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WorksheetsSea to Shining Sea Chapters 1-2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
A legend is a story that
might have some truth but doesn't have much proof
is entirely false
is entirely true
teaches a lesson and has a moral
The country that St. Brendan was from
Scotland
Canada
Ireland
Norway
A religion where people worship many gods, often related to nature
Christianity
Aztecian
Vikingism
paganism
__________ brought the religion of Christianity back to the Vikings after traveling to Norway
St. Brendan
the Aztecs
Leif Erickson
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was born in Italy, but he received money and ships from the king and queen of _______
Italy
Portugal
Africa
Spain
Columbus was seeking a sea route to
the Americas
Africa
the Indes
Newfoundland
When Christopher Columbus was seeking a route to the Indes, he was looking for
North America and Central America
South America and the Caribbean
Africa and Southeast Asia
China, Japan, and India
For whom were the Americas named?
Ponce de Leon
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Hernan Cortes
______ became an explorer to find a legendary fountain of youth. He discovered Florida.
Amerigo Vespucci
Juan Ponce de Leon
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Christopher Columbus
Who was Hernan Cortes's "boss" who gave him his original 600 men?
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
Hernando de Soto
Montolinia
Diego Velasquez
When Cortes and his men first landed on the coast of Mexico, they clashed with the natives on the coast of Tobasco. Why were the Spaniards able to defeat the natives there?
The Native Americans had been weakened by plague.
The Spaniards had more troops.
The Spaniards had more advanced military technology.
The Native Americans hid when they arrived.
Aztecs practiced __________ as part of their religion
monotheism
animal sacrifice
human sacrifice
written language
Why did Montezuma think Cortes might be a god? Select ALL correct answers
He had pale skin, dark hair, and a beard
He and his men abolish human sacrifice in every village they encountered along the way
Cortes and his men came across the ocean on winged vessels, or ships
Cortes was tall, muscular, and strong. He looked like god.
Why was Cortes able to amass such a large army as he moved towards Tenochtitlan?
he enslaved the natives and forced them to join his army
he was given a very large army by the governor of Cuba, Diego Velasquez
he convinced many natives to join his army
Why was Tenochtitlan hard for Cortes and his army to get out of?
Tenochtitilan was built in the middle of a lake and the only way out was across a narrow land bridge
The Aztecs had more advanced weaponry
The Spaniards had been weakened by plague. They were still exhausted as they tried to escape.
The _____ are a religious order. They often came with Spanish explorers to the new world to try to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
Franciscans
Dominicans
Jesuits
Redemptorists
_____ became an explorer because he wanted to find cities of gold.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Francisco Pizzaro
Hernando de Soto
St. Brendan
______ wanted to find a fountain of youth.
Hernan Cortes
Hernando de Soto
Ponce de Leon
Christopher Columbus
Select all the places that Hernando de Soto explored
the Mississippi River
Georgia
Cuba
Tampa Bay
Alabama
________ discovered the Pacific Ocean, which proved once and for all the Columbus hadn't found islands off the coast of Asia, but a new continent
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Hernado de Soto
Fray Toribio de Benevente
Amerigo Vespucci
