DGF 5th - S.S. Chapter 3

What group of Europeans reached North America about 500 years before Columbus?

• Dutch 
• English 
• Spanish
• Vikings

What does the word technology mean in the following sentence? New technology such as the compass and the astrolabe, improved navigation in the late 1400s.

• scientific knowledge and tools 
• a trip taken with the goal of exploring
• the science of palling and following a route
• an instrument used to find directions

Which European nation sponsored Columbus's expedition across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492?

• England
• France
• Portugal
• Spain

Which of the following was the main reason Columbus sailed west from Europe?

• to find a more direct water route to Asia
• to set up colonies
• to spread the Catholic religion
• to discover new continents 

Who was the leader of the first expedition to sail around the world?

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• John Cabot
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Hernando de Soto

Which empire did the army of Hernando Cortes conquer in Mexico?

• Aztec
• Inca
• Mayan
• Ancient Puebloan

Which Spanish conquistador took control of the Inca Empire in Peru?

• Hernando Cortes
• Francisco Pizarro
• Hernando de Soto
• Juan Ponce de Leon

What did Verrazano, Cartier, and Hudson search for in North America? 

• the Fountain of Youth
• the Indies
• the Northwest Passage
• the Seven Cities of Gold 

What happened during Hudson's last voyage? 

• he found the Northwest Passage
• his crew mutinied and set him adrift at sea
• he returned to England with furs and other riches
• he set up trade routes with Asia

Christopher Columbus only had to ask King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella once to fund his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.

• True
• False