Module 2 -New Empires in the Americas

Why did the Viking longships travel through rough seas better than earlier ships?

• They had sails

• They were larger

• They used more oars

• They were more stable

What was Marco Polo's contribution to the exploration of the world?

• He invented the astrolabe

• He wrote a book about Asia

• He sailed a caravel to India

• He converted Asians to Christianity

Who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and on to Calicut, India?

• Prince Henry

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• King Manuel

_______________________________________is the main event that made it necessary for the European countries to find sea routes to Asia.

• The Second Crusades in the Middle East

• The Mongol conquest of much of Asia

• The Ottoman conquest of Constantinople

• The founding of Prince Henry's school of navigation

How did the men of Columbus's expedition first know they were nearing land?

• They saw the tops of mountains

• They saw birds and floating branches

• They saw the Taino rowing out to meet them

• They smelled the beautiful flowers from the island

Columbus named the first new land he discovered____________________.

• San Salvador

• India

• Bahamas

• Taino

Who was the first explorer to realize that the lands being discovered were not in Asia?

• Columbus

• Balboa

• Megellan

• Vespucci

Which items did the Europeans bring with them to the new world? (Select FOUR)

• Pigs

• Barley

• Wheat

• Sugarcane

• Potatoes

What was El Camino Real?

• A Spansih Territory

• A network of roads

• A Catholic church

• A rural town

What did Hernando de Soto discover in 1541?

• Florida

• Alabama

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River