Social studies test

Question 1

Spanish conquistador who was captured by native Americans in his search for Cibola in Texas and mexico

Answer 1

Cabeza de Vaca

Question 2

Defeated Montezuma and the Aztec empire

Answer 2

Hernando Cortez

Question 3

Killed Atahualpa, captured Cuzco, and extended control over the
entire Incan empire

Answer 3

Francisco Pizarro

Question 4

Searched what is now present-day Florida for the “Fountain of youth.”

Answer 4

Ponce de Leon

Question 5

First Spaniard to explore the Mississippi River in search of
the Seven Cities of Gold.

Answer 5

Hernando de Soto

Question 6

Looked for the Seven Cities of Gold and became the first European
to see the Grand Canyon.

Answer 6

Francisco Coronado

Question 7

Codes established by Spain that regulated their Spanish empire
in America.

Answer 7

Laws of Indies

Question 8

The system established in New Spain that forced Native Americans
to work as slaves.

Answer 8

Encomiendas system

Question 9

Priest responsible for ending the use of Africans as
slaves in America

Answer 9

Bartolome de Las Casas

Question 10

Native American woman who served as an important translator for
Cortez as he schemed to defeat the Aztec empire

Answer 10

Dona Marina

Question 11

Spanish settlements included all of the following except:

Answer 11

Peninsulares

Question 12

The following positions of social class was established by the Spaniards in America except:

Answer 12

Tainos

Question 13

The Spanish empire in America was divided into

Answer 13

Louisiana

Question 14

A Spanish settlement centered around farming and trade:

Answer 14

Pueblos

Question 15

Ruler over a Spanish region in America:

Answer 15

Viceroy

Question 16

Which of the following was not one of the main goals of conquistadors in America:

Answer 16

Find a route to Asia

Question 17

What is a conquistador

Answer 17

Spanish conqueror

Question 18

3 goals of a conquistador

Answer 18

Serve God and Spanish king and / Queen
Conquer Native American lands
Get rich!

Question 19

Factors of Spanish success for conquering Aztec empire

Answer 19

Fear
Technology
Disease

Question 20

Southern part of the United States was referred to by Spain as what

Answer 20

Borderlands

Question 21

What is Cibola

Answer 21

7 cities of Gold

Question 22

Spaniards left the borderlands for what 2 reasons

Answer 22

Failed to find any riches
Native American resistance

Question 23

New Spain was divided into what 3 regions

Answer 23

Mexico
Peru
Rio De La Plata

Question 24

Spanish farm settlement

Answer 24

Pueblo

Question 25

Spanish Religious settlement

Answer 25

Missions

Question 26

Spanish forts used by Spanish soldiers

Answer 26

Presidios

Question 27

Spanish social class rank

Answer 27

Peninsulares Creoles Mestizos Slaves

Question 28

People imported to work on Spanish plantations

Answer 28

Africans

Question 29

English, French, and Dutch hoped to accomplish what 3 goals in North America

Answer 29

Find Northwest Passage Claim land and make colonies Start trade with natives

Question 30

Who discovered Newfoundland for the English

Answer 30

John Cabot

Question 31

Who explored the North American Coastline for the French

Answer 31

Giovanni Verrazano

Question 32

Who was the first to sail up the St. Lawrence to lay claim to Canada for the French

Answer 32

Jacques Cartier

Question 33

Who explored America for the Dutch and English, has a river and bay named after him, and was thrown off his ship

Answer 33

Henry Hudson

Question 34

Economic rivalries were fueled by what economic theory

Answer 34

Mercantilism

Question 35

How did you gain power in the 1500s

Answer 35

Expand trade, establish colonies

Question 36

What split the Christian world into two groups in 1517 and who started it

Answer 36

Protestant Reformation Martin Luther

Question 37

Spain’s North American settlements in california

Answer 37

San Diego, San Francisco, and Los Angeles

Question 38

What was the main reason French were in interested in America

Answer 38

Beaver pelts

Question 39

Who established Port Royal and later Quebec for the French in Canada

Answer 39

Samuel de Champlain

Question 40

Who were Coureurs de bois

Answer 40

Fur trappers and traders

Question 41

Who other than traders and trappers, were instrumental to the growth of New France

Answer 41

Missionary

Question 42

Who extensively explored the Mississippi River for the French

Answer 42

Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet

Question 43

Who claimed Louisiana for the French

Answer 43

Robert de La Salle

Question 44

Louisiana named for what French king

Answer 44

Louis the 3rd

Question 45

French built trading posts and forts in what 2 major regions

Answer 45

Great Lakes Gulf of Mexico

Question 46

French divided land into what 2 regions

Answer 46

Canada Louisiana

Question 47

New France had what major problem

Answer 47

French and Indiana war

Question 48

Dutch aligned with what tribe

Answer 48

Iroquois

Question 49

French aligned with what tribe

Answer 49

Huron

Question 50

European exploration and colonization affected America in what 5 ways

Answer 50

1. Knowledge of new regions 2. Created Great Biological Exchange 3. Europeans and Native Americans clash resulting in destruction of native life 4. Millions of africans bought and sold as slaves 5. Rivalries and wars increase between Europeans