy Spaniards
the Seven Cities of Cibola
Who was Montezuma?
the leader of the Aztecs
