Chapter 15 Social Studies Review

Why were many Spanish explorers known as 'conquistadores?"

• They were soldiers who came prepared to attack and conquer American Indians.

• It identified the type of ship most Spanish explorers sailed on.

• Conquistador was the king they sailed for.

• They were Catholics who built missions to spread their religion to American Indians.

Who was the first European to lead a crew that circumnavigated the globe?

• Vespucci

• Columbus

• Magellan

• De Soto

Who was the first European to discover the Americas?

• Vespucci

• Columbus

• Magellan

• De Soto

Who was the first European to see the Mississippi River?

• Vespucci

• Columbus

• Magellan

• De Soto

Who was the first European to realize the Americas were a new land, not Asia?

• Vespucci

• Columbus

• Magellan

• De Soto

Who sailed from Spain to the Caribbean Islands?

• Columbus

• Magellan

Who crossed the Pacific Ocean?

• Columbus

• Magellan

Christopher Columbus met the Taino people.

• true

• false

Ferdinand Magellan went around the tip of South America.

• true

• false

What goal did Christopher Columbus hope to achieve when he set sail in 1492?

• to find a shorter route to Asia by sailing east across the Pacific Ocean

• to find a shorter route to Asia by sailing west across the Pacific Ocean

• to find a shorter route to Asia by sailing east across the Atlantic Ocean

• to find a shorter route to Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean