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Name the Spanish explorer who named Florida.
Juan Ponce de Leon
TRUE or FALSE: Protestant missionaries were invited by the Spanish to come to Spanish colonies in the New World.
FALSE. BONUS - explain why you chose the answer you chose (+100)
Which merchants controlled the overland routes to Asia?
Muslim merchants
The Dutch explorer who claimed New Netherlands was _____.
Henry Hudson
Name the German monk who was influential in starting the Protestant Reformation.
Martin Luther
Which country was Spain's earliest competitor to reach the Far East and make early claims to new lands?
Portugal
What was the oldest permanent city settled by Europeans in the present United States?
St. Augustine
Name the colony which was named after Queen Elizabeth I.
Virginia
Because long Canadian winters limited farming, what did French frontiersmen turn to in order to make a profit?
fur trading
Name the people who constructed mounds and instituted a continent-wide trading network.
Mound Builders
Which native people farmed corn, squash, and beans and were ruled by a council of elected elders?
Pueblo Indians
TRUE or FALSE: Soldiers did much of the exploration in the Spanish colonies in the New World.
TRUE. BONUS: Explain why you chose the answer you chose for this question (+100)
The Aztecs built their capital city on the site of what modern-day city?
Mexico City
Who was Henry Hudson?
Dutch explorer who claimed New Netherlands
Who was the English sea captain who circumnavigated the world?
Sir Francis Drake
What were some of the cultural achievements of the Pueblo Indian tribes?
farming corn, squash, & beans and rule by a council of elected elders
Mercantilism is based on building national power by amassing a surplus of what?
gold
Many historians believe that the Bering Strait was used in order for people to pass from _____ to _____.
Asia to North America.
Who wrote the book Description of the World?
Marco Polo BONUS: About which country was this book written? (+100)
Who was the king of the Aztecs who welcomed Hernando Cortes thinking Cortes might be an Aztec god?
Montezuma II
The Line of _______________ was instituted by Pope Alexander VI in order to determine who could claim land and explore in the New World.
Demarcation
What name was given to the Spanish soldiers/explorers, such as Hernando Cortes, who often used brutal methods to subdue the New World?
conquistadors
Who was Martin Luther?
Where would one find "New France?"
Canada
Which state did Ponce de Leon discover?
Florida