Semester 2 Final Review

Question 1

True or False: Columbus was not the first European to the Americas but he does start the Age of Exploration for the Europeans

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What was it called when there was an introduction of new foods, diseases, morals, and ideals to both Europe and America?

Answer 2

The Columbian Exchange

Question 3

These were known before Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, except..

Answer 3

Amerigo Vespucci had claimed there were two other continents on the earth.

Question 4

What three words best describe why Europeans explored the World during this time?

Answer 4

Gold, Glory, God

Question 5

What Area of the world did most Europeans want to get to at the start of the Age of Exploration?

Answer 5

The Spice Islands (Indies)

Question 6

True or False: Europeans believed that they had a sacred duty to convert non-Christians throughout the world during this period.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Which country developed lateen sails and the carvel to go against the currents on the coast and tip of Africa?

Answer 7

Portugal

Question 8

True or False: European explorers used an Astrolabe to determine their location at sea, which used the sun and stars.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Portugal took the lead in overseas exploration led by the King’s son……

Answer 9

Henry the Navigator

Question 10

Which Portuguese explorer proved ships could reach Asia by sailing around Africa?

Answer 10

Bartolomeu Dias

Question 11

True or False: Vasco Da Gama was known for also founding a navigation school - invested in exploration

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Which explorer’s remarkable voyage of 27,000 miles had given Portugal a direct sea route to India?

Answer 12

Vasco Da Gama

Question 13

True or False: Scurvy is a disease that sailors got that led to swollen and bleeding gums due to lack of vitamin C.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

True or False: Christopher Columbus had a bold plan: a route to Asia by sailing East across the Pacific Ocean instead of West

Answer 14

False

Question 15

What said everything east of this line belonged to Portugal and everything west belonged to the Spanish?

Answer 15

Treaty of tordesillas

Question 16

True or False: Portugal believed that Columbus found a new continent for the Spanish. They wanted a piece, which created friction.

Answer 16

False

Question 17

Due to this line, Today most of South America speaks Spanish, but Brazil Speaks Portuguese.

Answer 17

Line of Demarcation

Question 18

Which explorer sailed down the coast of South America and suggested that Columbus had discovered a “New World?”

Answer 18

Amerigo Vespucci

Question 19

True or False: A German mapmaker read the accounts of Amerigo Vespucci, making a map calling the “new world,” America after Vespucci.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Which explorer was the first to pass around the southern tip of South America?

Answer 20

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 21

True or False: Pedro Álvares Cabra and his crew were the first to Circumnavigate the globe.

Answer 21

False

Question 22

What is it called when a person sails or travels all the way around (something, especially the world)?

Answer 22

Circumnavigate

Question 23

What is it called an open rebellion against the proper authorities, especially by sailors against their captains?

Answer 23

Munity

Question 24

What is the meaning of Conquistador?

Answer 24

Spanish Conqueror

Question 25

Which Spanish man conquered the Aztecs (Mexico)?

Answer 25

Hernan Cortez

Question 26

True or False: The Spanish conquered the Aztecs because of their advanced weapons, disease, and native allies.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

True or False: About 40% of native Americans died of diseases like measles, mumps, smallpox, and typhus from the Europeans.

Answer 27

False

Question 28

Which Spanish man conquered the Incas (Peru)?

Answer 28

Francisco Pizarro

Question 29

What was it called when natives were forced to farm, ranch, or mine for Spanish landlords?

Answer 29

Encomiendas

Question 30

What was the name for spanish settlers in a spanish colony?

Answer 30

Peninsulares

Question 31

What was the name of a person that was a mix of Spanish & Native American?

Answer 31

Mestizos

Question 32

What was the name of a person that was born in the Americas but had full Spanish blood?

Answer 32

Creoles

Question 33

True or False: Missionaries were set up throughout colonies to spread Christianity, most of the time forcefully.

Answer 33

True

Question 34

True or False: The Spanish social class system starts with Creoles and ends with Native and African Slaves

Answer 34

False

Question 35

Despite the Treaty of Tordesillas, these countries wanted a explore and colonize America, except....

Answer 35

Russia

Question 36

What was the waterway through North America, that if found, would be a highly profitable trade route to Asia?

Answer 36

The Northwest Passage

Question 37

Which explorer claimed Canada for France and founded the city of Montreal?

Answer 37

Jacques Cartier

Question 38

Which explorer founded New France & Quebec?

Answer 38

Samuel de Chaplain

Question 39

True or False: The result of French colonization is few settlements while making tons of money from the fur trade.

Answer 39

True

Question 40

True or False: The first British Colony was Jamestown and it was extremely successful from the start.

Answer 40

False

Question 41

True or False: Plymouth and the Massachusetts Bay colonies were colonized by Pilgrims Puritans looking for religious freedom

Answer 41

True

Question 42

The British colonies were known for ______________, more then making money unlike the French Colonies.

Answer 42

Colonization and Settlements

Question 43

The Atlantic slave trade formed one part of a three-legged trade network known as the.....

Answer 43

Triangular Trade

Question 44

Around 2 million slaves died on the __________ because of the horrific conditions on the voyage from Africa to America.

Answer 44

Middle Passage

Question 45

True or False: Europeans justified slavery as their Christian duty. Blaming their skin color all the way to their immunity to disease.

Answer 45

True

Question 46

True or False: Africans on slave ships endured all sorts of cruelty including whippings, rape, starvation, humiliation, and more.

Answer 46

True

Question 47

What long term effects did the Slave Trade have on the world?

Answer 47

All of the following questions are correct

Question 48

True or False: European monarchs adopted a new economic policy, known as Capitalism, aimed at strengthening their national economies.

Answer 48

False

Question 49

True or False: The Age of Exploration had a major impact on the rest of the world. Due to it the world would never be the same.

Answer 49

True

Question 50

How many people were taken from their families, lives, civilization, and way of life in the slave trade?

Answer 50

Around 12 million people