American History 1121 checkup B
Amerigo Vespucci
______________ was the first European to use the term "New World" in reference to the American continents
Tenochitilan,Montezuma
_________________ as the Aztec capital,___________ was the capital
Magellan,portugal
_________________ sailed under the flag of ________________
Las Casas,Protector of the Indians
_________________, a priest of the Dominican order and whose father had sailed with Columbus,advocated Indian rights and earned the title"________________"
Louis Joilet,James Marquette
_______________________,a trader,________________________ a priest,explored the Mississipi River in search of the Northwest Passage
Narvaez-de Vaca,United States
__________________expedition opened the door to the the vast area of North America known as the ____________
Champlain
_______________opened North America to French Colonization
La Salle,North America
______________ambition was to find the mouth of the Mississipi River and claim the interior of ____________________ for France
Cortier,was not worth anything
___________discovered the St.Lwrence River,which he sailed as far as the Lachine Rapids,but he returned to France believing America____________________
Francisco Pizarro
brutal conqueror of the Inca Empire
Martin Waldseemuller
cartographer who named Amerigo's Land
Hernando de Soto
explored southeastern states and crossed Mississipi River
Francisco Coronado
explored southwestern states and conquered Hawikuh
Lopez de Cardenas
first led Europeans to view Grand Canyon
Hernando Cortez
greedy conqueror of the Aztec Empire
Juan Ponce de Leon
searched for Fountain of Youth
Black Empire,encomienda
La Leyenda Negra, meaning "________________",was part of the Spanish ________________ system
Great Lakes,Gulf of Mexico
La Salle traveled the length of the Mississipi River from the _______________ to its mouth at the ______________
round,Asia,large,earth
Magellan's voyage was important because it proved the earth was _______________,___________ can be reached by sailing west,The new world was a ___________ continent,the _______ was much larger than had been thought.
Pedro Carbal
Portuguese discover of Brazil
St Lawrence river,trading ports,fur trade
The Roman merchants hired Champlain to explore the _______________ because they wanted him to establish a _______________ because they wanted to create a lucrative__________ in North America
Isthmus of Panama
The first Spanish continental settlement was located on the _______________
Line of Decramation
The treaty of Tordesillas established the ____________________ between the Spanish and Portuguese holdings
New York harbor,Hudson River
Verrazano searched for a Northwest Passage and sailed into _________________,but failed to discover the ________________
New Orleans
What American city was a fulfillment of La Salle's dream of a New World Paris?
