Chapter 2 Test

Question 1

Italian explorer born in Genoa, Italy

Answer 1

Christopher Columbus

Question 2

Discovered Pacific Ocean in 1510

Answer 2

Balboa

Question 3

Portuguese explorer sailed for Spain

Answer 3

Magellan

Question 4

Narrow body of water

Answer 4

Strait

Question 5

Circumnavigate

Answer 5

To go completely around the world

Question 6

Seafaring people from Scandinavia

Answer 6

Vikings

Question 7

Spanish conquers

Answer 7

Conquistadors

Question 8

Landed on the east-coast of Mexico

Answer 8

Cortez

Question 9

The Aztec leader

Answer 9

Montezuma

Question 10

Large farms

Answer 10

Plantations

Question 11

Developed system

Answer 11

Encomiendas

Question 12

Spanish priest who criticized the mistreatment of Indians

Answer 12

De Las Casas

Question 13

Religious settlements that were ran by Catholic priests

Answer 13

Mission

Question 14

Upper class, both parents born in Spain

Answer 14

Peninsulares

Question 15

Tried to find the Fountain of Youth

Answer 15

Ponce de León

Question 16

Children born in America to Spanish parents owned farms

Answer 16

Creoles

Question 17

Mixed Spanish and Indian women worked on the farm

Answer 17

Mestizos

Question 18

Developed nations, power was based on its wealth

Answer 18

Mercantilism

Question 19

Was Italian but sailed to England, 1497

Answer 19

John Cabot

Question 20

Direct water route up north

Answer 20

Northwest passage

Question 21

Spanish Explorer

Answer 21

Henry Hudson

Question 22

Founded an area called New France

Answer 22

Samuel de Champlain

Question 23

French term that means “runner of the woods”

Answer 23

Courier de Bois

Question 24

Explored the Mississippi River

Answer 24

Marquette+Juliet

Question 25

Agreement between both parties

Answer 25

Alliance

Question 26

Explored the mouth of the Mississippi River

Answer 26

La Salle

Question 27

Purchased land from Indians

Answer 27

Peter Minuit

Question 28

Also sailed to Greenland

Answer 28

Leif Erickson

Question 29

Discovered Greenland and Iceland

Answer 29

Eric the red

Question 30

Moved the line of demarcación to the west

Answer 30

Treaty of tordesillas

Question 31

Powerful group in the world

Answer 31

Spanish Armada

Question 32

Sailed for France

Answer 32

Verrazano

Question 33

From France, explored St. Lawerence River

Answer 33

Cartier

Question 34

Ran from the North to the South Pole (Pope Alexander VIII)

Answer 34

Line of demarcation

Question 35

Spanish and African

Answer 35

Mulattos

Question 36

Indian and African

Answer 36

Zambias