5th Grade Chapter 4 Review

Why did Columbus sail west on his first expedition?

• to find a shorter route to the indies

• to show king ferdinand and queen isabella he could make the journey

• to take part in the columbian exchange

• to discover the bahama islands

Which of the following was NOT a reason Columbus made more voyages to the west indies?

• spain wanted him to start a colony in the west indies

• he delivered people and animals to the new land

• he wanted to learn the language of the taino

• the spanish wanted the riches of the land

Which of the following defines the columbian exchange?

• sharing the riches from one land to another in the western hemisphere

• moving people and their ways of life between the eastern and western hemisphere

• changing sugarcane into sugar to sell at a huge profit

• using missionaries to convert indians to christianity in the eastern hemisphere

What did NOT happen as a result of the Columbian Exchange?

• europeans brought horses cattle sheep and pigs to the western hemisphere

• europeans enjoyed new foods from the americas such as corn potatoes tomatoes cocoa and beans

• many indians died from overwork and the diseases brought over by the europeans

• europeans practiced indian religion and customs and the two groups shared the land

How did columbus's voyages impact the americas?

• columbus showed europeans the way to the americas

• explorers and settlers abandoned their plans to colonize the west indies

• the indians returned to asia with columbus

• the indians showed the europeans how to breed stonger horses

Which BEST describes the factors that enabled cortez to defeat the aztecs?

• larger forces better weapons and horses

• metal armor muskets horses and allies

• stone weapons muskets and allies

• disease allies and more men

after cortez conquered the aztecs who conquered the Incan empire?

• Pizarro

• cabeza de vaca

• coronado

• Cortez

what colony was founded after the defeat of the Incan empire?

• new portugal

• new spain

• lima

• peru

which happened FIRST in spain's search for gold?

• esteban was killed by the zuni people in what is now new mexico

• cabeza de vaca traveled the american southwest

• the kingdom of cibola was discovered far north of Mexico

• coronado explored what is now the american southwest

Which happened AFTER esteban's death in what is now new mexico?

• coronado continued the search for cibola

• cabeza de vaca was shipwrecked off the texas coast

• zuni people joined another expedition to find cibola

• the spanish abandoned their search for the kingdom