Question 1

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was a conquistador searching for what

Accepted Answer

seven cities of gold

Question 2

Henry ________ discovered the Hudson River

Accepted Answer

Hudson

Question 3

French fur traders established trading posts in many parts of _______ America

Accepted Answer

North

Question 4

Christopher Columbus represented the country of ______ in his voyages

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 5

Upon reaching the Caribbean Islands, Columbus thought he had reached the  _______

Accepted Answer

Indies

Question 6

Which explorer's crew was the first to sail around the world?

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 7

Which Spaniard landed on the east coast of present-day Mexico in 1519?

Accepted Answer

Hernan Cortez

Question 8

England, France and the Netherlands hoped to discover a ________ passage to Asia

Accepted Answer

Northwest

Question 9

In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed to America with the Nina, Pinta and the

Accepted Answer

Santa Maria

Question 10

_______ was able to conquer the Inca after the Spanish executed the Inca's ruler.

Accepted Answer

Francisco Pizzaro

Question 11

Although he died on the trip, _______ crew was the first to circumnavigate the world.

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 12

What is the name of the type of person who paid rent and farmed for their lord for a set period each year?

Accepted Answer

tenant farmer

Question 13

Spanish law called for three types of settlements in the Americas which were Presidios, Pueblos and _____

Accepted Answer

Missions

Question 14

the word PACIFICO in Spanish means

Accepted Answer

peaceful

Question 15

Columbus called the people he encountered ______

Accepted Answer

Indians

Question 16

To find a passage through the Americas, the Dutch hired ________ Hudson

Accepted Answer

Henry

Question 17

After the arrival of Europeans, many Native Americans died from ______ because they had no immunity

Accepted Answer

disease

Question 18

Juan Ponce de Leon landed on the mainland of North America in search of ______

Accepted Answer

fountain of youth

Question 19

the Protestant Reformation was what kind of movement?

Accepted Answer

religious

Question 20

Hernan Cortez destroyed the powerful empire of the ______ in Mexico

Accepted Answer

Aztec

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