Warm Up Activity (Anticipatory Set): Identifying Explorers

Using Chapter 4, Section 1 of Why we Remember

Complete these questions in your notebooks:

1) Define the term Conquistador. Conqueror
2) List the three goals of the Spanish Empire in North America. (pg  94)

A) Find Gold
B) Bring Glory
C) Convert Indians to Christianity

3) Use the entire chapter or the index to complete the chart below:
 

Explorer	Country Represented	Area or People Conquered
Cortez (pg 94)	Spain	Aztecs/Mexico
Pizarro	Spain	Incas of Peru (pg 96)
De Soto	Spain	Mississippi Region (pg 99)
Sir Francis Drake	England	California Coast (pg 104)
Marquette and Joliet (pg 110)	France	Iroquois Mississippi Valley Louisiana Region Great Lakes