Chapter 2 Review Part 1

This explorer, "discovered" America for Europe, and made 4 successful voyages.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Bartholomew Dias

• Francisco Pizarro

This famous Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec civilization.

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortez

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca civilization.

• Francisco de Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Franz Ferdinand

• Francisco Pizarro

What is the Columbian Exhange?

• Exchange of ideas between America and Europe

• Exchange of different plants, animals, diseases between the New and Old World.

• Exchange of disease between colonists and Native Americans.

• Exchange of money between the Wergild and Ordeal

What is the name of the voyage West Coast African slaves took to the Americas?

• The Middle Passage

• The Long Journey

• The Long Passage

• The Middle Journey

What were the 3 major motivating factors for Explorers?

• Gold, Silver, Treasure

• God, Glory, Gold

• God, Glory, Gallantry

• Honor, Justice, Reinhardt!

Which of the following helped explorers determine latitude from the position of the sun, moon, and stars?

• compass
• caravel
• astrolabe

Who sponsored Portuguese fleets that sailed along the western coast of Africa?

• Prince Henry the Navigator
• Queen Isabella
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan 

What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?

• To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia
• To circumnavigate the world in the name of Italy
• To launch a surprise attack the enemies of Spain by sea
• To find the city of gold in southern Africa

Conquistadors is a Spanish word meaning:

• to entrust
• to connect
• court
• conquerors