1. The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
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The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
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2. WW100
Where did Columbus land after he sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean?

3. WW200
In the 1500’s, Spanish conquistadors mainly explored what area of the New World?

4. WW300
Which explorer’s crew included the first men to sail around the world?

5. WW400
Which explorer went south to Peru, defeated the Incans, and found riches for Spain?

6. WW500
Which explorer was the first European to see the Pacific?

7. IW100
What were the settlements called where Spanish explorers and priests taught Christianity to American Indians?

8. IW200
Why did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella paid for Columbus’s voyage? (What did they hope he would find?)

9. IW300
What was the Aztec nation like when Cortes and the conquistadors arrived in Mexico? (describe their towns, population, etc)

10. IW400 Which of the following statements in NOT true?
Some American Indians did not accept Spanish rule.
The Spanish government gave Indians good jobs.
Spanish settlers made American Indians work on farms and in mines.
Spanish priests worked to convert American Indians to Roman Catholicism.

11. IW500
What did Spanish explorers first bring to the Midwest (Texas, Arkansas)? Hint: It’s a type of animal.

12. VR100
What is slavery?

13. VR200
What happened to almost all of the Taino within 50 years of Columbus’s arrival?

14. VR300
How was Cortes able to defeat Moctezuma when he was so greatly outnumbered? (The answer isn’t disease, but that did help.)

15. VR400
Why did Spanish settlers import enslaved Africans?

16. VR500
How did the Spanish colonists treat the American Indians? (Give an example, don’t just say – bad.)

17. EC1
What N. American city is located Near the same line of latitude as Mexico City?

18. EC2
What city is located at 35N, 120W?

19. EC 3
Which explorer was the first European to explore the Southeastern United States.

20. ww100
The Bahamas

21. ww200
Present day Mexico

22. ww300
Magellan

23. ww400
Pizarro

24. ww500
Balboa

25. iw100
Missions

26. A faster trade route to the Orient
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A faster trade route to the Orient

27. iw300
They controlled a huge empire and lived in a city bigger than any in Europe.

28. iw400 b

29. iw500
Horses and pigs

30. A system where people are forced to work without getting paid
vr100
A system where people are forced to work without getting paid

31. Most had died from epidemics (diseases).
Vr200
Most had died from epidemics (diseases).

32. Other Indian nations helped him.
Vr300
Other Indian nations helped him.

33. They needed workers to replace the American Indians who died.
Vr400
They needed workers to replace the American Indians who died.

34. They forced them to work on farms and in mines.
vr500
They forced them to work on farms and in mines.

35. ec1
Houston

36. ec2
Los Angeles

37. ec3
De Soto