Age of Exploration

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Columbus believed he had sailed west from Europe and landed in the islands of the Indies. Because of that, he called the people he encountered ______________.

Spanish explorers that claimed land and conquered people for Spain were known as

Spanish conquistadors and soldiers had an advantage over Native American tribes because they had ___________.

Spanish conquistadors forced Native American tribes to stop speaking their own __________ and instead speak Spanish.

Columbus sailed west from Europe and ACTUALLY landed in ___________.

This conquistador traveled to present-day Mexico and conquered the Aztecs.

European nations were searching for a path to Asia to acquire

Juan Ponce de Leon was the first Spanish conquistador to explore and settle an area he named Florida which means ___________ in Spanish.