Explorers Ancient Civilization Fact or Fiction? Interaction of Countries Potluck

Question The man credited with first discovering America

Answer 1 – 10 Christopher Columbus

Question The man America is named for

Answer 1 – 20 Amerigo Vespucci

Question Juan Ponce de León died searching for what?

Answer 1 – 30 The Fountain of Youth

Question The conquistador who is credited with destroying the Aztec civilization

Answer 1 – 40 Hernándo Cortez

Question The Spanish explorer who was searching for “gold-bearing mountains”

Answer 1 – 50 Hernando de Soto

Question The Aztec civilization lived in the present day country of…

Answer 2 – 10 Mexico

Question Individuals charged with spreading Catholicism (their religion)

Answer 2 – 20 Missionaries

Question The name for Spanish conquerors in the New World

Answer 2 – 30 Conquistadors

Question Francisco Pizarro found the fabled empire of the Inca in what country?

Answer 2 – 40 Peru/Chile

Question The name of the Aztec ruler who was taken hostage by Cortez

Answer 2 – 50 Montezuma

Question Florida was claimed by Ponce de León for France

Answer 3 – 10 Fiction

Question Columbus was the first explorer to reach the New World

Answer 3 – 20 Fiction

Question Lucas Vázquez de Ayllon was the first European to attempt to settle North Carolina

Answer 3 – 30 Fact

Question Ponce de León lived to make it back to Cuba from his failed expedition to find the Fountain of Youth

Answer 3 – 40 Fact

Question Columbus was the first European to think the earth was round

Answer 3 – 50 Fiction

Question What country took over Florida after Spain left?

Answer 4 – 10 England

Question What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?

Answer 4 – 20 The invisible line that was drawn to divide where Portugal and Spain could explore/conquer

Question Why did smallpox ravage the Aztecs?

Answer 4 – 30 It had never been encountered in the New World, so they had no immunities

Question The Columbian Exchange was what?

Answer 4 – 40 Trade of goods (and diseases) between the Old World and the New World

Question England and France tried to discover a route to trade with Asia called…

Answer 4 – 50 The Northwest Passage

Question Why is Brazil the only South American country that speaks Portuguese as the primary language?

Answer 5 – 10 Treaty of Tordesillas

Question This disease wiped out the Aztec civilization more than the Spanish weapons

Answer 5 – 20 Smallpox

Question The official term for the Spanish navy during this time period

Answer 5 – 30 The Spanish Armada

Question What were the three G’s of Spanish Motivation?

Answer 5 – 40 God, Glory, and Gold

Question What ancient civilization conducted ritualistic human sacrifices?

Answer 5 – 50 The Aztecs

Final Jeopardy! Working as a team, write your answer to this short answer question on a sheet of paper Write what points you want to wager on the paper now Ready?

Why did Catholicism develop in the Americas?