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Explorers Ancient Civilization Fact or Fiction? Interaction of Countries Potluck 10 20 30 40 50
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Question 1 - 10 The man credited with first discovering America
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Answer 1 – 10 Christopher Columbus
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Question 1 - 20 The man America is named for
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Answer 1 – 20 Amerigo Vespucci
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Question 1 - 30 Juan Ponce de León died searching for what?
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Answer 1 – 30 The Fountain of Youth
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Question 1 - 40 The conquistador who is credited with destroying the Aztec civilization
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Answer 1 – 40 Hernándo Cortez
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Question 1 - 50 The Spanish explorer who was searching for “gold-bearing mountains”
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Answer 1 – 50 Hernando de Soto
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Question 2 - 10 The Aztec civilization lived in the present day country of…
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Answer 2 – 10 Mexico
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Question 2 - 20 Individuals charged with spreading Catholicism (their religion)
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Answer 2 – 20 Missionaries
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Question 2 - 30 The name for Spanish conquerors in the New World
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Answer 2 – 30 Conquistadors
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Question 2 - 40 Francisco Pizarro found the fabled empire of the Inca in what country?
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Answer 2 – 40 Peru/Chile
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Question 2 - 50 The name of the Aztec ruler who was taken hostage by Cortez
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Answer 2 – 50 Montezuma
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Question 3 - 10 Florida was claimed by Ponce de León for France
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Answer 3 – 10 Fiction
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Question 3 - 20 Columbus was the first explorer to reach the New World
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Answer 3 – 20 Fiction
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Question 3 - 30 Lucas Vázquez de Ayllon was the first European to attempt to settle North Carolina
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Answer 3 – 30 Fact
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Question 3 - 40 Ponce de León lived to make it back to Cuba from his failed expedition to find the Fountain of Youth
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Answer 3 – 40 Fact
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Question 3 - 50 Columbus was the first European to think the earth was round
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Answer 3 – 50 Fiction
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Question 4 - 10 What country took over Florida after Spain left?
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Answer 4 – 10 England
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Question 4 - 20 What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
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Answer 4 – 20 The invisible line that was drawn to divide where Portugal and Spain could explore/conquer
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Question 4 - 30 Why did smallpox ravage the Aztecs?
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Answer 4 – 30 It had never been encountered in the New World, so they had no immunities
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Question 4 - 40 The Columbian Exchange was what?
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Answer 4 – 40 Trade of goods (and diseases) between the Old World and the New World
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Question 4 - 50 England and France tried to discover a route to trade with Asia called…
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Answer 4 – 50 The Northwest Passage
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Question 5 - 10 Why is Brazil the only South American country that speaks Portuguese as the primary language?
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Answer 5 – 10 Treaty of Tordesillas
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Question 5 - 20 This disease wiped out the Aztec civilization more than the Spanish weapons
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Answer 5 – 20 Smallpox
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Question 5 - 30 The official term for the Spanish navy during this time period
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Answer 5 – 30 The Spanish Armada
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Question 5 - 40 What were the three G’s of Spanish Motivation?
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Answer 5 – 40 God, Glory, and Gold
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Question 5 - 50 What ancient civilization conducted ritualistic human sacrifices?
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Answer 5 – 50 The Aztecs
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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?
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Why did Catholicism develop in the Americas?
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