8th Grade Ch. 2 Test

Which explorer founded Quebec?

• Champlain
• Cabot
• Cartier
• Joliet

“To the first of these islands, which is called by the Indians Guanahani, I gave the name of the blessed Savior (San Salvador), relying upon whose protection I had reached this as well as the other islands; to each of these I also gave a name, ordering that one should be called Santa Maria de la Concepcion, another Fernandina, the third Isabella, the fourth Juana [Cuba], and so with all the rest . . .” –Letter from Christopher Columbus to Lord Raphael Sanchez, March 1493. In this letter to one of his patrons, whose name does Columbus say that he has chosen for the first island he encountered?

• Queen Isabella
• the blessed Savior
• Mary de la Concepcion
• King Ferdinand

According to the map, which of the items listed below did not travel in both directions in the Columbian Exchange?

• disease
• enslaved people
• foodstuffs
• none of the above

Who publicly condemned the cruel treatment of Native Americans by the Spanish?

• Martin Luther
• Bartolomé de Las Casas
• Juana Inés de la Cruz
• John Calvin

The right granted by the Spanish government to the conquistadors that turned Native Americans into slaves was called

• encomienda
• taxation.
• Tordesillas.
• presidio.

According to the map, along what geographic feature were these missions established?

• coasts
• deserts
• rivers
• mountain ranges

Which explorers crew was the first to sail around the world?

• Bartholomeu Dias's
• Juan Cabrillo's
• Christopher Columbus's
• Ferdinand Magellan's

Whose voyage was used by England as the basis for its claims to North America?

• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot
• John Smith
• Henry Hudson

Who believed that faith rather than good deeds was the way to salvation?

• Martin Luther
• Martin Buber
• Bartolomé de las Casas
• King Henry VIII

In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed to America with the Niña, Pinta, and

• Cortéz.
• Isabella.
• Santa María.
• Tordesillas.