Topic 1.3 European Exploration In The Americas

Question 1

What wiped out a third of Europe’s population

Answer 1

Black Death

Question 2

What were the 4 advances in Navigation

Answer 2

•Caravel
•Magnetic compass
•Sextant
•Astrolable

Question 3

What was Christopher Colombus’ Goal

Answer 3

To find a faster and safer route to East Asia

Question 4

Who was the Spain royalty at the time?

Answer 4

Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand

Question 5

What were the 3 ships called?

Answer 5

The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria

Question 6

Where did Columbus and his men land thinking it was East Indies?

Answer 6

Waiting Island (Bahamas)

Question 7

What did Columbus and his men name modern day Cuba, Haiti, and Dominican Republic ?

Answer 7

Hispaniola

Question 8

Who is the Americas named after ?

Answer 8

Amerigo Vespucci

Question 9

Treaty of Tordesillas

Answer 9

Divided the Western Hemisphere into 2 halves “giving” one to Spain and one to Portugal

Question 10

Hernan Cortes

Answer 10

Was responsible for the destruction of the Aztec empire

Question 11

Francisco Pizarro

Answer 11

Conquered the Incan Empire in Peru

Question 12

Francisco Pizarro

Answer 12

Conquered the Incan Empire in Peru

Question 13

Requerimiento

Answer 13

Stated that only Indians capture in a “just war” could be enslaved

Question 14

What system did Europeans want to gain wealth by

Answer 14

Mercantilism

Question 15

In the European Mindset, land and trade translated into

Answer 15

Power

Question 16

The Protestant Reformation

Answer 16

A competition between the Protestant and Catholic Nations competing for souls in the New World