AP US History 1 Chapter 1 People Flashcards
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| 7041133010 | Juan Ponce de Leon | In 1513 he discovered Florida while searching for the legendary Fountain of Youth | 0 | |
| 7041133011 | Hernando de Soto | He is the first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi River | 1 | |
| 7041133012 | Montezuma | Aztec emperor of Mexico, famous for his dramatic confrontation with the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortes. | 2 | |
| 7041133013 | Christopher Columbus | Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China | 3 | |
| 7041133014 | Herman Cortes | Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico | 4 | |
| 7041133015 | Francisco Coronado | A Spanish conquistador and explorer who led a large expedition from Mexico to present-day Kansas | 5 | |
| 7041133016 | Robert de La Salle | French explorer who explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico | 6 | |
| 7041133017 | Jacques Cartier | French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France | 7 | |
| 7041133018 | John Cabot | Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland | 8 | |
| 7041133019 | Ferdinand of Aragon | The king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella | 9 | |
| 7041133020 | Isabella of Castile | The queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain | 10 | |
| 7041133021 | Hiawatha | A Native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers | 11 | |
| 7056894046 | Marco Polo | Italian explorer who spent many years in China or near it. His return to Europe in 1295 sparked a European interest in finding a quicker route to Asia | 12 | |
| 7056894047 | Francisco Pizarro | New World conqueror or Spanish conquistador who crushed the Incan civilization in Peru, took their gold and silver, and enslaved the Incas in 1532. | 13 | |
| 7056894048 | Vasco Nuñez Balboa | European discoverer of the Pacific Ocean in 1513. | 14 | |
| 7056894049 | Ferdinand Magellan | In 1519, his crew began a voyage and eventually ended up becoming the first to circumnavigate the world, even though he died in the Philippines. | 15 | |
| 7056894050 | Bartolomé de Las Casas | A Spanish missionary who was appalled by the method of encomienda systems, calling it "a moral pestilence invented by Satan." | 16 |