CHapter 2

Question 1

Christopher Columbus landed on ______ in ______

Answer 1

San Salvador, 1492

Question 2

Who did Christopher Columbus meet in the Americas

Answer 2

Taino Indiaons

Question 3

What did Columbus introduce to the Tainos?

Answer 3

Christianity and weaponry

Question 4

What did Europe gain from finding Americas?

Answer 4

Wealth and power

Question 5

What did the Indians gain from Columbus?

Answer 5

Disease and death

Question 6

Treaty of Tordesillas

Answer 6

Spain and Portugal split up territories where east of Brazil is Portugal, and the rest of South America is Spanish (1494)

Question 7

What path did Columbus find and what did it lead to?

Answer 7

Path from Atlantic directly to Asia, led to gold and slaves

Question 8

Where did Columbus try to set up a government but fail?
(3rd Voyage)

Answer 8

Hispaniola

Question 9

What did Amerigo Vespucci do?

Answer 9

made voyages between 1497-1504 and found that there was another continent (America)
recognizesd that there was a North and South America

Question 10

What did European Queen Isabelle and King Ferdinand want?

Answer 10

Gold, but for the Indians to be treated well

Question 11

What did Nicolas de Ovando do?

Answer 11

Brought spanish settlers to America to build settlements

Question 12

How did Ovando treat the Taino Indians?

Answer 12

Horrible, 700 were knifed to death

Question 13

How many Tainos were left in the 1500s

Answer 13

1,000

Question 14

How did the Tainos die?

Answer 14

Samllpox, measles

Question 15

Native American population dropped to 4.5 million bc

Answer 15

war and disease

Question 16

What races dominated Americas in 1514

Answer 16

Mixed
40% spanish men had native wives

Question 17

What did Columbuses voyages do for others

Answer 17

Voyages became trade routes for Europeans, Americans, and unwilling Africans

Question 18

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer 18

Took 5 ships and voyages around the peak of Africa

Question 19

Ferdinand Magellans crew members were the

Answer 19

first to circumnavigate the globe (Magellan died before)

Question 20

Columbian Exchange

Answer 20

Share of diseases, plants, animals, cultures of Europeans and Americans

Question 21

Who conquered the Aztec Capital in 1521

Answer 21

Hernan Cortes

Question 22

What did Cortes rename Tenochtitlan (Aztec Capital)

Answer 22

Mexico City

Question 23

Who did Cortes take prisoner for Aztec Capital

Answer 23

Its emperor, Motecubzoma

Question 24

Who turned on Cortes in 1520

Answer 24

The prior Aztecs

Question 25

Who helped Cortes conquer the Aztecs once and for all

Answer 25

Non-Aztec tribes

Question 26

What was Mexico Citys new capital and religion

Answer 26

New Spain, Catholic

Question 27

Did Cortes and his city thrive?

Answer 27

Yes

Question 28

In 1532, who did Pizarro defeat?

Answer 28

THe Inca EMperor

Question 29

What did Inca become

Answer 29

Viceroyalty to Peru, supplied gold and silver to finance Spains European Expiditions

Question 30

Bartolone de las Casas

Answer 30

Spoke out on how Indians were opressed, documented the cruelty of spanish conquistadores

Question 31

What was Casas before he spoke out for Indians for 50 years

Answer 31

Priest

Question 32

What was Casas known as?

Answer 32

The ¨Black Legend¨ of Spanish cruelty

Question 33

Martin Luther (1517)

Answer 33

Hung the 95 Theses on the Catholic Churchs door to challenge their views

Question 34

What did Martin Luther start?

Answer 34

The Protestant Reformation

Question 35

What two treaties provided each nation that the ruler would decide the faith of the people

Answer 35

Treaty of West Phalia and Peace of Augsburg

Question 36

Ponce de Leon

Answer 36

Led first European expeditions to Puerto Rico and Florida

Question 37

What did Ponce de Leon found?

Answer 37

First spanish community San Juan in 1508

Question 38

What did Ponce de Leon found?

Answer 38

First spanish community San Juan in 1508

Question 39

What was Ponce de Leon the governor of?

Answer 39

Puerto Rico

Question 40

How many followers did Leon come back with after his expeditions?

Answer 40

200

Question 41

WHat did Leon seek?

Answer 41

Fountain of Youth and expansion of Spains empire in the Americas

Question 42

Panfilo de Nareaz

Answer 42

Sailed with 400 men to Florida to colonize it

Question 43

What happened to Naraez and his group?

Answer 43

Attacked by American Indians, left with 250 men

Question 44

Where were Naraez and Group taken

Answer 44

Galveston Texas by wind and rain

Question 45

What heppened at galveston

Answer 45

After many casualties, only 15 out of 80 explorers survived winter and disease

Question 46

Who remained after Naraez group casualties

Answer 46

Vaca, Dorantes, Maldonado, and slave Esteban

Question 47

How did the 4 get home, how long did it take

Answer 47

Walked to Mexico City, took 8 years

Question 48

How did the 4 use the way home as an advantage?

Answer 48

Stopped at villages and learned of 7 wealthy cities with buildings of gold, silver, and copper

Question 49

Who led the exploration to find the wealthy cities

Answer 49

Marco de Niza with Esteban in 1539

Question 50

Why did Niza stop his investigation?

Answer 50

Threatened to be killed

Question 51

Hernando de Soto

Answer 51

Explored to Florida with 600 spaniards and 100 captive Indians, moved p to Georgia and the Carolinas (1540)

Question 52

Who did Soto take captive and where did she take them

Answer 52

A princess in Cofitachqui, led them to the Appalachian Mountains but escaped

Question 53

Gaspard de Coligny

Answer 53

A French Protestant that recruited Florida settlers, wanting to secure land for the French and find seas between Spain in Mexico and South America and Spain itself

Question 54

Why was Coligny a threat to Spaniards

Answer 54

He threatened religion, so they established cities in Florida to oust the French Protestants

Question 55

Verrazanno

Answer 55

Explored Atlantic Coast to find sea roue to Asia for France First to sail to New York Harbor

Question 56

Jacques Carter

Answer 56

Explored Newfoundlnd and gulf of St. Lawrence River and a;so explored Quebec and Montreal

Question 57

Who did Carter trade with and how did he lose crew

Answer 57

Traded with Indians, lost crew from winter

Question 58

Francis Drake

Answer 58

famous pirate known to exploit commissioned by the government, helping harass the Spanish treasure fleets

Question 59

WHat did Francis Drake also explore

Answer 59

exploring around the globe from 1577 to 1580, then continuing across the Pacific and around Africa

Question 60

What did Drake attack

Answer 60

St. Augustine to help defeat the SPanish Armada and died in 1596 while harassing the Spanish

Question 61

WHat was Columbuses 2nd voyage?

Answer 61

second voyage with 17 ships to find gold and slaves

Question 62

What helped fuel the Protestant Reformation

Answer 62

The printing press