Chapter 7 Test

Question 1

They built pyramids that are similar to the ones in Egypt

Answer 1

Mayas

Question 2

They were among the first to use cannons onboard their ships

Answer 2

Venetians

Question 3

He explored the New World for Portugal

Answer 3

Bartolomeu Dias

Question 4

This place avoided European colonization

Answer 4

Siam

Question 5

This country financed the explorations of good ‘ole Chris Columbus

Answer 5

Spain

Question 6

These brought by European explorers killed many Indians

Answer 6

diseases

Question 7

They helped protect the Indians against abuses by Spanish explorers

Answer 7

The Roman Catholic Church

Question 8

This previous grew in the New World before the Europeans came, but the Europeans grew much more of it and made a profit on it

Answer 8

Tobacco

Question 9

She finances Drake’s expeditions

Answer 9

Queen Elizabeth of England

Question 10

Belts of consistent winds that blow from east to west

Answer 10

trade winds

Question 11

The Spanish explorers who brutally destroyed Indian civilizations

Answer 11

Conquistadors

Question 12

They financed Christopher Columbus’s voyage

Answer 12

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

Question 13

The name given for the Indians that made earthen mounds as grave or temple sites

Answer 13

Mound Builders

Question 14

These groups were members of the alliance known as the Five Civilized Tribes

Answer 14

• Cherokees
• Chickasaws
• Choctaws
• Creeks
• Seminoles

Question 15

This empire made many discoveries in astronomy and mathematics

Answer 15

Maya

Question 16

Cuzco was the capital of this empire

Answer 16

Inca

Question 17

The Cape of Good Hope is located at the southern tip of this continent

Answer 17

Africa

Question 18

Francis Xavier was a Jesuit missionary to this country

Answer 18

Japan

Question 19

This explorer gave the Pacific Ocean its name

Answer 19

Magellan

Question 20

The Iroquois Confederacy was located in this modern state

Answer 20

New York

Question 21

A ship designed for efficient ocean travel

Answer 21

caravel

Question 22

European explorers used all of these navigational aids

Answer 22

• compass
• trade winds
• astrolabe

Question 23

The Indians who lived in the Southwest region of Norther America

Answer 23

Pueblos

Question 24

The mythical Christian kind that explorers searched for in Africa

Answer 24

Prester John

Question 25

The Aztec leader who was stoned to death by his own people for encouraging them to submit to Cortes?

Answer 25

Montezuma

Question 26

The ruler of the Inca Empire

Answer 26

Atahualpa

Question 27

The Italian explorer who journeyed to the Far East and published the record of his experiences

Answer 27

Marco Polo

Question 28

The Portuguese ruler who set up a school for navigation

Answer 28

Prince Henry

Question 29

These were all motives for European exploration

Answer 29

• Desire for new trade routes
• Wanted glory and adventure
• Wanted to spread the gospel

Question 30

Conquistador who defeated the Aztecs

Answer 30

Cortes

Question 31

First to find a route around Africa

Answer 31

Dias

Question 32

Conquistador who defeated the Incas

Answer 32

Pizzaro

Question 33

First to find a trade route to India

Answer 33

da Gama

Question 34

Sailed west in 1492 and discovered a new continent

Answer 34

my bud, Chris Columbus

Question 35

English explorer who traveled around the world

Answer 35

Drake

Question 36

Spanish explorer whose crew traveled around the world

Answer 36

Magellan

Question 37

Protector to the Indians

Answer 37

Las Casas