Europeans Explore And Colonize The Americans

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The period immediately following the fall of rome is known as the:

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Early Middle Age

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Leif Ericson reputedly visited North America about...

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500

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The first Portuguese explorer to sail around Africa and on to India was...

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da Gama

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an expedition undertaken by europeans to gan control of palestine is known as the:

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First Crusade

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eastern products sought by europeans came from all of the following places

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scandinavia

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an idalian who visited the orient and wrote an account of his travels that was widely read in europe was

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marco polo

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all of the following vessels accompanied columbus on his first voyage across the atlantic except the

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victoria

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the new world was named "America" in honor of

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vespucci

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each of the following places has been suggested as the site of vinland but not

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greenland

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a person who makes map is called

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a cartographer

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Line of demarcation

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division of world by the pope

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antioch, alexandria

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asian trade route terminals on the eastern miditerranean sea

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constantinople

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key center of the eastern orthodox church

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venice, genoa

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italian trading centers

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Bahia, rio de janeifor

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portuguese settlements in the new world

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cabral

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First european to discover brazil

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diaz

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first european to reach the cape of good hope

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gutenberg

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developer of movable type

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azores, cape verde

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islands in eastern atlantic discovered by the portuguese

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cuba, hispaniola

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caribbean islands explored by columbus

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The (Northern) trade route from the orient to the black sea was mostly overland.

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True

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The coastal cities of (Spain) were the first european centers of the profitable trade that developed between europe and the orient.

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False, Portuguese, (european)

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(The Netherlands) was the first country to find an all-water route to the east

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False, portuguese, (Country)

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The (Spaniards) discovered Brazil and took possession of the area

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False, Portuguese, (european)

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Constantinople, a major terminal of eastern trade, was captured by the (Crusaders) in 1453

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False, Ottoman Turks

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The Inca Indians, a people with an advanced civilization, lived in what is now

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Peru

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The conquistadors were interested mainly in

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finding gold and silver

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An inheritance that most Latin America countries received from Spain, and still retain, is their

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language

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The first permanent settlement established by Europeans in what is now the United States was

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St. Augustine

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Ponce de Leon's search for the Fountain of Youth resulted in the exploration of

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Florida

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Spain founded all of the following New World settlements EXCEPT

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Sao Paulo

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The capital city of the Aztec Indians was

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Tenochitlan

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Each of Spain's New World provinces was governed by

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viceroy

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An explorer who sought the " Seven Cities of Cibola" was

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Coronado

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The northern coast of South America was called

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the Spanish Main

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Hernando de Soto became the first European to discover the ____________________River.

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Mississippi

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____________________________, a Spanish priest, is known as the " Father of California Missions."

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Father Junipero Serra

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A Portuguese mariner in the service of Spain, _________________________, explored the coast of California in 1542.

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Juan Cabrillo

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___________________________ was the first Spanish explorer to travel through Texas and New Mexico.

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Cabeza de Vaca

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The Indian leader _______________________________ was subdued by the Spaniards when they conquered Mexico in 1519-1521.

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Montezumza

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Native-born Latin Americans of Spanish descent were called ____________________________.

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Creoles

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The Inca Indians, led by _________________________________, unsuccessfully resisted the Spanish attack on their empire in 1531-1533.

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Atahualpa

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The offspring of intermarriages between Spaniards and Indians were known as ______________________________________.

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Mestizos

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The earliest seat of Spanish rule in the New World was the city of _________________________________________.

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Santo Domingo on Hispaniold Island

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The first printing press to be set up in the New World was located in _________________________________________.

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Mexico City

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______________________________________ an Italian explorer in the service of france, explored the eastern coast of north america in 1524

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Giovanni da Verranzano

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Louis Joliet and ______________________________________ a jesuit missionary, explored the centeral section of the Mississippi river in 1673

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Father Jacques Marquette

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______________________________________ is often called the "Father of New France."

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samuel de Champlain

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The earliest french explores were

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looking for passage to the east indies

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in north america the french explored and Claimed

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the St. Lawrence and mississippi valleys

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the french founded

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quebec and new orleans

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the capital of new france was:

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quebec

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royal governors of new france were called

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intendants

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French Huguenots in the new world settled in the (English) Colonies

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true

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The europeans who treated the indians best were the (French)

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true

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(Sieur de Bienville) headed an expedition that sailed down the mississippi to its mouth, claimed the region for france, and named it "Louisiana".

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False, Robert Cavelier de LaSalle

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Present-day Nova Scotia was orginally named (Green Bay) by the french

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False, Acadia

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1. Although an English sea captain, I was working for a company of Dutch merchants when I explored the river that now bears my name. On my second trip to the new World, which was sponsored by an English group, I discovered a great bay in northern Canada.

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Henry Hudson

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2. Five years after Columbus's first voyage, I sailed to the New World for the king of England. I made another trip the following year. During these voyages, I explored the eastern coast of North America, and discovered the great fishing grounds off the coast of Newfoundland that are now known as the " Grand Banks". England based it s claims to the North America mainland on my voyages.

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John Cabot

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3. I was the first English mariner to circumnavigate the globe. On that trip I stopped at what is now California to refit my ship. I claimed this land for England and named it " New Albion".

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Sir Francis Drake

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English adventurers who attacked Spanish treasure ships and settlements in the New World were called (conquistadors).

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False, Sea dogs (or pirates)

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(John Davis) was the first European to discover Baffin Bay in the Arctic region of North America.

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True

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The "Lost Colony" was located on (Roanoke Island.)

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True

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An English promoter who attempted unsuccessfully to plant a colony in Newfoundland was (Sir Walter Raleigh.)

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False, Sir Humphrey Gilbert

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(Sir Martin Forbisher) sought a northwest passage to the Orient in 1576 and discovered a bay in northern Canada that now bears his name.

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True

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Christianity was introduced into the New World by the (English).

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False, Spanish

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(Virginia Dare) was the first English child born in America

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True

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An event of 1588 that made English overseas expansion possible was the decisive defeat of the (French Flotilla).

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False, Spanish Armada

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The English colonies were located along the (Atlantic seaboard).

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True

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England embarked on program of commercial and naval expansion during the reign of (Queen Elizabeth I).

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true

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The Dutch settled

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New Amsterdam and Fort Orange

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The first explorers of the region that is now New York State were in the service of

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France and the Netherlands (d) Spain and Portugal.

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Settlements in North America were established by all of the following countries EXCEPT

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Portugal

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Two countries that made the greatest effort to bring Christianity to the Indians of the New World were

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Spain and France

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Fur trading was one of the main reason why the first settlements in the New World were made by all the following EXCEPT the

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Spaniards

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One of the earliest settlements in the region that is now New York State was

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New Amsterdam

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The term patroon generally refers to

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an owner of a large estate

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The nation that did NOT claim territory in or send explorers to present-day New York State at one time or another was

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Spain

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A dutch governor who purchased Manhattan Island from the Indians was

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Peter Minuit

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All of the following place-names in New York State are derived from the Dutch EXCEPT

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Niagara Falls