Chapter 3 European Colonization

Question 1

The Spaniards founded what cities on the island of Hispaniola?

Answer 1

Isabela and Santo Domingo

Question 2

What is Smallpox?

Answer 2

A European disease that killed many Native American

Question 3

What did Columbus’ discovery give Spain

Answer 3

A 100 year head start

Question 4

What year did Columbus arrive in Hispaniola

Answer 4

1493

Question 5

Originally on Hispaniola had 250,000 native people. How many years later did they all die off

Answer 5

50

Question 6

Where did Montezuma rule

Answer 6

In Mexico. He ruled the Aztecs

Question 7

In the year 1519, Hernando Cortés captured what city

Answer 7

Tenochtitlan

Question 8

What did Cortés send back to Spain after he captured Tenochtitlan.

Answer 8

All the gold and silver

Question 9

What did they do in Mexico

Answer 9

They made the natives raise cattle and mine for silver

Question 10

In 1531 __________ _____________ lead his army against the Incas
Who did this

Answer 10

Francisco Pizarro

Question 11

The Incas ruled a large empire in _______

Answer 11

Peru

Question 12

Pizarro murdered ___________, the head of the incas

Answer 12

Atahualpa

Question 13

The silver and gold from Mexico and Peru made Spain what

Answer 13

The richest nation in Europe

Question 14

North of Mexico were the _________ _______________ that went from Florida to California

Answer 14

Spanish Borderlands

Question 15

In 1565 the Spanish built a fort and a town named ___________ on the Atlantic coast of Florida

Answer 15

St.Augustine

Question 16

In 1598, Juan de Oñate led 400 settlers to what state

Answer 16

New Mexico

Question 17

In 1609 the Spanish built what town in New Mexico

Answer 17

Santa Fe

Question 18

In 1680 the pueblo people rebelled against the governors that took away there corn and forced them to weave cloth sold the cloth and kept the money. What did the pueblo do

Answer 18

Killed hundreds of Spanish colonists and drove the rest out of their land

Question 19

In 1687 father Eusiebo Kino founded how many missions in Arizona

Answer 19

8

Question 20

A hundred years after kino, Father Junipero Serra set up how many missions in California

Answer 20

20+

Question 21

At missions there were living quarters for soldiers and priest and who else

Answer 21

Native Americans

Question 22

By 1600 the Spanish empire extended from California to south Americas tip. About how many miles was it.

Answer 22

8,000 miles

Question 23

The first French settlements in France were __________ and ___________

Answer 23

Quebec and Montreal.

Question 24

New France was Quebec and Montreal in what country

Answer 24

Canada

Question 25

The French were fur traders and they traded with who every year

Answer 25

The Algonquin and the Huron

Question 26

In 1682 Sieur de la Salle claimed what for France

Answer 26

The Mississippi River Valley

Question 27

The largest settlement on the Mississippi River valley was named what

Answer 27

New Orleans

Question 28

New Orleans was founded in what year

Answer 28

1718

Question 29

The Manhattan Island was bought for $24 by who

Answer 29

Peter Minuit

Question 30

Patroon

Answer 30

A landowner who brought more that 50 families to colonize

Question 31

Peter Minuit named his settlement on Manhattan what

Answer 31

New Amsterdam

Question 32

Albany New York was originally named

Answer 32

New Netherlands

Question 33

Fort Nassau was established by what

Answer 33

The Hudson River

Question 34

What was the name of the Aztec Emperor

Answer 34

Montezuma