US History: Chapter 2 New Empires in America

What advantage did the Viking longship have over earlier vessels?

• size

• strength

• speed

• stability

For which country did Cartier claim land during his two trips to Canada in 1534 and 1535?

• England

• France

• Italy

• the Netherlands

How did enslaved Africans try to cope with their new lives in the Americas?

• they adopted Native American traditions

• they practiced their own religions, art, and dances

• they tried to start new farming communities

• they allowed their owners to control them

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.

• Columbus' discovery of new animals in the new world

• Explorers shipped Native Americans to Europe

• New foods brought to Europe caused disease

Coumbus's travels to the Americas created conflict between Spain and _____.

• France

• Africa

• Portugal

• Italy

Who led the Catholic Reformation in Spain?

• King Phillip II

• King Henry VIII

• Queen Elizabeth II

• Queen Victoria

What advantage did the conquistadors have over the Aztecs?

• strong leadereship

• steel armor and weapons

• canon

• large armies

Malintzin was _____

• an Indian woman that helped defeat the Aztec.

• a Spanish conquistador.

• a Native American that was killed by smallpox

• a Spanish conquistador

Why did the Spanish set up pueblo settlements in New Spain?

• to serve as military bases

• to sereve as trading posts

• to serve as a holy place

• to create culture sites to learn about Native Americans

Whose crew was the first to go all the way around the globe?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Christopher Columbus