Period 4 - AP US History - Unit 2, Section 2 QUIZ

What are two examples of exotic Asian goods?

• silk and spices

• silk and potatoes

• turkeys and sugarcane

• compass and astrolabe

Which of the following is NOT a new maritime technology that helped European explorers travel?

• compass

• sonar

• astrolabe

• caravel

Who became the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope on the southern tip of Africa?

• Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

• Hernan Cortez

• Bartholomeu Dias

• Prince Henry

What country sponsored Christopher Columbus' voyage?

• Italy

• Poland

• Portugal

• Spain

Why did Spain ultimately decide to sponsor Christopher Columbus' voyage?

• to spread the Protestant faith

• to compete with England

• to compete with Portugal

• to give a young explorer a chance

When Columbus reached the Caribbean, where was he convinced he reached?

• Asia

• India

• Brazil

• Africa

What Spanish conquistador arrived at the Aztec city on Tenochtitlan on November 8, 1519?

• Francisco Vázquez de Coronado

• Hernan Cortez

• Vasco da Gama

• Francisco Pizarro

Who was the first European explorer to travel the southwestern part of the US looking for a city of gold?

• Hernan Cortez

• Jacques Cartier

• Francisco Vázquez de Coronado

• Samuel de Champlain

Describe the encomienda system.

• Natives were given free food if they converted to Islam.

• It created an egalitarian society.

• Spanish given money if they convert people to Christianity

• Spanish given land and natives; have to teach the natives Christianity.

What tribe notably resisted the Spanish missionaries and their forced conversions in the 1680s?

• Iroquois

• Incas

• Mound Builders

• Pueblos