Explorers

How was Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca different from other Spanish explorers?

• He captured the native peoples’ leader so that he could become the new king

  of Spain.

• He thought that Spain should be more aggressive toward the native peoples.

• He thought that Spain should treat the native peoples better.

• He taught native peoples about exploration.

A town created by people in an uninhabited place is called ________?

• Colony

• Conquest

• Claim

• Settlement

How is Tenochtitlán different today than when it was the Aztec capital?

• Tenochtitlán was destroyed and replaced by Mexico City.

• Tenochtitlán is now outside of Mexico City.

• Borders have changed, and so Tenochtitlán is now part of Central America.

What is the meaning of the term navigation?

• a country's wealth

• a scientific advancement

• the science of guiding a boat

• the science of making trade routes

Why did European leaders begin to sponsor voyages of exploration?

• to find a source for silk other than China

• to find trade routes that did not go through Italy

• to establish trade routes along the west coast of Africa

• to find a trade route that did not go through the Middle East

He explored Brazil and the Atlantic Coast of present-day United States and Canada

• Jean Nicollet

• Samuel de

  Champlain

• Giovanni da

  Verrazzano

• John Cabot

A document that explorers used to found a colony is a ________?

• Exchange

• Conquest

• Claim

• Charter

Which explorer traveled the farthest west into the Americas?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Marco Polo

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

“The Europeans also brought diseases such as smallpox and measles to the Americas. Because these diseases were new to the natives, they had not developed any resistance to them. As a result, they died in very large numbers.”

What is the meaning of the term resistance?

• a type of weapon

• medicine

• ability to identify illness

• ability to be unaffected by something

Which statement best explains why Hernan Cortés and his soldiers were able to

conquer the Aztecs?

• They made a deal with Moctezuma to rule together.

• They waited until the Aztecs were sick to attack them.

• They never withdrew during the months-long conflict.

• They had horses and better weapons than the Aztecs.