WorksheetsChapter 2: Exploring The Americas
Total questions: 72
Worksheet time: 1hrs 23mins
During the 1400's, European countries competed to find sea routes to where?
Africa
South America
Asia
Canada
What Country sponsored Columbus?
Italy
Spain
Portugal
England
How did Spanish Conquistadors easily defeat native civilizations?
They formed alliances with other countries in order to defeat them.
The rulers of these civilizations were bribed and betrayed their people.
They had guns, horses and diseases.
They knew all their secrets from spying on them.
Hernan Cortes claimed present day Florida for Spain.
True
False
What is the name of religious communities in Spanish settlements?
Mestizos
Missions
Peninsulars
Plantations
What three European countries began sending colonists to North America in the early 1600’s?
Portugal, France and England
France, The Netherlands and Italy
France, England and The Netherlands
England, Germany, Sweden
What was the main goal for the majority of Spanish explorers in the Americas?
To spread Christianity
To find the Northwest Passage
To find the Fountain of Youth
To find fame and fortune
This country was the first to find a sea route to Asia.
Portugal
Spain
England
France
This group of people helped mapmakers to create better maps.
authors
shipbuilders
mapmakers
kings
This religion began to spread in the Middle East and Africa in the early 600s.
Christianity
Judaism
Islam
Hinduism
This was the attempt by the Europeans to take back control of Christian holy sites in the Middle East.
Crusades
Renaissance
Exploration
Trade
England, France, and the Netherlands were hoping to find a _________ passage to Asia.
Northwest
Northeast
Southwest
Southeast
Which European country established fishing and fur trade in America.
Portugal
Spain
France
England
During the 1400's, European countries competed to find sea routes to where?
Africa
South America
Asia
Canada
What made it possible for sailors to travel safer and further than ever before?
Advances in technology
More detailed maps
Improved ship design
All of the above
The Southern tip of Africa was renamed from the "Cape of Storms" to the "Cape of Good Hope" by Portugal's King John.
True
False
Queen Isabella hoped to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
True
False
By the time the period of European exploration began, most maps included the Americas.
True
False
Spices were valuable because they were used ______________.
as medicine, food preservatives, and flavorings
to help sailors navigate on the high seas
to fund Columbus' voyage to the Americas
as the basis of the Columbian Exchange
The compass allowed sailors to _______________.
measure the positions of the stars
tell which direction was north
discover the North Pole
predict when cloudy weather would occur
Columbus thought he had landed in the Indies, but he really landed _______________.
in Spain
in Portugal
on a Caribbean island
near the Pacific Ocean
What happened to the Aztec and Inca Empires?
Spanish explorers conquered them and shipped their gold back to Spain.
They united against the Spanish and forced them to leave the Americas.
They united with the British and French explorers to fight against Spanish conquistadors.
The Aztec Empire conquered the Inca Empire.
St. Augustine was ____________.
a mission in southeastern Florida
conquered by the French, under the command of Jean Ribault, during a hurricane in 1565
the first permanent European settlement in what would become the United States
he name of the first Spanish colony in the Americas
The colony in North America set up by the Dutch and run by the Dutch West India Company was called _____________.
Manhattan
New York
New Netherland
New Colony
A new form of Christianity in Europe was ______________.
Protestantism
Reformation
Germanism
Catholicism
Hernan Cortez conquered the powerful ________empire.
Asian
Inca
Inuit
Aztec
Who's army conquered the Inca Empire?
Christopher Columbus'
Juan Alvarez's
Francisco Pizarro's
Hernan Cortes'
What three things did most conquistadors hope to accomplish?
A route to Asia, sail around the world, create maps
Acquire riches, claim land for Spain, convert Native Americans to Christianity
Build monuments, farm crops, trade goods
Set up markets, learn to speak English, start a family
How did the astrolabe help European explorers?
It helped with many types of calculations.
It helped them with sailing
It allowed them to determine their longitude
It allowed them to see the planets.
What did European explorers want from their travels? Choose the three correct answers.
horses
adventure
wealth
technology
fame
How can Columbus be considered both an entrepreneur and an explorer?
Columbus can be considered more than just an explorer because he set up his expedition like a business and hoped to make a profit.
Columbus can be considered more than just an explorer because he also liked to eat.
Columbus can be considered more than just an explorer because he also dressed nice.
Columbus can be considered more than just an explorer because he also owned a store.
Who was Mail's King in the 1320's
Mansa Musa
Songhai
Askiya Muhammad
Google McDoogle
What was an essential part of the economies of the Spanish colonies?
Wompom
Preists
enslaved workers
tobacco
Which best describes reformation?
type of government
study of scientific ideas
religious movement
artistic rebirth
What was Ponce de Leon searching for?
food
the fountain of youth
the right girl
the northwest passage
Which French colony was founded on the St. Lawrence river, where estate owners brought in settlers in exchange for land?
New France
Montreal
Marquette
New Amsterdam
Who was the first explorer to realize that South America was not part of Asia?
Chris Columbus
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Ferdinand Magellan
Amerigo Vespucci
What was the largest killer of Native Americans?
heat exposure
disease
starvation
rap music
What was the primary reason for all exploration during this time period?
test technology
rule the world
trade routes to Asia
search for UFO's
Whose crew first circumnavigated the world?
Columbus
Balboa
Drake
Magellan
After the fall of the Roman Empire which of the following dominated Western Europe
New Roman Empire
Dub Step
The Renaissance
The Catholic Church
Using scientific knowledge to solve real world problems.
Technology
Navigation
Exploration
Discovery
Settlers in the new world who paid rent and worked for their lord for a set number of days per year in exchange for land.
missionary
explorer
conquistador
tenant farmer
A form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church.
Catholicism
Paganism
Protestantism
Reformation
A town or center of trade in Spanish America are called_____
Missions
Pueblos
Fort
Presidio
Native Americans died by the thousands because they had no _____________ to European diseases.
viruses
vaccinations
knowledge
immunity
Magellan was the first European explorer to sail around, or _______________ the world.
circumnavigate
explore
convert
conquer
Large farms that grew crops for export
armada
dairy farm
presidio
plantation
A direct water route to Asia through the Americas
circumnavigation
northwest passage
presidio
southwest passage
A religious movement that rejected some of the teachings of the Catholic Church and established new churches.
Protestantism
Anti-Catholicism
Age of Exploration
Reformation
a fleet of warships, a navy
presidio
armada
astrolabe
caravel
A narrow water passage between larger bodies of water.
gulf
river
strait
passage
Who is responsible for the Protestant Reformation?
Jacques Cartier
John Cabot
Martin Luther
Louis Joliet
How did the Renaissance influence the "Age of Exploration"?
Too many people lived in Europe during the Renaissance, so they had to leave
Innovations and technology of the time aided in sailing and navigation
India and China became bad trading partners, so Europe looked elsewhere
The word "Renaissance" means: to explore far away places
What's the name of the Aztec Capital?
Texcoco
Chinapa
Templo Mayor
Tenochtitlan
Which proves the Maya were successful mathematicians and astronomers?
They built a pyramid
They played a complicated ball game
They created a 365 day calendar
all of the above
Which one of the following is NOT an example of Native American cultural regions adapting to or changing their environment?
The Northern peoples near the Arctic Ocean farmed extensively.
The Southwestern Peoples used irrigation to grow beans and squash.
The Plains Peoples moved from place to place to hunt buffalo.
The Eastern Peoples built longhouses out of trees and bark.
How did the Crusades help spark the Europeans' need to explore the rest of the world?
The European Crusaders brought back treasure like spices and silks that others wanted.
People wanted to find vacation spots.
Explorers already knew about North and South America
No one went because they are above wanting gold and glory.
The moderate ________________ made the Pacific Northwest a very pleasant place to live.
climate
contiguous
subjugation
elevation
Why did the first missionaries come to the Americas?
to start new Protestant churches
to convert American Indians to the Catholic religion
to get rich from gold, silver, and other resources
to find a water route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Where was Prince Henry the Navigator from?
Spain
Portugal
France
England
The Portuguese designed faster ships during the 1400s. There were called
caravels
longboats
canoes
astrolabes
A _____ is a person who studies and makes maps.
cartographer
navigator
geographer
mathematician
