IMPACT Chapter 2 The Age of Exploration

Who was Moctezuma II?

• A Spanish king

• A French Queen

• The merchant who helped Cortez

• The leader of the Aztec Empire

• A plains Indian chief

Marco Polo was (complete the sentence)

• a Spanish king.

• an Italian merchant who was one of the world's first travel writers.

• A merchant aboard a Spanish ship to the Americas.

• An Incan leader.

The definition of a merchant is

• a new class of Europeans that made their living by buying and selling goods.

• the noble class of European cast system.

• a native American chief.

• a Middle Eastern royal person.

Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas in which century?

• 1300's

• 1400's

• 1500's

• 1600's

• 1700's

Columbus laid claim to the island of Hispaniola which is currently known as

• Haiti

• Hawaii

• Guatemala

• Argentina

Columbus made contact with the Taino people in 1492. He began what is called the Columbian Exchange. This term refers to the

• exchange of slaves.

• conversion to Catholicism from monks to native people.

• trading items, animals, culture, ideas, and more between Europeans and native Americans.

• conquering of Aztec Empire.

Check all that apply in regards to the Aztec Empire:

• Located in Peru

• Located in Mexico

• Was overtaken by Cortez

• Capital of empire was the city of Atlanta

• Capital of empire was the city of Tenochtitlan

The Aztec's when first encountered the Spanish had never seen ___________.

• Chocolate

• Berries

• Horses

• Gold

• Coffee

The Incan Empire ruled what is now ___________.

• Peru

• Florida

• Mexico

• USA

• Texas

Dutch merchants that were part of the Dutch West India Company settled what is now:

• California

• Hawaii

• New York

• Mississippi