Chapter 2, Lesson 2 Assignment

Type your FIRST and LAST name.

How did the introduction of American foods effect European diets?

• Their diets became less healthy.
• The new foods brought diseases.
• Their diets became healthier.

Which of the following was NOT traded in The Columbian Exchange?

• Fruits
• Land
• Livestock (farm animals)

Choose the explorer that matches the description: A Spanish conquistador that invaded the Aztec empire, imprisoned their emperor (Moctezuma), and caused the fall of the Aztec.

• Hernan Cortes
• Francisco Pizarro
• Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

Choose the explorer that matches the description: An explorer who lived peacefully among the native peoples while walking through parts of New Mexico and Arizona.

• Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
• Pedro Menendez de Aviles
• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Choose the explorer that matches the description: The explorer who took the Inca emperor prisoner, released him in return for gold, and sent for him to be killed anyway.

• Francisco Pizarro
• Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca
• Juan Ponce de Leon

Choose the explorer that matches the description: The explorer who claimed Florida for Spain in his unsuccessful search for the Fountain of Youth.

• Sebastian Vizcaino
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• Pedro Menendez de Aviles

Choose the explorer that matches the description: This explorer made one of the first claims on what is now California.

• Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
• Sebastian Vizcaino
• Pedro Menendez de Aviles

Choose the explorer that matches the description: This explorer sailed up the California coast and gave many places Spanish names.

• Francisco Pizarro
• Hernando de Soto
• Sebastian Vizcaino

Choose the explorer that matches the description: One of the first Europeans to see the Mississippi River.

• Estevanico
• Hernando de Soto
• Pedro Menendez de Aviles