Chapter 2: Europe's Impact on the Americas

When Ponce de Leon went to Florida, he became the first Spaniard to set foot in what is now the United States.

• True

• False

The Spanish paid Native Americans to work in the gold and silver mines.

• True

• False

Spanish colonists who had been born in Spain occupied the Mestizo level of society.

• True

• False

When Columbus reached Cuba, he thought it was where?

• Cuba

• Islands South of China

• Brazil

• Florida

How many total expeditions did Columbus lead?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Who was the first to realize that the Americas were not Asia?

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Hernan Cortes

Which explorer discovered a strait that bears his name?

• Magellan

• Pizzaro

• de Soto

• Columbus

The Columbian Exchange was the biological (plants/animals/germs) mixing between?

• Spain and Africa

• Eastern and Western Hemisphere

• English Navy and Spanish Armada

• Cuba and Florida

Who took Moctezuma hostage and claimed Mexico for Spain?

• Cortes

• Pizzaro

• de Leon

• Columbus

When the Incas paid Pizarro a ransom for their leader, Pizzarro did what?

• He left and returned to Spain.

• He set up a nearby settlement and lived in harmony with the Inca, becoming their ally.

• Pizzarro executed the leader and conquered the Incas.

• He led an unsuccessful revolt against the Incas.