European Explorers Test 2

Exploration - travel undertaken to discover new resources.

• True

• False

Expedition

• Both options

• A journey made for a specific purpose

• travel undertaken to discover new resources

• None of the above

Colonization - The process of settling among and establishing control over the new settlers of an area or region

• True

• False

Smallpox - The overall deadliest known disease in the history of the world. Falsely accused to be weaponized by European explorers to rid western hemisphere of indigenous peoples

• True

• False

Viceroy -
"sub-king" (Fr). Spanish official appointed to govern land claimed by Spain in the New World

• "sub-king" (Fr). Spanish official appointed to govern land claimed by Spain in the New World

• "sub-king" (Fr). Italian official appointed to govern land claimed by Spain in the New World

• "sub-prince" (Fr). Spanish official appointed to govern land claimed by Spain in the New World

• "sub-ruler" (Fr). Spanish official appointed to govern land claimed by Spain in the New World

Revolt - a non-violent uprising against a ruler

• True

• False

Genocide - Deliberate ____________________ of a racial or cultural group.

What word goes in the blank

• preservation

• restoration

• conquering

• extermination

Invasive species

A species (plant or animal), often introduced by (__________) that takes hold outside its native range. Sometimes harmful to indigenous species.

Moctezuma - Aztec emperor defeated and killed the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortez.

• True

• False

Maya - Settled in the Yucatan Peninsula, not far from the Olmecs. A very cultural and intellectual people who used astronomy to create and very accurate calendar. No longer living in Yucatan and Guatemala.

• True

• False