US History - Chp. 2

Question 1

Indian tribe that lived in Mexico

Answer 1

Aztecs

Question 2

Ruler of the Aztecs

Answer 2

Montezuma

Question 3

Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs

Answer 3

Hernando Cortes

Question 4

French explorer who hoped to find a waterway through North America to the Pacific Ocean

Answer 4

Jacques Cartier

Question 5

Spanish explorer who explored throughout the Southwest region of the United States and discovered the Grand Canyon looking for the Seven Cities of Cibola

Answer 5

Francisco de Coronado

Question 6

Spanish explorer who discovered the Mississippi River while looking for gold

Answer 6

Hernando de Soto

Question 7

English sea captains who raided Spanish boats

Answer 7

Sea dogs

Question 8

The most famous “seadog”

Answer 8

Sir Frances Drake

Question 9

French explorer who founded Quebec

Answer 9

Samuel de Champlain

Question 10

Fabled cities which Coronado searched for, but never found

Answer 10

Seven Cities of Cibola

Question 11

Area where Coronado discover the Grand Canyon

Answer 11

Arizona

Question 12

Greatest American river discovered by De Soto

Answer 12

Mississippi River

Question 13

First permanent European settlement in the United States; the first lasting Spanish settlement in the New World

Answer 13

St. Augustine

Question 14

Name first given to Canada

Answer 14

New France

Question 15

First successful French settlement in the New World

Answer 15

Quebec

Question 16

The three powerful countries with claims in the New World during the years of discovery

Answer 16

France, England, and Spain

Question 17

What explorer did these three things for France:

1. He opened the way for a valuable fur trade between the French and the Indians.
2. He made a lasting and valuable friendship between the French and the Indians.
3. Above all, his explorations gave France a claim to part of the New World.

Answer 17

Jacques Cartier