Exploration and Early Colonization

Question 1

What did the French want to establish in the Americas?

Accepted Answer

fishing and fur trade

Question 2

What was the problem King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella had with Columbus' proposal?

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 3

Where did Columbus and his crew ACTUALLY land, when they thought they had reached Asia?

Accepted Answer

An island in the Caribbean

Question 4

Which French religious thinker left the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

John Calvin

Question 5

Who was the first French explorer to reach North America?

Accepted Answer

Samuel de Champlain

Question 6

How did Columbus lie to his crew?

Accepted Answer

He kept two different travel logs.

Question 7

Which Portuguese prince laid the groundwork for a new era of exploration?

Accepted Answer

Henry the Navigator

Question 8

The historical period of intellectual and artistic creativity is known as the:

Accepted Answer

Renaissance

Question 9

The Portuguese wanted to explore the word because they:

Accepted Answer

Needed new trade routes

Question 10

Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe?

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand Magellan's crew

Question 11

The first explorer who sailed around the southern tip of Africa to Asia was:

Accepted Answer

Vasco da Gama

Question 12

Which conquistador defeated the Incas, helping the Spanish to colonize the Americas?

Accepted Answer

Francisco Pizarro

Question 13

The Protestant Reformation was:

Accepted Answer

a religious and historical movement

Question 14

What did Spain introduce to the Americas that lasted for nearly 300 years?

Accepted Answer

Slavery

Question 15

What technology helped explorers and traders during and after the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Printing Press, Caravel, Better Maps, Astrolabe

Question 16

The Renaissance paved the way for an age of:

Accepted Answer

exploration and learning

Question 17

Which of these sailors landed in North America centuries before the Portuguese set sail?

Accepted Answer

Vikings

Question 18

What do we credit Amerigo Vespucci for?

Accepted Answer

Mapping and naming the Americas

Question 19

Which region was NOT a part of the Columbian Exchange?

Accepted Answer

Asia

Question 20

Which was NOT a social class in the Spanish Colonies?

Accepted Answer

Middle Class

Question 21

Who did Columbus employ as his crew on the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria?

Accepted Answer

Convicts from the local prison

Question 22

Mansa Musa was the powerful king of:

Accepted Answer

Mali

Question 23

Which empire was the largest in the history of West Africa?

Accepted Answer

Songhai

Question 24

Columbus sailed to the Americas under the flag o:

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 25

What likely killed most of the Tainos after Columbus and some of his crew returned to Europe?

Accepted Answer

European Disease

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