S.S. Chapter 3

What group of people ruled an empire in South America?

• Tainos

• Incas

• Aztecs

• Soninkes

Who invented a new way to print books?

• Marco Polo

• Machu Picchu

• Zheng He

• Johannes Gutenberg

What did the Turks do that affected trade between Europe and Asia?

• They closed trade routes to Asia

• They built the Silk Road

• The invented the astrolabe

• They sailed around the tip of Africa

Why was Prince Henry of Portugal known as the Navigator?

• He acted as a ship's navigator for Bartolomeu Dias.

• He set up a school to train sailors in navigation.

• He invented the chronometer.

• He wrote a book about his travels to Asia.

Why did Christopher Columbus sail west from Spain?

• to find a new route to Asia

• to discover the Ocean Sea

• to conquer the Aztecs

• because of the Reconquista

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

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Giovanni Caboto

An agreement between nations about peace, trade, or other matters is called...

• a claim

• a demarcation

• a treaty

• an encounter

Why did Indians help Hernando Cortes fight the Aztecs?

• They wanted the Spanish armor

• They thought Cortes was a god

• Cortes offered to pay them in gold

• They were unhappy with Aztec rule

Who led the expedition of the first Europeans to see the Mississippi River

• Panfilo de Narvaez

• Hernando de Soto

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Juan Ponce de Leon

Why did northern European explorers search for a Northwest Passage?

• to establish Quebec City

• to convert Native Americans to Catholicism

• to find a route to Asia

• to seek out vegetables like corn to take back to Europe