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WorksheetsChapter 2 -- New Empires in the Americas
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
True or False: The Vikings were skilled sailors and were the first Europeans to reach North America
True
False
True or False: Europeans in the Americas always treated the Native Americans well and fairly.
True
False
Which of the following people captained the ship that was one of the first to reach North America?
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Leif Erikkson
Dolf Lundgren
Which of the following statements best reflects why Christopher Columbus set sail
to find new people in order to spread Christianity
to find a route to the country of Benin to acquire slaves
to find a route to Asia in order to acquire wealth and potentially Gold
to create colonies in the Caribbean by enslaving Native Americans
Which of the following was an effect of exploration?
slave trade
colonization of new lands
Columbian exchange
all of the above
Which of the following answers best describes why countries explore?
Gold, Goods, God
Glory, God, Gold
Games, Gold, Disease
Colonies, Money Slaves
Commissioned by the English Muscovy Company to find a shortcut from England to "the islands of spicery." He was later set adrift in an open boat by his mutinous crew.
Christopher Columbus
Jacques Cartier
Samuel de Champlain
Henry Hudson
Which of the following killed more Native Americans than any of the others?
War/battle
Famine/starvation
disease
enslavement
The lost colony
Croatoan
Roanoke
Jamestown
Virginia
Which of the following groups received poor treatment as a result of the Columbian Exchange?
European citizens
Native Americans
Spanish colonist
African kings
The process of creating new settlements of places is called
expedition
exploration
colonization
immigration
Enslavement, land taken away, death and war were --
Effects of exploration on Native Americans
Social reasons for exploration
effects of expedition to asia
Spanish exploration of France
Why were Africans captured and forced to work in the Americas?
to share riches and wealth with them
to provide more workers for the plantations
to give them diseases
to spread Christianity
Which of the following is NOT true about the Middle Passage.
It was from Africa to the Americas
The journey took 5-12 weeks
Disgusting conditions
The individuals were given plenty of room and food
These ships had triangular sails, that unlike traditional sails allowed ships to sail against the wind.
astrolabe
skipper
caravel
carnival
A device that enabled navigators to learn their ships location by charting the position of the stars
compass
sundial
caravel
astrolabe
An imaginary line that divided the Atlantic Ocean. Spain could claim all land west of this line
Line of Tordesillas
Line of Columbus
Line of Demarcation
Line of Exchange
The transfer of goods, food, animals, diseases and eventually slaves between Europe, Africa, Asia and the New World
Columbus Trading
Columbian Exchange
Atlantic Tradepost
Atlantic Exchange
Gives settlers the right to tax local Native Americans or to make them work in exchange these settlers were supposed to protect the Native American people and convert them to Christianity.
Conquistador System
Columbian System
Feudal System
Encomienda System
Portuguese prince, founder of a navigation school, responsible for many advances that would make exploration more successful
Leif Eriksson
Juan Ponce de Leon
Henry the Navigator
Christopher Columbus
A document giving permission to start a colony
treaty
declaration
passage
charter
A water route through North America that would allow ships to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Northwest Passage
Middle Passage
Triangular Trade Route
West Canada Passage
A scattering of people; enslaved Africans were sent all across the new world
Northwest Passage
African Diaspora
Triangular Trade
Middle Passage
The voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas was known as the ______________
northwest passage
african diaspora
triangular trade
middle passage
a large farm in the southern colonies with enslaved people from Africa that grew tobacco, rice and/or indigo
plantation
staple crop
middle passage
immigrant
What does "circumnavigate" mean?
Go halfway around
Go all the way around
Go straight through
Go behind someone's back
What was a conquistador?
A soldier who led a military expedition to the Americas
An explorer who set up missions in America
A navigator who used the moon to know direction
A prince who had peace talks with the native populations
Who was the famous conquistador who conquered the Aztecs?
Francisco Pizarro
Vasco de Gama
Hernan Cortes
Amerigo Vespucci
Who conquered the Inca Empire?
Hernan Cortes
Vasco de Gama
Francisco Pizarro
Bartolomeu Dias
Who searched for the Northwest Passage under two different countries?
Henry Hudson
Sir Walter Raleigh
Virginia Dare
John Cabot
Who argued for the settlers to treat Natives with love, gentleness, and kindness in order to convert them to Christianity?
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu de Gama
Bartolome de Las Casas
Bartolome Dias
Which of these was not a reason Europeans wanted to find a sea route to Asia?
Gain easier access to Asian spices
Prove the world was round
Learn more about Asian cultures
Convert more people to Catholicism
resistance to disease
Spaniard
conquistador
colony
capture
immunity
Why did diseases like smallpox kill so many Native Americans?
They had no immunity to the diseases.
They lack the medicines to treat the diseases.
Their doctors were not very good.
During the 1400's, European countries competed to find sea routes to where?
Africa
South America
Asia
Canada
How did enslaved Africans try to cope with their new lives in the Americas?
they adopted Native American traditions
they practiced their own religions, art, and dances
they tried to start new farming communities
they allowed their owners to control them
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.
