Chapter 2 Review

Why were Europeans becoming interested in traveling to foreign lands? *

• Looking for lost treasure

• Meeting new groups of people

• Going on pilgrimages to the Holy Land & reading the Travels of Marco Polo

• Meeting Marco Polo

Christopher Columbus was trying to get to ______ by sailing west. *

• Spain

• the East Indies

• Africa

• the New World

Many Native Americans died because of ______ brought by the Europeans.

• diseases

• farming methods

• wheat

• horses

Moctezuma was the leader of the _______.

• Taino

• Iroquois

• Inca Empire

• Aztec Empire

Which of the following helped the Spanish conquer the Inca Empire? *

• The Spaniards outnumbered the Inca.

• The Inca did not know how to fight.

• Horses gave the Spanish an advantage.

• The Aztec conquered the Inca.

What resource from the area of Newfoundland was sent back to Europe?

• bananas

• cows

• fish

• cotton

Samuel de Champlain became the ________ of New France. *

• prince

• missionary

• explorer

• governor

Lake Huron and Lake Superior are

• located in Europe

• located in Asia

• part of the Northwest Passage

• Great Lakes

Which of the following was NOT one of the ships Christopher Columbus used on his voyages?

• Roanoke

• Nina

• Pinta

• Santa Maria

___________ was the first English colony (NOT PERMANENT).

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

• Raleigh

• Jamestown