UNIT EXAM Colonization/European Exploration

What did de Las Casas do to try to change Spain's way of governing in the America's?

• He insisted on using Indians for plantation work.

• He wrote books and letters defending the Indians.

• He complained about the treatment of plantation owners.

• He revised laws regarding the use of African slaves.

Why did English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish merchants begin looking for sea routes to Asia

• Overland trade routes had become more dangerous

• Direct access to goods would increase profits.

• They wanted to bypass merchants who monopolized Asian goods.

• Many Europeans had become interested in Asian cultures.

What rights did the Encomienda System give to Spanish settlers?

• They could import Africans.

• They could tax Indians and make them work.

• They could punish Indians who did not attend church.

• They could start plantations on local Indian land.

How did the astrolabe aid explorers in finding new continents?

• Ship navigators could estimate distance from land easier.

• Sailors could tell position based on celestial bodies (stars)

• Sailors could tell direction by aligning a magnetic strip.

• Sailors could calculate the rate of travel by measuring wind

Who was the first to circumnavigate the earth?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Giovanni da Verrazano

Who was NOT involved in the search for the Northwest Passage?

• Hudson

• Champlain

• Cartier

• Cabot

Why was King Philip II shocked by the defeat of the Spanish Armada?

• His fleet was much bigger than the English fleet.

• His fleet had just conquered France.

• His ships were smaller and faster than those of the English.

• His ships could not be replaced because of inflation.

Spain's actions against England's Queen Elizabeth I show that its religious allegiance was to

• the Pope.

• Hugenots

• Protestants.

• the Anglican Church

Who was the first European to find the Mississippi River?

• Jaques Marquette

• Jacques Cartier

• Hernando de Soto

• Samuel de Champlain

Martin Luther began the religious movement known as the

• Catholic Reformation

• Protestant Reformation

• Anglican Reformation

• Hugeunots