Chapter 1 - Exploration and Settlement in a New Land

Question 1

what day did Christopher Columbus discover America

Answer 1

October 12 1492

Question 2

when did Leif Ericson on land on the shores of North America

Answer 2

A.D. 1000

Question 3

what was the group that tried to drive the Muslims from the Holy land in the middle east and to restore it to could send Christendom

Answer 3

crusade

Question 4

what did the Crusades actually revive

Answer 4

The crusades revived European interest in trade with the east (the orient)

Question 5

what arose because of the Crusades reviving trade in the East

Answer 5

The middle class

Question 6

Son of an Italian merchant who companied his father and his uncle on a trip to China

Answer 6

Marco Polo

Question 7

Who did Marco polo spend nearly 20 years in the service of

Answer 7

Kublai Khan

Question 8

what was the rebirth of learning in the 1300s in Europe

Answer 8

The Renaissance

Question 9

what did the renaissance emphasize? Whom did they ignore?

Answer 9

The renaissance emphasized the abilities of mankind; they ignored God

Question 10

in what ways did the Renaissance help to set the stage for the discovery of the New World

Answer 10

The Renaissance helped to set the stage for the discovery of the New World because they made better maps
improved rudders. The science of navigation at sea greatly improved. Two important inventions were the astrolabe and the compass

Question 11

Who invented the movable type printing press and when

Answer 11

Johahn Gutenberg in 1440

Question 12

what was the first book Gutenberg printed

Answer 12

The Bible

Question 13

which invention brought Europe out of the dark ages and into the modern age

Answer 13

The movable-

type printing press

Question 14

Who founded a navigation school and sent out several ships to explore the western coast of Africa

Answer 14

Prince Henry the navigator

Question 15

when was the Protestant Reformation

Answer 15

1517

Question 16

why did protestant reformation start

Answer 16

because Martin Luther protested false doctrines of the church by nailing the 95 theses to the church door in Wittenburg, Germany

Question 17

where did Christopher Columbus land

Answer 17

San Salvador

Question 18

did Christopher Columbus finally persuade

Answer 18

Fernand and Isabella of Spain

Question 19

why did he call the native people Indians

Answer 19

because he thought he was in the west Indies

Question 20

which two West Indian islands did Columbus discover

Answer 20

Cuba and is Hispaniola

Question 21

Who was Italian sailor who

America was named for

Answer 21

Amerigo Vespucci

Question 22

Who led armies of Spanish soldiers to subdue the native inhabitants

Answer 22

conquistadors

Question 23

Who is the conquer and governor of Puerto Rico who made the first Spanish Landing on the mainland of North America

Answer 23

Ponce de León

Question 24

what did Vasco de Balboa discover

Answer 24

The Pacific Ocean

Question 25

Who let an expedition around the world

Answer 25

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 26

Who conquered the Aztec Indians

Answer 26

Hernando Cortés

Question 27

Who was the powerful chieftain of the Aztecs

Answer 27

Montezuma

Question 28

Who who conquered the Incas

Answer 28

Francisco Pizarro

Question 29

Who searched for the treasures of the legendary cities and discovered the Grand Canyon

Answer 29

Francisco Coronado

Question 30

Who discovered the Mississippi

Answer 30

Hernando de Soto

Question 31

Who explored the coast of California

Answer 31

Cabrillo

Question 32

Pedro Menéndez founded blank, Florida, the first permanent European settlement in the present-day United States

Answer 32

Saint Augustine

Question 33

blank, New Mexico founded in 1610 served as the capital of the Spanish colonies in the American southwest

Answer 33

Santa Fe

Question 34

what was the first European settlement in California

Answer 34

San Diego

Question 35

what did the Spanish leave in The Americas

Answer 35

language and culture

Question 36

Under blank and his son Blak n, Spain became the most powerful nation in the world

Answer 36

Charles the fifth and his son Philip the second

Question 37

Who became Spains chief rival at the sea

Answer 37

England

Question 38

under the leadership of blank England became a threat to the financial well-being of the Spanish Empire

Answer 38

Elizabeth the first

Question 39

Who was the person who attacked Spanish ships bound for Spain from the New World

Answer 39

Sir Francis Drake