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100

What improvement to the caravel made it easier to steer than the older galleon?

rudder in back

100

Where was the first French colony in North America located?

Florida
100

How did the men of Columbus’s expedition first know they were nearing land?

 They saw birds and floating branches.

100

What was the main reason King Philip II of Spain launched the Armada against England?

He wanted to drive the Protestants out of England

100

The Spanish crown controlled migration to the new lands it claimed. They required that only ___________________________be allowed to settle there

Christians
200

What was one consequence of the Doctrine of Discovery?

Native peoples were no longer entitled to lands they had always occupied.

200

Why did the Viking longships travel through rough seas better than earlier ships?

They were more stable.

200

Who was the first explorer to realize that the lands being discovered were not in Asia?

Vespucci

200

Which explorer sailed under the flags of two different countries?

Henry Hudson

200

Trading for _________________ led the settlers of New France to form trading alliances with the Native Americans.

Furs
300

Native peoples were no longer entitled to lands they had always occupied.

 Most Native Americans died from European diseases.

300

What was Marco Polo’s contribution to the exploration of the world?

He wrote a book about Asia.

300

What was El Camino Real?

a network of roads

300

What was the main product that the French traded for with the Native Americans?

Furs

300

French Protestants were known as___________________________.

Huguenots 
400

Which place was Coronado the first European to explore?

Grand Canyon

400

Who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and on to Calicut, India?

Bartolomeu Dias

400

What did Hernando de Soto discover in 1541?

Mississippi River

400

The ____________________ were the first Europeans to establish colonies in North America.

Vikings

400

______________________________ was a network of roads that ran from Mexico

City to Santa Fe. The network was later extended to California.

El Camino Real

500

The Spanish Armada was launched to overthrow which of these?

Elizabeth I

500

Why did Bartolomeu Dias return to Portugal after rounding the Cape of Good Hope instead of continuing on his voyage?

His supplies were running low.

His men did not want to continue

500

Which items did the Europeans bring with them to the new world? Select the four correct answers

pigs

 barley

 wheat

sugarcane

500

Why did the Europeans find it necessary to explore new lands? Select the three correct answers.

 Europeans wanted to bring spices and other exotic goods to Asia.

 European people wanted to learn and possibly adopt the religions and customs of other lands.

 European mines were not able to supply enough silver and gold for the needs of the merchants

500

Columbus named the first new land he discovered

___________________________ .

San Salvador

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