Ch. 2 Review

Question 1

What did the French and Dutch trade the Native Americans with

Accepted Answer

skins and furs

Question 2

Which of the following was NOT one of the three G's the Spanish wanted to conquer land for?

Accepted Answer

Guns

Question 3

This is the theory that a nation's power is based off its wealth

Accepted Answer

Mercantilism

Question 4

When Columbus reached the Americas, he thought he was in...

Accepted Answer

Asia

Question 5

What European country was the first to claim an empire in North America?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 6

How did the Spanish Armada’s defeat affect England and France?

Accepted Answer

It allowed them to start colonizing in the New World

Question 7

Who founded Florida and gave it its name?

Accepted Answer

Ponce de Leon

Question 8

Why did some European nations want to find a Northwest Passage?

Accepted Answer

Find a quicker and easier route to Asia

Question 9

What tribe did Hernan Cortes conquer?

Accepted Answer

Aztecs

Question 10

Who realized the Americas were not a part of Asia but new continents?

Accepted Answer

Vespucci

Question 11

This is the theory that a nations power is based off its wealth

Accepted Answer

Mercantilism

Question 12

How many expeditions did Christopher Columbus lead?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 13

Who did the Spanish send in to conquer the native people?

Accepted Answer

Conquistadors

Question 14

Who was the first European to sail around the world?

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 15

Which country originally claimed New York before the English?

Accepted Answer

Netherlands (Dutch)

Question 16

Who was a leading explorer for the French in North America?

Accepted Answer

Samuel de Champlain

Question 17

Francisco Coronado explored the American southwest looking for....

Accepted Answer

golden cities

Question 18

What was NOT a name of one of Columbus' three ships?

Accepted Answer

Isabella

Question 19

What two nations was the Treaty of Tordesillas between?

Accepted Answer

Spain and Portugal

Question 20

This is the transfer of people, ideas, products, and diseases across the Atlantic Ocean

Accepted Answer

Columbian Exchange

Question 21

The Triangular Trade connected which three continents?

Accepted Answer

Africa, Europe, North America

Question 22

During the Middle Passage, what was the primarily transferred items?

Accepted Answer

Slaves

Question 23

What disease was responsible for wiping most of the Native Americans?

Accepted Answer

Smallpox

Question 24

Hernando de Soto found which waterway in North America?

Accepted Answer

Mississippi River

Question 25

What caused the greatest number of native american deaths?

Accepted Answer

diseases spread by Europeans

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