Europe Looks Outward 1
Who became the first Spaniard to set foot in what is now the United States?
Juan Ponce De Leon
When the Inca people paid Pizarro a ransom for their leader, Pizarro released him.
false
Spanish colonists who had been born in Spain occupied the Mestizo level of society
False
A ________ named Leif Erikson is thought to have reached North America around 1001.
Viking
How many total expeditions did Columbus lead?
4
What does the term “coureurs de bois” mean in English?
“runners of the woods”
Albany was founded as a Dutch fur-trading post called
Fort Orange.
Which of the following was the biggest factor in Spanish victory over Native Americans?
gold
horses
bombs
enslaved Africans
horses
What caused the greatest number of Native American fatalities?
diseases spread by European contact
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
The ________ ________ brought new domestic animals, new food plants, and new
diseases to the Western Hemisphere.
Columbian Exchange
Sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific passing through or around North America
northwest passage
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
When Columbus reached Cuba, he thought it was
Japan
Who was the first to realize that the Americas were not Asia?
Amerigo Vespucci
What was the Name of New York under Dutch rule?
New Netherland
The Columbian Exchange was a transfer of people, goods, and ideas between
the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
Almost all Spanish colonial government officials were of what class?
peninsulares
What happened when Moctezuma offered Cortés gold to get him to leave?
Cortés took Moctezuma hostage and claimed Mexico for Spain.
When the Incas paid Pizarro a ransom for their leader, Pizarro
executed the leader and conquered the Incas.
Daily Double
Which Spanish explorer found the Mississippi River?