History chapter 3 review

What group of Europeans reached North America about 500 years ago?

• The Spanish

• the Vikings

• the English

• the Dutch

what does technology mean

• scientific knowledge and tools

• exploring

• planning and following a route

• instrument used to find direction

What European nation sponsored Columbus's expedition across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492?

• Spain

• England

• France

• Portugal

Which of the following was the main reason that Columbus sailed west from Europe?

• to find a water way to Asia

• to discover new land

• spread Catholic religion

• to find a new place to live

Who was the first leader of the expedition to sail around the world?

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernando de Soto

• Giovanni Caboto

Who conqured the Aztec's

• Hernando Cortes and army

• Balboa and army

• Christopher Columbus and army

• Magellan and army

Francisco Pizarro took control of the

• Inca Empire in Peru

• Aztec's

• Mayans

• Pilgrims

Which of the following searched for the Northwest Passageway?

• Verrazano, Cartier and Hudson

• Columbus, Cartier, Balboa

• Magellan, Pizarro, Hudson

• Hudson, Columbus, Balboa

Which explorer's crew mutinied and set him adrift at sea?

• Columbus

• Magellan

• Hudson

• Balboa

Explored and claimed for Spain what is now the state of Florida

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Balboa

• Hudson

• de Soto