Chapter 2 Review

Question 1

Which one of these is usually built near a mission?

Accepted Answer

Presidio

Question 2

The historical period of intellectual and artistic creativity is known as the______

Accepted Answer

Renaissance

Question 3

Who funded Columbus's voyage?

Accepted Answer

King and Queen of Spain

Question 4

During the Renaissance, rulers discouraged exploration outside of Europe.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 5

Information from explorers assisted mapmakers in creating more accurate land and sea maps.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 6

Which agreement divided the unexplored world between Spain and Portugal?

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Tordesillas

Question 7

Where did the Dutch and the English establish their colonies?

Accepted Answer

Atlantic Coast

Question 8

Which ship did Columbus sail on?

Accepted Answer

Santa Maria

Question 9

Which invention helped Marco Polo's Travels gain wider circulation?

Accepted Answer

printing press

Question 10

Spain and Portugal agreed to divide ownership of the entire unexplored world

Accepted Answer

true

Question 11

an instrument used by sailors to observe positions of stars

Accepted Answer

astrolabe

Question 12

To sail around the world

Accepted Answer

circumnavigate

Question 13

an astronomical instrument used to determine latitude and longitude

Accepted Answer

sextant

Question 14

The theory that a state's or nation's power depended on its wealth

Accepted Answer

mercantilism

Question 15

In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed to America with the Nina, Pinta and ______

Accepted Answer

Santa Maria

Question 16

An instrument for determining directions

Accepted Answer

compass

Question 17

What was missing from the early maps?

Accepted Answer

Americas

Question 18

Who believed that faith rather than good deeds was the way to salvation?

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther

Question 19

The first Spanish settlement was in ______.

Accepted Answer

St. Augustine

Question 20

Ponce de Leon was the first explorer on the North American mainland

Accepted Answer

true

Question 21

a small Spanish or Portuguese ship usually with 2 or 3 masts

Accepted Answer

caravel

Question 22

Europeans didn't like paying high taxes to Arab merchants, so they _________

Accepted Answer

looked for routes that bypassed them

Question 23

Which explorer discovered the long-awaited eastern sea route to Asia (made it to India)?

Accepted Answer

Vasco da Gama

Question 24

What explorer inspired Christopher Columbus?

Accepted Answer

Marco Polo

Question 25

A movement of Christians to take over a land

Accepted Answer

crusade

Question 26

The first European country to send explorers was _____.

Accepted Answer

Portugal

Question 27

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

Accepted Answer

Henry the Navigator

Question 28

A period of intellectual and artistic creativity

Accepted Answer

renaissance

Question 29

Who was Marco Polo?

Accepted Answer

an explorer and author

Question 30

Montezuma was an African King

Accepted Answer

false

Question 31

The explorer who first sailed around the southern tip of Africa was ______

Accepted Answer

Bartholomeu Dias

Question 32

Henry Hudson discovered the Hudson River

Accepted Answer

true

Question 33

Under King Mansa Musa, which city became an important center of Islamic art and learning?

Accepted Answer

Timbuktu

Question 34

Which explorer's crew was the first to sail around the world?

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand Magellan's

Chapter 2 Review

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Chapter 2 Review

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