When worlds collide

Question 1

What did De Soto bring along his march?

Answer 1

Pigs

Question 2

When did the colonists come to America in the chapter “Out of One, Many,”

Answer 2

1600s

Question 3

Where did De Soto die?

Answer 3

Mississippi River

Question 4

When did De Soto die?

Answer 4

1542

Question 5

How long did the indians/explorers walk on the Texas route?

Answer 5

Three years

Question 6

What vegetable did the Indians first raise five thousand years ago?

Answer 6

Teosinte

Question 7

Definition of Conquistador

Answer 7

A conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.

Question 8

What is a colonist?

Answer 8

A settler in or inhabitant of a colony.

Question 9

What plants are common sights in American fields?

Answer 9

Dandelions and Bluegrass

Question 10

Where were horses kept on the boat?

Answer 10

Below deck.

Question 11

What american fruit Italians could hardly exist without?

Answer 11

The Tomato

Question 12

Name four things Colonists brought from Africa

Answer 12

Lemons, Oranges, Bananas, figs.

Question 13

What things did the colonist bring from Europe?

Answer 13

Melons, radishes and onions.

Question 14

Who were the first black conquistadors to plant and harvest wheat in Tenochtitlan?

Answer 14

Juan Gariddo and Cortes

Question 15

Who fell ill to a cough and burning fever?

Answer 15

Francisco de Eguia

Question 16

What was viruelas caused by?

Answer 16

Smallpox

Question 17

How many people were in the city of which Cortes conquered?

Answer 17

Over one hundred thousand people

Question 18

How many soldiers did Coronado venture across the plains?

Answer 18

Nearly three thousand soldiers.

Question 19

How did Ponce de Leon die?

Answer 19

He died of a wound inflicted by an Indian’s poison arrow.

Question 20

Who all survived being blown into the Gulf of Mexico?

Answer 20

Cabeza de Vaca (expedition’s treasurer), Two Spaniards (Castillo and Dorantes), An African (Estevanico)