5th - SS Chapter 4 Lesson 1 & 2

Question 0

A settlement far from the country that rules it?

Answer 0

Colony

Question 1

A journey made for a special purpose?

Answer 1

Expedition

Question 2

A movement of people, animals, plants, diseases, and ways of life between the Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere?

Answer 2

Colombian Exchange

Question 3

Columbus was looking for a cheaper and quicker water route from Europe to ______________.

Answer 3

Indies

Question 4

Who paid for Columbus’ expedition west to find a cheaper and quicker route to the Indies?

Answer 4

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

Question 5

What was in the Indies that the people in Europe wanted?

Answer 5

Gold, spices and other goods - riches

Question 6

Was Columbus Spainish?

Answer 6

No, he was Italian.

Question 7

What were the names of Columbus’ three ships?

Answer 7

The Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

Question 8

Did Columbus find the Indies on his expedition in 1492?

Answer 8

No, he landed in a part of the America’s that became known as the West Indies.

Question 9

What did Columbus do when he found land on his expedition in 1492?

Answer 9

Columbus claimed the land, which he thought was part of the Indies for Spain.

Question 10

Why did Spain want a colony?

Answer 10

To make money, or profit.

Question 11

What did Columbus call native people, the Taino, he met?

Answer 11

Indians

Question 12

The Columbian Exchange brought __________ to both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

Answer 12

Change

Question 13

What was brought to the Western Hemisphere?

Answer 13

Horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, smallpox, and sugarcane.

Question 14

What was brought to the Eastern Hemisphere?

Answer 14

Turkey, corn, potatoes, tomatoes, cocoa, and beans.

Question 15

What happen to many of the native Americans due to the Columbian Exchange?

Answer 15

Many of them died due to the diseases brought to the Western Hemisphere.

Question 16

What were two things that changed the native people way of life?

Answer 16

1. They were forced to work on sugarcane farms.

2. They were forced to give up their beliefs for Christianity.

Question 17

Who is America named after?

Answer 17

The Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.

Question 18

When was Columbus’ first voyage?

Answer 18

August 3, 1492

Question 19

When was Columbus’ second voyage?

Answer 19

In 1493

Question 20

What was the purpose of Columbus’s second voyage?

Answer 20

Columbus returned to start colonies which lead to the Columbian Exchange.

Question 21

When did Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian, sail to the new world?

Answer 21

In 1501

Question 22

What did country did Vespucci sail for and what did he do?

Answer 22

Vespucci sailed under the Portuguese flag and explored the eastern coast of South America.

Question 23

When Vasco Nunez de Balboa cross the Isthmus of Panama and see the Pacific Ocean?

Answer 23

In 1513

Question 24

When was Ferdinand Magellan's expedition?

Answer 24

In 1519

Question 25

What was the goal of Magellan's expedition?

Answer 25

Magellan led the first expedition around the world, which began in 1519 and ended in 1522 without him. Magellan was killed during the voyage.

Question 26

A Spanish conqueror?

Answer 26

Conquistador

Question 27

A friend who will help in a fight?

Answer 27

Ally

Question 28

The capture or taking of something by force?

Answer 28

Conquest

Question 29

To change from one religion to another?

Answer 29

Convert

Question 30

A person who lives in a colony?

Answer 30

Colonist

Question 31

Who was Hernando Cortes?

Answer 31

A Spanish conquistador.

Question 32

What did Cortes want to do when he arrived in Mexico in 1519?

Answer 32

He planned to take over the Aztec Empire to acquire their riches.

Question 33

What major challenge did Cortes face in defeating the Aztecs?

Answer 33

The Aztecs greatly outnumbered Cortes force of about 500 men.

Question 34

What advantages did Cortes and his Spanish forces have?

Answer 34

1. The Spanish had armor and guns - Aztecs used stone weapons. 2. The Spanish had horses - Aztecs were afraid of horses, had never seen them before. 3. The Spanish had allies - many native people didn't want to live under Aztec rule. 4. The Spanish brought the disease smallpox to Mexico which killed many Aztecs.

Question 35

In what year did Cortes defeat the Aztec Empire?

Answer 35

1521

Question 36

In 1519, who agreed to let Cortez stay in Tenochtitlan?

Answer 36

Moctezuma

Question 37

In 1520, the Aztecs did what?

Answer 37

The Aztecs rose up and threw the Spanish out of their city, Tenochtitlan.

Question 38

What happen to Cortes and Moctezuma during the up rising in Tenochtitlan in 1520.

Answer 38

Moctezuma was killed, perhaps by his own people and Cortes escaped.

Question 39

What did the Spanish do to Tenochtitlan?

Answer 39

They destroyed it and built Mexico City on its ruins.

Question 40

What was Tenochtitlan?

Answer 40

The Aztec capital.

Question 41

What is Mexico City?

Answer 41

One of the oldest cities in the Western Hemisphere and the capital of New Spain.

Question 42

What did the Spanish found in 1535?

Answer 42

The Spanish founded the colony of New Spain.

Question 43

What did the colonists of New Spain hope to gain?

Answer 43

They hope to gain wealth from farms, businesses, and gold and silver mines.

Question 44

Why do you think Moctezuma allowed Cortes to stay in Tenochtitlan?

Answer 44

Maybe he thought the Spanish .....

Question 45

Who was Moctezuma?

Answer 45

He was the ruler of the Aztecs.

Question 46

Who was Dona Marina?

Answer 46

An Aztec woman who became an ally of Cortes. She helped Cortes by speaking to native people of Mexico for him.

Question 47

Who did the Spanish sent to South America to conquer the Incan Empire?

Answer 47

Francisco Pizarro

Question 48

In what year did Pizarro defeat the Incan Empire?

Answer 48

1533

Question 49

In 1532, Pizarro captured who?

Answer 49

Atahualpa, the Incan ruler.

Question 50

In 1535, Pizarro did what?

Answer 50

He captured Cuzco, the Incan capital city and founded a new capital of Lima in the colony of Peru.

Question 51

Why did the Spanish send priest to New Spain?

Answer 51

The priests came to convert, or change, the native peoples to Christianity.