Ch.20, Sec.1, Spain Builds an American Empire

What does the word "pacific" mean?

I named the Pacific Ocean.

Magellan's trip to circle the globe started with 5 ships and ended with...

Capital of the Aztec Empire was called ...

Light-skinned Aztec God who promised to return to them from the east...

Conquered the Inca peoples in modern day Peru.

First Europeans to settle in the Americas will be the...

First voyage to circumnavigate the Earth was led by....

After the Americas are discovered, Europe will be called the .....

Columbus, Vespucci,Balboa, Magellan all lead voyages that gave Europeans new knowledge of world

Which group of Native Americans did Pizarro conquer in Peru?

Spanish settlers in the Americas (usually men) born in Spain but living in the Americas

Accidentally joined two very different worlds; one developed and the other undeveloped.

In Brazil, there was no gold and no silver but the soil very fertile.

I conquered the Aztec peoples who were in modern day Mexico.

Conquistadores means....

Superior weapons, help from other natives, and disease...

First to circumnavigate the Earth, or sail around the world.

Which group of Native Americans did Hernando Cortes conquer in Mexico?

Columbus' voyages opened the floodgates for other explorers to also sail West & explore.

I am the first European to "see" a new ocean. It will, later, be named Pacific.

This is what natives called diseases brought to the Americas by Europeans.

Once the Americas are discovered and settled, it will be referred to as the .....