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Conquistadors-R-Us

Climbing the Social

Ladder

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Columbus Day

Going Native

Which explorer landed in this area in 1492?

A 100

Christopher Columbus

A 100

What did Ponce de Leon name this area in

1513?

A 200

Florida

A 200

The conquistadors came from which European

country pictured below?

A 300

Spain

A 300

Pizarro conquered the people who lived in the dark orange area on the map below. What

empire was this?

A 400

The Incan Empire

A 400

Which conquistador’s route is pictured in red

below?

A 500

Hernando de Soto

A 500

Which group of people did Cortez

and his men conquer?

B 100

The Aztecs

B 100

Which conquistador was the first European to see the Grand

Canyon?

B 200

Francisco Coronado

B 200

What imaginary place where many

of the conquistadors searching for?

B 300

Cibola: The Seven Cities of Gold

B 300

What 3 words should we

associate with Ponce de Leon?

B 400

Florida, flowers, and fountain

B 400

Cortes encountered and

defeated the Aztec leader,

______________.

B 500

Moctezuma

B 500

How many classes of people were there in the society of New

Spain?

C 100

4 classes

C 100

Which social class had no power or money in New

Spain’s society?

C 200

African and Native slaves

C 200

What was a creole?

C 300

A person who was Spanish but born in the Americas, not Spain

C 300

DAILY DOUBLE

C 400

DAILY DOUBLE

Place A Wager

A person who was a mix of Spanish and Native blood was

known as a _______.

C 400

mestizo

C 400

Why were the peninsulares at the top of social society in New

Spain?

C 500

Because they were from the homeland of Spain, and thought

to be purer than the other classes.

C 500

What does the word

“conquistador” mean in English?

D 100

conqueror

D 100

What does the word “Florida”

mean in English?

D 200

Land of Flowers

D 200

What is the name of Spain’s colony in the New World?

D 300

New Spain

D 300

D 400

When Columbus landed, he mistakenly called the people on the island “Indios,” which later became what English word?

D 400

Indians

D 500

What was the name of the woman who spoke both native languages

and Spanish to translate between

Cortes and the Aztecs?

D 500

Dona Marina

E 100

Columbus’s expedition was

funded by which country?

E 100

Spain

E 200

In which direction did Columbus sail

from Spain?

West

E 200

E 300

The region Columbus landed in would become

known as the ___________.

The West Indies

E 300

E 400

Altogether, Columbus made

how many trips to the West Indies?

E 400

4 trips

E 500

Goods being brought back and forth between the West Indies and

Spain was referred to as the ________.

E 500

Columbian Exchange

F 100

Which group of natives was

conquered by Pizarro in 1535?

The Inca

F 100

F 200

What were the two main goals the conquistadors

wanted to achieve in the New World?

gold and land to settle

F 200

F 300

What disease killed thousands of

natives when it was brought by

the Spanish?

smallpox

F 300

F 400

Many natives were treated as ______

by the Spanish and forced to work for

them.

slaves

F 400

F 500

Where did the Spanish find more slaves when the natives began to

die?

Africa

F 500

The Final Jeopardy Category is:

Exploring the Exploring the SouthwestSouthwest

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Esteban was shipwrecked and

explored the Southwest region

of the United States looking for Cibola with which

conquistador?

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

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