Chapter 2 Test: Exploring the Americas

True/False: Portugal took the lead in finding a trade route to India.

• true

• false

True/False: Information from explorers assissted mapmakers in creating more accurate land and sea maps.

• true

• false

True/False: Beginning in the A.D. 600s, the religion of Islam spread in the Middle East and Africa.

• true

• false

True/False: The Portuguese traded for gold and ivory in Africa.

• true

• false

True/False: Pizarro was able to conquer the Inca after the Spanish executed the Inca's ruler.

• true

• false

True/False: Beginning in the A.D. 600s the Christian religion spread in the Middle East and Africa.

• true

• false

True/False: Columbus was able to conquer the Inca after the Spanish executed the Inca's ruler.

• true

• false

Place the explorers with the country for which they sailed.

Groups:

(a) Spain

,

(b) England

,

(c) France

• Cabot

• Cortes

• Cartier

• Columbus

• Pizarro

Match the following

• immunity

• A Spanish explorer

• Conquistador

• to travel all the way around the world

• astrolabe

• an instrument used to plan a course using stars

• circumnavigate

• a fleet of warships

• armada

• have resistance to things such as disease

In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed to America with the Nĩna, Pinta, and the _______.

• Cortes

• Isabella

• Santa Maria

• Tordesillas