American Journey Chapter 2

This is known as a religious community

• encomienda
• presidios
• missions
• conquistadors

The ______________ were men of low birth and focused on wealth and conquering civilizations.

• explorers
• conquistadors
• atahualpa
• presidios

This was an agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over lands newly discovered

• Treaty of New Lands
• Treaty of Tordesillas
• Treaty of Spain and Portugal
• Treaty of Division

Who was the emperor of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish conquest? 

• Atahualpa
• Montezuma
• Leif Erickson
• Ferdinand Mag

Better _________ were created with lines of latitude and helped the Europeans travel east

• Better Ships
• Better Tools
• Better Maps
• Better Instruments

Monarchs throughout Europe believed if they sent explorers East they would become __________

• Poor
• Strong and Wealthy
• Powerful
• Larger 

_____________ wanted to create a trading empire in Asia and created a "school of navigation"

• Prince Henry the Navigator
• Vasco da Gama
• Lief Erikson
• Amerigo Vespucci

_____________ was a Viking and is known as the first explorer to reach the Americas in year 1000

• Christopher Columbus
• Lief Erikson
• Henry Hudson
• John Cabot

This term means "rebirth", it began in Italy and sparked interest in new knowledge and exploration

• Astrolabe
• Magnetic Compass
• Renaissance
• Enlightenment 

Who's book of "travels" inspired people to explore Asia?

• Christopher Columbus
• Lief Erikson
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Marco Polo