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WorksheetsNew Empires in the Americas (Mod. 2)
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins
What improvement to the caravel made it easier to steer than the older galleon?
square sails
flat bottoms
steering wheel
rudder in back
The _____ were the first Europeans to establish colonies in North America.
English
Vikings
Spanish
Portuguese
Why did the Europeans find it necessary to explore new lands?
Europeans wanted to bring spices and other exotic goods from Asia.
Europeans were looking for new markets for their manufactured goods.
Cities were losing populations and the rulers wanted to bring more people in from unexplored lands to fill them.
Europeans had developed new forms of production that made manufacturing more efficient, so they needed raw materials.
What was one consequence of the Doctrine of Discovery?
Native people were forced to pay for lands the Europeans discovered.
Native peoples were no longer entitled to lands they had always occupied.
Europeans were forced to pay fro lands already occupied by native peoples.
Europeans could take the land from the native peoples as long as they had their permission.
What is one reason the Europeans began importing slaves from Africa to work on their new lands?
Most of the Native Americans refused to work.
Most of the Native Americans died from European diseases.
The Europeans regarded the Native Americans too highly to make them work.
The Europeans found it more economical to use the African slaves instead of the native peoples.
The movement of new plants, animals, people, and customs between Europe and the Americas in the 1400s and 1500s is called the _______.
New World
Columbian Exchange
Line of Demarcation
Treaty of Tordesillas
Which place was Coronado the first European to discover?
Coastal Florida
Galveston Island
Grand Canyon
Mississippi River
The Spanish crown controlled migration to the new lands it discovered. They required that only _____ be allowed to settle there.
Christians
Jews
Muslims
non-Christians
A large farm.
Viceroy
Plantation
Pueblo
Mission
Spanish military leader.
conquistador
viceroy
presidio
mission
Spanish village or trading post.
pueblo
plantation
mission
conquistador
Catholic church property
mission
plantation
viceroy
presidio
Spanish military base.
Presidio
Plantation
Conquistador
Pueblo
Royal governor.
Viceroy
Mission
Presidio
Conquistador
The Spanish Armada was launched to overthrow which of these?
Phillip II
Henry VIII
Louis XIV
Elizabeth I
Trading for ______ led the settlers of New France to form trading alliances with the Native Americas.
Fish
Furs
Grains
Lumber
Where was the first French colony in North America located?
Canada
Detroit
Florida
Louisiana
One of the most important European explorers was _______, who was the first person to claim lands in the America for Spain.
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Leif Erikson
Phillip II
First voyage that sailed completely around the world was headed by _____.
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Vikings
Henry the Navigator
Portuguese prince who established a school of navigation and paid for expeditions.
Henry the Navigator
Leif Eriksson
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
To go all the way around means to?
circumnavigate
navigate
sail
conquest
What was the Treaty of Tordesillas
agreement between Spain and Portugal moving the Line of Demarcation.
agreement between Spain and England moving the Line of Demarcation.
agreement between Spain and Portugal moving the Line of Prime.
agreement between Spain and England moving the Line of Prime.
The conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire?
Bartolome de las Casas
Moctezuma II
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
The conquistador who captured the Ica capital and killed their leader.
Bartolome de Las Casas
Moctezuma II
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Priest who wanted to convert Native Americans to Christianity?
Bartolome de Las Casas
Moctezuma II
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
