Ch. 2 History Practice Test 2

What is the definition of Astrolabe?

• A Muslim house of worship

• One of the series of expeditions Europeans made to regain control on Christian holy sites

• A spanish explorer

• An instrument used to plan a course using the star

• a reawakening of culture and intellectual curiosity in Europe from the 1300s to the 1600s

What is definition of cape?

• a point of land that sticks out into water like a peninsula

• to travel completely around something usually by water

What is the definition of Conquistador?

• Resistance such as to disease

• A town in Spanish-ruled lands

• A Spanish explorer

• A fort

What did the French create in the Americas?

• fishing and fur trade

• gold and silver mines

• new communities

• slave trade

Which of these events was the first to take place?

• Magellan sails around the world

• the first crusade is launched

• Marco Polo returns from China

• Columbus sails to the Americas

Where was Columbus ordered to go?

• Americas

• China

• France

• India

Spanish law called for which 3 kinds of settlements in the Americas?

• presidios

• forts

• pueblos

• missions

What was the name given to an individual who paid rent and farmed for their lord for a set period each year?

• slave

• peasant
• servant

• tenant farmer

What is the definition of Caravel?

• A type of ship used by the Spanish and Portuguese for long voyages

• A type of weapon used in the Middle Ages

• A type of currency used in the Renaissance period

• A type of musical instrument used in the Baroque period

What was the primary purpose of Christopher Columbus's voyage in 1492?

• To discover a new continent

• To find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia

• To conquer the indigenous peoples of the Americas

• To establish a new Spanish colony in the Americas