Europe Looks Outward 1
When Juan Ponce De Leon went to Florida, he became the first Spaniard to set foot in what is now the United States.
True
DAILY DOUBLE
What made King Henry VIII break with the Roman Catholic Church and start the Protestant Church?
Spanish colonists who had been born in Spain occupied the Mestizo level of society
False
What caused the greatest number of Native American fatalities?
diseases spread by European contact
What does the term “coureurs de bois” mean in English?
“runners of the woods”
A person who convinced Spain to back his voyages when Portugal would not
Christopher Columbus
Leader of the Aztecs
Moctezuma
Theory which held that colonies exist for the benefit of the home country
mercantilism
Sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific passing through or around North America
northwest passage
When Columbus reached Cuba, he thought it was
Japan
The ________ ________ brought new domestic animals, new food plants, and new
diseases to the Western Hemisphere.
Columbian exchange
A ________ named Leif Erikson is thought to have reached North America around 1001.
Viking
Believing that he had reached a group of Asian islands called the Indies, Columbus
called the inhabitants he encountered ________.
Indians
Unlike Spain, which profited from gold, the French profited mainly from fish and
________.
furs
The town built on an island that Peter Minuit bought from Native Americans was named ________ ________ by its colonists.
New Amsterdam
Which of the following was the biggest factor in Spanish victory over Native Americans?
enslaved Africans
bombs
horses
gold
horses
Which Spanish explorer found the Mississippi River?
Hernando De Soto
Albany was founded as a Dutch fur-trading post called
Fort Orange.
Almost all Spanish colonial government officials were of what class?
peninsulares
When the Incas paid Pizarro a ransom for their leader, Pizarro
executed the leader and conquered the Incas.
In 1517, Spain brought about 4,000 _______ to the Caribbean islands and forced them to work there.
Africans
Where did conquistador Francisco Coronado explore?
areas what is now New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and Kansas
Where did explorer Giovanni da Verrazano discover?
Atlantic coastal region from North Carolina to Newfoundland. He discovered the mouth of the Hudson River and New York Bay.
What were the names of Columbus's ships?
The Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
Which explorers crew was unhappy about spending the winter in harsh land and had a mutiny against him?
Henry Hudson