Europeans Set Sail

Question 1

Christoper Columbus was hired by the King and Queen of which European country?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 2

Although the ________ had 130 ships and 27,000 sailors they were not able to defeat the English

Accepted Answer

Spanish Armada

Question 3

This network of roads ran from Mexico City to Santa Fe.....

Accepted Answer

El Camino Real

Question 4

Christopher Columbus is to explorer as Hernan Cortes is to____________.

Accepted Answer

Conquistador

Question 5

Martin Luther publicly criticized the Roman Catholic Church, which resulted in the _________.

Accepted Answer

Protestant Reformation

Question 6

Protestants believed God meant for religion to be _____________.

Accepted Answer

Simple

Question 7

You need a ___________to start a new colony.

Accepted Answer

Charter

Question 8

The harsh _________________system allowed Spanish settlers to force Natives to work.

Accepted Answer

Encomienda

Question 9

Many Europeans searched for a way to sail to the Pacific Ocean through the United States...

Accepted Answer

Northwest Passage

Question 10

___________ returned to the colony of _______ and found it abandoned.

Accepted Answer

John White; Roanoke

Question 11

A huge farm where one type of crop is grown for profit is called a...

Accepted Answer

Plantation

Question 12

Which one was NOT an example of why the Spanish were able to defeat the Aztec and the Inca?

Accepted Answer

Permission from the Spanish King

Question 13

________________established a navigation school and financed expeditions to the west.

Accepted Answer

Prince Henry the Navigator

Question 14

To travel all the way around the world is to....

Accepted Answer

Circumnavigate

Question 15

Jacques Cartier....

Accepted Answer

sailed from France to modern day Canada

Question 16

Caravels were ships that are.......

Accepted Answer

Smaller and faster

Question 17

The Vikings settled which two island settlements:

Accepted Answer

Greenland;Iceland

Question 18

This Spanish priest tried to convert Native American to Christianity by being caring and kind.

Accepted Answer

Bartolome de Las Casas

Question 19

This instrument was used to travel the open seas without landmarks....

Accepted Answer

Astrolabe

Question 20

Which places where part of the Columbian Exchange...?

Accepted Answer

Africa, Europe, Americas

Question 21

________________landed in Labrador Peninsula in present-day Canada.

Accepted Answer

Leif Eriksson

Question 22

Hernan Cortes took this Mexican king as a prisoner...

Accepted Answer

Moctezuma

Questions 22