Spanish Conquest of the New World (Conquistadors)

Question 1

Juan Ponce de Leon

Answer 1

• conquers Puerto Rico
• finds FL
• discovers that the Gulf Stream = faster voyages

Question 2

Hernando Cortez

Answer 2

• wants to trade metal for gold on coast of Mexico

- defeated Aztecs, takes parts of Mexico

Question 3

Montezuma II

Answer 3

• sends gold to Cortez to go away

- weak + rich

Question 4

Francisco Pizarro

Answer 4

• finds Incas in Peru, have lots of silver

- conquers Incas

Question 5

Fernando De Soto

Answer 5

• 500 men to FL, GA, SC, MI, AL

- looking for El Dorado, never found

Question 6

Francisco Coronado

Answer 6

• found Kansas

- looking for El Dorado also