Ch. 2 Exploring the Americas

To go around completely

• strait
• circumnavigate
• presidio
• mission

A town and center of trade in Spanish America

• pueblo
• mission
• presidio
• armada

A Spanish explorer

• armada
• tenant farmer
• mestizo
• conquistador

Who were the first Europeans to land in North America?

• Spainish
• French
• Vikings
• Dutch

Who paid for Columbus' voyage to America?

• Italy
• France
• Spain
• England

What was the Protestant Reformation?

• A new government
• A study of scientific ideas
• A religious movement
• An idea of the Catholic Church

A Spanish explorer who established a colony in Florida.

• Hernan Cortes
• Jean Ribault
• Ponce de Leon
• Cabeza de Vaca

Traders who established rights to the Canadian fur trade were the ______.

• Dutch
• English
• French
• Spanish

Hernan Cortes destroyed which Native American empire?

• Aztec
• Inca
• Maya
• Olmec

What economic theory states that a nation's power is based on its wealth?

• Capitalsim
• Mercantilism
• Communism
• Socialism