Building Our Country: Chapter 2 Trivia

Who started a Portuguese navigation school around 1419?

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Coronado

• Ferdinand Magellan

What did Columbus name the general area where he landed on his first voyage?

• West Indies

• Florida

• Mexico

• Cape of Good Hope

Why did Hernando Cortes take Moctezuma prisoner?

• Moctezuma had not welcomed Cortes and his men.

• Cortes wanted to conquer the Aztec empire.

• Cortes wanted to bring Moctezuma back to Spain.

Which item from the Columbian Exchange most helped the Native Americans?

• corn

• gold

• horses

What was the overall effect of the Columbian Exchange on Native Americans?

• It was harmful to them. Many died from diseases, lost their land, and became slaves.

• It did not have an impact on them. They were able to live their lives as they always had.

• It was good for them. They became more wealthy and were treated kindly.

Some Spanish explorers, like Cortes, were known as conquerors in the Americas. What name were these "conquerors" given?

• Aztecs

• Conquistadors

• Tainos

Which explorer's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the world?

• Christopher Columbus

• Ponce De Leon

• Ferdinand Magellan

Why did European explorers want to find a sea route to Asia?

• They didn't have enough horses to travel on land.

• They didn't want to spread disease to Native Americans.

• The land routes were dangerous and had too many thieves along them.

Ponce De Leon was the first European explorer to reach Florida. What was he searching for?

• a fountain of youth

• a city of gold

• the Aztecs

Which explorer's scouting party discovered many states in the southwest as well as the Grand Canyon?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Coronado

• Bartolomeu Diaz