Section 1 - The Age of Exploration
Section 2 - Spain's Empire in the Americas
Section 3 - Europeans Compete in North America
Section 4 - France and the Netherlands in North America
Mix-Mash
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Vocabulary Word: Italian Explorer who claimed land in North and South America
Christopher Columbus
100
Vocabulary Word: Aztec leader who was captured and killed by Cortes
Moctezuma
100
Vocabulary Word: a sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific that passed through or around North America
northwest passage
100
Vocabulary Word: "runners of the woods" traders who lived with Indians
coureur de bois
100
Vocabulary Word: top of the social structure, born in Spain
peninsulares
200
Vocabulary Word: narrow passage that connects two large bodies of water
strait
200
Vocabulary Word: conquered the Aztecs and claimed land for Spain
Hernando Cortes
200
Vocabulary Word: colonies exist to make the home country wealthy and powerful
mercantilism
200
What explorer set up France's first colony in North America?
Samuel de Champlain
200
Vocabulary Word: travel completely around
circumnavigate
300
Who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
300
Which of the following was NOT one of the explorers who searched in vain for cities of gold? Hernando Cortes or John Cabot
John Cabot
300
When the pope refused to grant him a divorce, King Henry VIII set up what?
The Church of England
300
Along what river was the Dutch colony of New Netherland established?
the Hudson River
300
What was the name of the exchange of goods between the Western Hemisphere and the Eastern Hemisphere?
The Colombian Exchange
400
What was the actual land that Columbus "thought" was Japan?
Cuba
400
What was the name of the adventure-soldiers from Spain who wanted to conquer new lands and find riches?
conquistadors
400
Sailing for England, John Cabot explored what region?
Newfoundland and the Chesapeake Bay.
400
If you are Dutch, you were born in what country?
The Netherlands
400
Encomienda land grants included the right to demand labor and taxes from who?
Native Americans
500
Which of the following helped the Native American fight the Europeans? cocoa cows horses watermelon
horses
500
What was the name of the Spanish explorer who captured and killed the Inca ruler, Atahualpa?
Francisco Pizarro
500
What is the name of the fleet that was trying to overrule Queen Elizabeth I?
The Spanish Armada.
500
What two things did the French trade with the Native Americans for?
fish and furs
500
If you were born in America, but both of your parents were born in Spain, what level of the Spanish Social system would you be?
Creole
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