European Exploration

What is the most important thinking tool that history students use?

• thinking

• textbooks

• primary sources

• historical imagination

Who is credited with "discovering" North America around 1000 AD?

• Leif Ericson

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernando de Soto

What started the Commercial Revolution?

• Columbus discovering America

• The Vikings discovering America

• The Crusades

• The French and Indian War

Who financed Columbus' expedition?

• England

• Spain

• France

• Portugal

What is a Spanish Conquistador?

• a missionary

• a financial investor

• a plantation owner

• a conquerer

What religion did the French and Spanish explorers spread through North America?

• Baptist

• Catholicism

• Methodist

• Buddhism

First European credited with discovering the New World

• Hernando Cortes

• Ponce de Leon

• Francisco Pizarro

• Christopher Columbus

First Spaniard to discover Florida

• Hernando Cortes

• Ponce de Leon

• Francisco Pizarro

• Christopher Columbus

Who was best remembered for conquering the Aztecs in Central Mexico

• Hernando Cortes

• Ponce de Leon

• Francisco Pizarro

• Christopher Columbus

Who is best remembered for conquering the Incas in South America

• Hernando Cortes

• Ponce de Leon

• Francisco Pizarro

• Christopher Columbus