Social Studies Chapter 2

A tool invented by the Arabs that sailors used to determine their location

• caravan

• compass

• quadrant

a group of traders who travel together to trade and seel their goods

• caravan

• compass

• quadrant

an invention that allowed sailors to know which direction they were sailing

• caravan

• compass

• quadrant

Who explored the coast of Africa for Portugal?

• Peter Stuyvesant

• John Winthrop

• Dias

• Las Casas

Who set foot on an island in the Americas in 1492?

• Columbus

• Da Gama

• Dias

• Las Casas

Who wrote about the treatment of the American Indians?

• Powhatan

• Da Gama

• Dias

• Las Casas

Who made the colonists work at Jamestown in the fields?

• Columbus

• John Smith

• Dias

• John Winthrop

Who governed New Netherlands?

• Peter Stuyvesant

• Da Gama

• John Smith

• Las Casas

The first person to sail from Europe to India?

• Puritans

• John Winthrop

• Servants

• Vasco da Gama

It was declared that Indians were humans with souls by the _____

• separatists

• servants

• Puritans

• Pope