American History Chapter 2

Who were the first Europeans to make contact with North America

• Portuguese
• Vikings
• Spanish

Which Prince built ships, created schools for navigation and map makers? Another Prince with this same name created the Church of England so he could divorce his wife.

• Henry
• George
• Bartholomew

Europeans, especially the Portuguese were anxious to explore the world to explore, trade, and spread this religion

• Hinduism
• Christianity
• Islam

Who came to the New World in 1492, this person is usually credited with being the first to the New World

• Magellan
• Bartolomeu Dias
• Columbus

Who was the first to travel around Africa and go to India?

• Bartolomeu Dias
• Columbus
• Vasco da Gama

A ship that can circle the earth is a ship that can _____________________ the earth

• circumnavigate
• triangulate

Who was the first to travel to the Pacific Ocean and name it?

• Vasco Balboa
• Columbus

The Line of Demarcation was drawn between Portugal and Spain by the Pope to show the section of the New World each country could settle in.

• True
• False

This trade route brought good back and forth between the "New World" (turkey, sqaush, etc.) to the "Old World" (cattle, even diseases)

• Panama Exchange
• Columbian Exchange

Europeans had better weapons than the Native Americans, but they also had this, which killed more than weapons

• Disease
• Red Hair gene
• Cattle