Europe Looks Outward

Who was the first to realize that the Americas were not Asia?

• Vasco Balboa

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernando Cortés

Almost all Spanish colonial government officials were of what class?

• Creoles

• peninsulares

• mestizos

• mulattos

The Columbian Exchange was a transfer of people, goods, and ideas between

• the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

• the Eastern and Western hemispheres.

• Africa and the Americas.

• Asia and the Americas.

What caused the greatest number of Native American fatalities?

• warfare with Europeans

• warfare between Native American groups

• natural disasters

• diseases spread by European contact

What happened when Montezuma offered Cortés gold to get him to leave?

• Cortés took Montezuma hostage and claimed Mexico for Spain.

• Cortés took the gold and returned to Spain.

• Cortés formed a partnership with the Aztecs.

• The Aztecs declared Cortés their leader.

When the Incas paid Pizarro a ransom for their leader, Pizarro

• released the leader, then captured their capital city.

• formed a partnership with the Incas.

• took the ransom and the leader back to Spain.

• executed the leader and conquered the Incas.

The French traded with Native Americans for

• animal skins and furs.

• gold.

• use of Native American lands.

• the right to travel on Native American waterways.

How many total expeditions did Columbus lead?

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

Coronado explored much of New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas while looking for

• a northwest passage.

• Mexico City

• a golden city.

• Florida.

Which of these explorers may have reached America before Columbus did?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Leif Erikson

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Hernando Cortés