(AP) USH 10 Q1 Review

Which European country was the first to commission Explorers to the New World?

• Netherlands

• Finland

• Spain

• Portugal

• Great Britain

_________ was an aristocrat from Portugal who funded schools to train admirals and captains to guide ships to different parts of the world across different oceans.

• Richard the Lionhearted

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Richard the Lionhearted

• Henry VIII

• Admiral Zheng He

(Choose ALL of the answers that complete the statement.) Christopher Columbus was known for

• bringing death to the Native Americans in the form of diseases and hard labor.

• finding a faster route to Asia.

• finding gold and silver in the New World.

• claiming Mexico for Spain.

• founding what is now the Dominican Republic.

(Refer to your map project and the lecture.) Which countries DID NOT traverse the world and establish colonies with the purpose of saving souls?  (Select ALL choices that apply.). On your real test, there will be a bonus correct answer choice for which you will need to be attentive.

• Great Britain

• France

• The Netherlands (Dutch)

• The Vikings

• The Chinese

As for the New World, Portugal and Spain began exploring and establishing colonies as early as the end of the 1400s C.E., which helped them to develop firm control over the Caribbean, Central and South America.  This left _________ for France and Great Britain to dominate.

• Africa

• Asia

• The Pacific (Oceana)

• Antarctica

• North America

(Select ALL that apply.) The legacies of these Spanish Conquistadors included

• (Cortes) the assassination of Montezuma, the Aztec Emperor, and established New Spain.

• (Pizarro) the removal of Atahualpa, the emperor of the Incan civilization.   

• the introduction of disease, especially small pox, to Central America and what is now Peru.

• their combined expeditions indirectly contribute to the disappearance of the Mayan people, but Mayan structures exist as museums today.

• the alliance of the Mayan and Olmec civilizations against the combined forces of Cortes and Pizarro to reclaim the Aztec and Incan Empires. 

Route D on the map

• depicts Christopher Columbus's voyage.

• depicts Admiral Zheng He's voyage. 

• depicts Ferdinand Magellan's voyage.

• depicts the direction Theodore Roosevelt's Great White Fleet traveled.

• depicts the secret voyage that George Washington ordered to increase international awareness regarding the American Revolution.

(Select ALL that apply.) Ferdinand Magellan 

• was the primary reason why natives of Central and South America died from small pox.

• was a Portuguese Citizen who sailed for Spain.

• was credited for circumnavigating the world even though he was killed by natives in The Philippines.

• was credited with discovering the legendary city of El Dorado.

The missing title of this map is

• "Columbian Exchange"

• "Age of Explorations"

• "African Slave Trade to the New World"

• "Colonial Immigration"

(Select the correct explorer and route from the choices below.) This explorer, ____________, who was born in England but sailed under the Dutch traveled along Route

• Vasco Da Gama

• Henry Hudson

• C

• A