AP Ch.1-2

His trip was funded by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortes

• Marco Polo

This explorer defeated the Aztec Empire and claimed all of Mexico in the name of Spain.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortes

• Marco Polo

His crew was the first to circumnavigate the world by sailing.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortes

• Marco Polo

The journeys of Vasco da Gama, Bartholomeu Dias, and Christopher Columbus became possible in the late 1400s because of the

• support of exploration by the English government

• trade connections established by Ibn Battuta

• effects of the Atlantic slave trade

• development of new navigational instruments and technology

Spain came to America with what purpose?

• to trade with Natives
• for God, Gold, and Glory
• to exchange goods
• to spread diseases

Who conquered the Incas?

• Hernando de Soto

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortez

• Christopher Columbus

How did diseases impact the New World?

• They didn't
• They wiped out 75-90% of the Europeans
• They wiped out 75-90% of the indigenous people
• They helped the natives beat the Spanish

The Aztec use of the calendar and the Maya writing system both illustrate that pre-Columbian cultures in the Americas

• traded extensively with Africa

• flourished prior to European contact

• declined because of invasion and disease

• converted others to Islam

Bartolome de las Casas fought for the right to keep salves.

• True
• False

Why was the economienda system created?

• taxes and work force

• exploration

• glory

• God