History - checkup 2 - (1121)
Fransisco Pizarro
Brutal conqueror of the Inca Empire
Martin Wadseemuller
Cartographer who named Amerigo's Land
Opened North America to French colonization
Champlain
Hernando Cortes
Greedy conqueror of the Aztec Empire
Francisco Coronado
explored southwestern states and conquered Hawikuh
La Salle's ; North America
Ambition was to find the mouth of the Mississippi River and claim the interior of —— for France
Hernando de Soto
Explored southeastern states and crossed Mississippi River
Lopez de Cardenas
First let Europeans to view Grand Canyon
Black legend encomienda
La Leyenda Negra meaning ________ was part of the Spanish __________ system
Great Lakes ; Gulf of Mexico
La Salle traveled the length of the Mississippi River from the ______ to its mouth at the __________
Protector of the Indians
Las Casas a priest of the Dominican Order and whose father had sailed with Columbus advocated Indian rights and earned the title "————-"
Spain
Magellan sailed under the flag of —
The earth is round , Asia could be reached by sailing west , the new world was two large continents, the earth was much larger than what had been thought
Magellans voyage was important because it proved these four things
Pedro Cabral
Portuguese discover of Brazil
United States
The Narváez-de Vaca expedition opened the door to the vast area of North America known as the — —
Juan Ponce de Leon
Searched for Fountain of Youth
Demarcation
The Treaty of Tordesillas established the Line of — between Spanish and Portuguese holdings
Isthmus of Panama
The first Spanish continental settlement was located on the —
New York Harbor ; Hudson
Verrazano searched for a Northwest Passage and sailed into _______ but failed to discover the ____ River
Amerigo Vespucci
Was the first European to use the term "New World" in reference to the American continents
New Orleans
What American city was a fulfillment of La Salle's dream of a New World Paris?
They wanted to create a lucrative fur trade in North America
Why did the Rouen merchants hire Champlain to explore the St. Lawrence River area
Cartier ; wasn't worth anything
____ discovered the St. Lawrence River, which he sailed as far as the Lachine Rapids; but he returned to France believing America _________
Tenochtitlan Montezuma
— was the Aztec capital and — was the Emperor
Louis Jolliet; Jacques Marquette
—— a trader, and —— a priest, explored the Mississippi River in search of the Northwest Passage
