2. European Exploration of the Americas

What did Ferdinand Magellan do?

• Completed first navigation around the world

• Completed voyages for Spain and Portugal

• Sailed around South America and landed on the island of Guam

• sailed around South Africa and successfully reached India

How did conquistadors interact with the Aztec and the Inca?

• They respected both peoples

• They used both peoples to locate gold.

• They used violence to control both peoples

• They gave both peoples gifts to pass through their lands

How did Alvar Nunz Cabeza de Vaca inspire other explorers to travel to North America?

• His travel writings suggested that were there could be riches north of New Spain.

• He became a governor and stood up for better treatment of Native Americans.

• His crew brought back stories of his expedition across the Pacific Northwest

• He published Native American legends about cities of gold when he returned to Spain

What was the route of Henry Hudson's 1609 trip to the Americas?

• sailing the Canadian coast and St. Lawrence River

• The Atlantic Coast

• from Bristol, England, to Newfoundland

• from France to North Carolina

Why did the transatlantic slave trade devastate entire cultures?

• Raiders burned and destroyed villages as they moved from place to place

• European landowners kept people from the same communities together

• Raiders captures young and productive members of the communities

• European merchants increased demand for a short time

Which fact does NOT apply to how England beat the Spanish Armada?

• Stormy weather gave England an advantage

• Spain had fewer soldiers on the ships

• England's artillary fired quicker

• England's ships were faster

Why did Samuel de Champlain' attempts to increase the population of New France fail?

• Champlain refused to work with Jesuit priests and their aims in Canada

• People feared more conflicts between the French and the Native Americans

• Potential colonists were not interested in the fur trade

• the French government refused to let Protestants settle in New France

Which statements describes the labor system used on haciendas?

• Native American laborers worked the land in exchange for protection

• Native Americans laborers worked the land in exchange for a portion of the crops

• Native American laborers worked the land in exchange for food and shelter.

• Native American laborers worked the land for low wages?

Why was the European encounter with the Americas significant?

• Europe needed the interaction to finally boost their economy

• The Americas had agricultural advances that the Europeans

• The Americas were too divided before the Europeans arrived

• Formerly isolated areas were now connected to a global network

Which fact about chattel slavery is NOT true?

• People were classified as goods

• Enslavement was temporary

• Children of enslaved people were also enslaved

• People had no human rights