Early Exploration of the Americas

The tool of navigation that showed the direction of magnetic north was the?

• caravel

• compass

• carrack

• quadrant

The interchange of plants, animals, and disease between the Americas and the continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa is known as?

• circumnavigation

• the Reformation

• the Columbian Exchange

• the Northwest Passage

The expedition led by conquistador Hernan Cortes

• discovered a northwest passage

• ailed along the Mississippi River

• conquered the Aztec

• established settlements along the St. Lawrence River

Spanish settlements that served as centers for teaching Native Americans the Spanish religion and ways of living were called ?

• pueblos

• missions

• presidios

• plantations

According to the views and values of most Native American peoples, an individual could NOT claim ownership rights to?

• land.

• crops.

• medicines.

• household items.

In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed to America with the Niña, Pinta, and the

• Cortés.

• Isabella.

• Santa María.

• Tordesillas.

Joliet and Marquette

• condemned the treatment of Native Americans

• founded the settlement of New Amsterdam

• explored the Mississippi River for France

• The way was clear for England to start colonies in North America

Which Spaniard landed on the east coast of present-day Mexico in 1519?

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernán Cortés

• Juan Ponce de León

England, France, and the Spain hoped to discover a

• northwest passage to Asia.

• route to South America.

• route to Africa.

• southwest passage to India.

What did the French want to establish in the Americas?

• fishing and fur trade

• gold and silver mines

• new communities

• slave trade