History of our Nation: Chapter 2

This is a sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific passing through or around North America

According to one story, Vikings sailed to Newfoundland from a colony on......

What did European nations hope to gain from a northwest passage?

Who was the first Spaniard to set foot in what is now the United States?

What is the theory which held that colonies exist for the benefit of the home country?

Sailing for England, John Cabot explored the region around where?

What did John Cabot and Henry Hudson have in common?

Who named the Mississippi Valley "Louisiana"?

The Columbian Exchange was a transfer of people, goods, and ideas between who?

The French traded with Native Americans for what?

How many expeditions did Columbus lead?

Which of these was NOT the name of a ship on Columbus' first voyage?

What caused the greatest number of Native American fatalities?

Albany was founded as a Dutch fur-trading post called what?

Who convinced Spain to back his voyages when Portugal would not?

Which of the following was the biggest factor in Spanish victory over Native Americans?

What happened when Moctezuma offered Cortes gold to get him to leave?

Who was the leader of the Aztecs?

Which of the following items had a direct impact on the way Native Americans battled Europeans?

Who gave Florida its name?

Who was the first to realize that the Americas were not Asia?

When the Incas paid Pizarro a ransom for their leader, Pizarro......

Encomienda land grants included the right to demand what?

Coronado explored much of New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas while doing what?

Henry Hudson vanished in 1611 when....

Which Spanish explorer found the Mississippi River?

Almost all Spanish colonial government officials were of what class?

Which of these explorers may have reached America before Columbus did?

When the pope refused to grant him a divorce, King Henry VIII established what?

The first European to see the Pacific Ocean was who?

Mercantilism arouse largely because........

Which explorer discovered a strait that bears his name?