Chapter 2 European Exploration of the Americas

The Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 was an agreement between which two nations?

• Portugal and England

• France and Spain

• Spain and Portugal

• England and France

True or False: Mercantilism is an economic system in which nations increase their wealth and power by obtaining gold and silver and by establishing a favorable balance of trade.

• True

• False

In what year did Ferdinand Magellan set sail around the world and in what year did they return?

• 1519 and 1521

• 1515 and 1517

• 1492 and 1494

• 1531 and 1533

What is another name for Spanish soldiers that explored the Americas and claimed them for Spain?

(a)  

Which people were explorers for Spain?

• Hernando Cortes

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernando de Soto

• Montezuma

Why did Europeans explore different territories?

(a)  

Why did Spain succeed in conquering so much of the Americas?

• Native Americans fell to disease

• Spanish had better weapons

• Spanish made alliances with some Natives

• They sailed around the world

What was the Northwest Passage?

(a)  

The Spanish attempt to conquer England and restore Catholicism to that nation was called the __________.

• Glorious Revolution

• Spanish Inquisition

• Spanish Armada

• Northwest Passage

At his point in the book, which nations began to set up colonies of the Eastern coast of North America?

• The Netherlands

• Spain

• France

• England