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Explorers And Technology Of The New World U.S History Unit 2

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To travel around the world

a)

presidio

b)

strait

c)

circumnavigate

d)

conquistador

2.

small religious community built for native americans by spaniards

a)

presidios

b)

missions

c)

pueblo

d)

plantation

3.

spanish forts

a)

pueblo

b)

strait

c)

mission

d)

presidio

4.

resistance

a)

immunity

b)

strait

c)

circumnavigate

d)

mission

5.

equipment that benefits you in some way

a)

strait

b)

technology

c)

immunity

d)

reformation

6.

a narrow passage of water

a)

presidio

b)

strait

c)

plantation

d)

pueblo

7.

a tool that determines direction based on electromagnetic fields

a)

compass

b)

strait

c)

sundial

d)

astrolabe

8.

spanish conquerors/explorers

a)

pueblos

b)

captains

c)

missions

d)

conquistadors

9.

native american settlements that native americans built

a)

mission

b)

pueblo

c)

presidio

d)

circumnavigate

10.

agricultural estate that typically used native american/african slaves for farming

a)

pueblo

b)

mission

c)

presidio

d)

plantation

11.

a 16th-century movement for the reform of abuses in the Roman Catholic Church ending in the establishment of the Reformed and Protestant Churches

a)

mercantilism

b)

protestantisim

c)

reformation

d)

strait

12.

the religion or religious system of any of the Churches of Western Christendom that are separated from the Roman Catholic Church (as a result of the reformation)

a)

protestantism

b)

reformation

c)

mercantilism

d)

mission

13.

a (fake) passage way the connected the Atlantic and Pacific ocean, people searched for it for a quicker trade route to Asia

a)

Columbian Exchange

b)

Northwest Passage

c)

Strait

d)

River of Youth

14.

an economic practice governments used for more wealth mainly from trade sometimes negatively affecting other countries

a)

protestilism

b)

presidio

c)

reformation

d)

mercantilism

15.

explorer who worked for france, first european to explore the atlantic coast

a)

Pizzaro

b)

Verrazano

c)

La Salle

d)

De Soto

16.

an explorer who sailed for spain, they discovered the new world

a)

De Salle

b)

Cabot

c)

Pizzaro

d)

Columbus

17.

Conquistador for Spain, led the expedition that would later lead to the fall of the Aztec empire.

a)

La Salle

b)

Cartier

c)

Pizzaro

d)

Cortez

18.

Conquistador known for conquering the Incan empire and executing there leader Atahuapla

a)

Pizzaro

b)

Cortez

c)

De Soto

d)

Verrazano

19.

Worked for Spain, led the first expedition to circumnavigate the world dying on the way there

a)

Amerigo

b)

La Salle

c)

Verrazano

d)

Magellan

20.

Worked for Spain, searched Florida for gold and the fountain of youth, he created the oldest European settlement St, Augustine

a)

Magellan

b)

La Salle

c)

Ponce De Leon

d)

Verrazano

21.

Worked for France, mapped the Saint Laurence River and explored the present day Montreal Area claiming a lot of present day Canada for France

a)

La Salle

b)

Cartier

c)

Joliet

d)

Champlain

22.

Worked for Spain, explored southeast North America and was the first documented european to see the mississppi river

a)

Cabot

b)

Pizzaro

c)

Cartier

d)

De Soto

23.

Worked For England, Searched For the Northwest Passage in present day Canada

a)

Cabot

b)

De Soto

c)

Hudson

d)

Champlain

24.

Worked for England, Searched for the Northwest Passage finding the Hudson River and the cite of present day NYC

a)

Cabot

b)

Cartier

c)

Hudson

d)

La Salle

25.

Worked for France, explored the great lakes, gulf of Mexico, and claimed the mississippi river and the surrounding area for France

a)

Cabot

b)

La Salle

c)

Cartier

d)

Ponce De Leon

26.

Worked for France, explored with Marquette, First non-natives to map northern mississiippi river, wanted to become fur traders with the natives (one of them)

a)

Cabot

b)

Champlain

c)

Joliet

d)

La Salle

27.

Worked for France, explored and founded present day Quebec

a)

Champlain

b)

Cartier

c)

La Salle

d)

Ponce De Leon

28.

What is the Columbian Exchange and How did it Affect the Old and New World?

4 lines
29.

What Impact Did The Spanish Armada Have On Exploration?

4 lines
30.

How France Colonized The Americas, Also How Did They Treat The Natives?

4 lines
31.

How Spain treated Natives plus list the class system in order

4 lines
32.

What was the protestant reformation and how did it affect the exploration of the new world?

4 lines
33.

Why did Spain defeat the Aztecs and Incas?

4 lines
34.

How did Spain run their Colonies?

4 lines
35.

How did Mercantilism Work?

4 lines
36.

Which is the correct order of the class system in the Spanish colonies? (Highest Power to Lowest Power)

a)

Peninsulares --> Creoles --> Mestizos --> Native Americans --> Africans

b)

Creoles --> Mestizos --> Peninsulares --> Native Americans --> Africans

c)

Peninsulares --> Mestizos --> Creoles --> Africans --> Native Americans

d)

Creoles --> Peninsulares --> Mestizos --> Africans --> Native Americans