A. Queen Isabella was not sure whether to pay for an exploration of new route to Asia B. Pizzaro was able to defeat the large Incan empire
C. Columbus did not reach the mainland of the new world until his third voyage
D. Cortes was able to claim large areas of Mexico

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.