when worlds collide Flashcards
What were the American Indians astonished by?
Strange horses and dogs
What are the most common sights in American fields?
Dandelions, bluegrass
What did the colonists bring with them?
lemons, oranges, bananas, figs, melons, radishes, and onions.
Why did horses have a hard time crossing the Atlantic?
Because they were kept belowdecks
What wouldn’t exist without the the tomato
Modern Italian
Who were the four men that survived?
Cabeza de Vaca, Castillo and Dorantes and Estevanico
What happened when you got smallpox?
sores covered your heads, face, and breasts.
What did the Spanish discover when they started marching?
streets were covered with bodies.
How many people died from European diseases
50 to 90 million people
Who were the first Europeans to see the Grand Canyon
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
Who became the the first to plant and harvest wheat in Tenochtitlan?
Juan Garrido
What would happen in the calm seas?
fierce heat would kill animals in there quarters.
Who brought the white potato?
Spaniards
Where did American corn spread?
Europe and Asia
Who died of a wound caused by a poisoned arrow?
Ponce de Leon
Who was blown into the Gulf of Mexico while sleeping on a raft?
Narvaez
What was Cabeza de Vacas vision?
To bring together Spaniards and Indians to farm and live peacefully
Who and When died while marching for 3 years along the Mississippi river?
de Soto and 1542
Who canoed down the Mississippi river down to Gulf of Mexico?
French explorer La Salle
What might have caused all the European diseases?
De Soto bringing pigs to his march and they spread deadly diseases
