Chapter 2 Review
What was the MAIN reason the
Spanish Crown established the
encomienda system?
A to reward settlers for bringing the Crown
so much wealth
B to entice settlers to convert the local
people to Christianity
C to give the settlers an incentive to practice
slavery
D to ensure settlers’ land remained the
property of the Crown
A to reward settlers for bringing
the Crown so much wealth
Who discovered the Western searoute to Asia?
A
B
C
D
Amerigo Vespucci
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Giovanni da Verrazano
B Ferdinand Magellan
Which Spaniard led the downfall
of the Incan Empire?
A
B
C
D
Hernando de Soto
Francisco Pizarro
Juan Ponce de Léon
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
B Francisco Pizarro
Which of the following documents
gave settlers permission to start a
colony?
A
B
C
D
a deed
a title
a lease
a charter
D a charter
Which of the following was a MAJOR
advantage that Hernándo Cortés’
men had over the Aztec warriors?
A They had control of the capital city.
B They had light body armor to protect
themselves.
C They had boots on their feet rather than
sandals.
D They had guns rather than bows and
arrows.
D They had guns rather than
bows and arrows.
The Columbian Exchange had
deadly effects, such as
A bringing the bubonic plague and the Black Death
to Florence.
B spreading measles, smallpox, and typhus
throughout Europe.
C infecting American Indians with new and deadly
diseases.
D robbing American Indians of corn, tomatoes,
tobacco, and cocoa.
C infecting American Indians with
new and deadly diseases.
Which of the following helped the
Spanish defeat the Inca?
A
B
C
D
They attacked the people on horseback.
They cut off supplies of food and water.
They killed the Incan rulers.
They burned the capital.
C They killed the Incan rulers.
Spain’s actions against England’s
Queen Elizabeth I showed that its
religious allegiance was to which of
the following groups?
A Catholic Church
B Anglican Church
C Huguenots.
D Protestants
A Catholic Church
Why did the Spanish start shipping
and bringing enslaved Africans to
their colony New Spain in the
Americas after 1510?
A They knew they could resell the slaves at a profit.
B They were forced to do so by a decree from the
Spanish Crown.
C They had exhausted the local population of
American Indian slaves.
D They started farming large plantations and
needed more workers.
C They had exhausted the local
population of American Indian
slaves.
What was the first settlement that
the Vikings founded in the North
Atlantic?
A
B
C
D
Greenland
Newfoundland
Alaska
Iceland
D Iceland
Who began a school of navigation to
help teach sailors better methods of
sailing, even though he wasn’t really
a sailor?
A
B
C
D
Christopher Columbus
Prince Henry
King Ferdinand
Leif Eriksson
B Prince Henry
Which of the following Vikings
accidently led their first expedition to
the North American continent,
because they were blown off course?
A
B
C
D
Erik the Red
Leif Eriksson
Alaric the Terrible
Brett Farve
B Leif Eriksson
Which Portuguese explorer led an
expedition down the western coast of
Africa and continued on around the
southern tip to Calicut, India in July
1497?
A
B
C
D
Vasco da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Bartolomeu Dias
A Vasco da Gama
Which of the following was NOT one
of the promises that Christopher
Columbus promised the king and
queen when he asked them to
finance his journeys west?
A
B
C
D
new territories
people to convert to Catholicism
people to be used as slaves
great riches
C people to be used as slaves
Which of the following was the
PRIMARY thing that Christopher
Columbus was trying to accomplish
on his journeys west?
A trying to reach the Philippines by sailing
West
B trying to reach Asia by sailing West
C trying to reach the Middle East by sailing
West
D trying to reach the America’s by sailing
West
B trying to reach Asia by sailing
West
The Line of Demarcation was drawn
up by Pope Alexander VI to establish
where which two countries could
settle what lands each and west of
the Line of Demarcation?
A
B
C
D
France and Italy
Britain and Germany
Spain and Portugal
Russia and India
C Spain and Portugal
Since one of the two countries that were part of Pope
Alexander VI’s Line of Demarcation thought that the
other got an unfair advantage, these two nations
agreed to which of the following deals that moved the
line 800 miles to the west?
A
B
C
D
The Treaty of Greenville
The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo
The Treaty of Tordesillas
The Treaty of San Juan Cordita
C The Treaty of Tordesillas
Which of the following explorers led a Spanish
fleet to the Eastern coast of South America and
realized that Christopher Columbus was incorrect
about the lands he had reached being those of
Asia and instead were new lands?
A Ferdinand Magellan
B Amerigo Vespucci
C Vasco da Gama
D Alvar Nunez de Balboa
B Amerigo Vespucci
Who was the Portuguese navigator
that led the first expedition that
ended up sailing all the way around
the Earth by water?
A
B
C
D
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Hernando de Soto
A Ferdinand Magellan
What was the term for a transfer of
goods, diseases, plants and animals
from Europe to the Americas and
back?
A
B
C
D
African Diaspora
Triangular Trade
Benengia Pangea
Columbian Exchange
D Columbian Exchange
Why did Montezuma and the Aztecs
allow Hernando Cortes and his
soldiers to come into their empire
without fighting them?
A He was very large, with a powerful voice that
scared them
B They thought he was a god that had been
predicted to arrive
C He had large cannons and guns that scared them
D He threatened to have them burned at the stake
if they didn’t let him in
B They thought he was a god
that had been predicted to arrive
Which of the following was NOT a
reason why the Aztec and Inca
were defeated by the Spanish?
A. Superior intelligence by the Spanish leaders
B. Spanish alliances with the enemies of the Aztec
and Inca
C. Spanish steel armor and superior weapons such
as guns
D. the bringing of European diseases such as
smallpox that they were not immune
A. Superior intelligence by the
Spanish leaders
Which of the following was NOT an
effect of the Spanish victory over the
Aztecs and the Inca?
A A reduced Native American population from
battles and diseases
B The transfer of goods called the Columbian
Exchange
C Greater respect for the Aztecs and the Inca since
they had put up such a great fight
D The Spanish rule of the Americas for years to
come
C Greater respect for the Aztecs
and the Inca since they had put
up such a great fight
Who was the Spanish explorer that
founded the area of Florida, and then
spent many years searching for the
Fountain of Youth?
A
B
C
D
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Hernando de Soto
Christopher Columbus
Juan Ponce de Leon
D Juan Ponce de Leon
How many tons of gold and silver did
the Spanish fleets leave the
Americas with robbing Native
Americans of millions upon millions
of dollars?
A.
B.
C.
D.
50 tons of gold and 7000 tons of silver
75 tons of gold and 12,800 tons of silver
150 tons of gold and 15,400 tons of silver
200 tons of gold and 18,600 tons of silver
D. 200 tons of gold and 18,600
tons of silver
What are large farms that grow
primarily just one kind of crop for
profit called?
A
B
C
D
Plantation
Estate
Ranch
Abomination
A Plantation
Which of the following was NOT one
of the types of jobs that Native
Americans did on the large Spanish
farms?
A
B
C
D
worked in the fields
raised and herded livestock
worked in the gold and silver mines
training people how to ride horses
D training people how to ride
horses
Which of the following religions had a
big influence on the relationships
between Native Americans and
Spanish settlers?
A
B
C
D
Catholic
Baptist
Methodist
Mormon
A Catholic
Who was the German monk that
criticized the Catholic Church in 1517
starting a movement to correct
problems in the Church?
A
B
C
D
St. Francis of Assisi
Martin Luther
Thomas of Aquinas
Pope Alexander VI
B Martin Luther
What was the religious movement
that began in small German towns,
but quickly spread to most of
Europe?
A Crusades
B Great Awakening
C Renaissance
D Reformation
D Reformation
What was the invention that allowed
for books to be copied by machine,
instead of by hand and allowed many
more books to be made thus helping
the spread of ideas?
A
B
C
D
Telegraph
Astrolabe
Caravel
Printing Press
D Printing Press
Who was the Queen of England that
authorized the use of Sea Dogs to
attack Spanish ships and steal their
gold and silver?
A
B
C
D
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Mary
Queen Virginia
Queen Rebecca
A Queen Elizabeth
Who was the most famous of the
British Sea Dogs that raided the
Spanish ships?
A
B
C
D
Sir John Davis
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir James Oglethorpe
B Sir Francis Drake
What was the Battle of the
Spanish Armada?
A
B
C
D
Naval battle fought between Spain and France
Naval battle fought between Spain and Italy
Naval battle fought between Spain and Germany
Naval battle fought between Spain and England
D Naval battle fought between
Spain and England
What was the Spanish Armada?
A a huge fleet of warships meant to end the
enemies plans
B a huge army of soldiers and canyons meant to
end the enemies plans
C a huge amount of tanks and heavy artillery meant
to end the enemies plans
D a huge amount of soldiers on horseback who
fought to the death
A a huge fleet of warships meant
to end the enemies plans
What do we call, a rise in the price of
goods caused by an increase in the
amount of money in use?
A
B
C
D
Depression
Recession
Deflation
Inflation
D Inflation
What was the mythical all-water
route through North America that
would allow ships to sail from the
Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean known
as?
A
B
C
D
North American Thoroughfare
Northern River Path
Northwest Passage
Northwestern Canal
C Northwest Passage
Spain and Portugal primarily focused
on all of the following areas of the
Western Hemisphere, EXCEPT
A
B
C
D
Caribbean Islands
South America
North America
Central America
C North America
What explorer’s book inspired many
Europeans to want to learn more
about Asia and its surrounding
areas?
A
B
C
D
John Cabot
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Marco Polo
D Marco Polo
Who led the second major English
attempt for a permanent settlement
in North America at same location of
the first failed attempt?
A
B
C
D
John Smith
John Davis
John White
John Black
C John White
Which of the following was the
primary business that most of the
French businessmen took up in
North America?
A
B
C
D
Farming
Ranching
Fur Trapping
Fishing
C Fur Trapping
Which of the following groups treated
the Native Americans in the most
positive manner during colonial times
here in North America?
A
B
C
D
English
Spanish
French
German
C French
Who began the colony of New
Netherland in 1624?
A
B
C
D
Dutch
French
Italians
English
A Dutch
All of the following were diseases
that Europeans had built up
resistance to, but killed many Native
Americans when they came to North
America during exploration EXCEPT
A
B
C
D
Typhus
Small Pox
Measles
Black Death
D Black Death
Which of the following words,
means to build up a natural
resistance to a disease?
A
B
C
D
Vaccinate
Immune
Inoculate
Allergic
B Immune
What was the name of the horrible
voyage that enslaved Africans made
to the Americas across the Atlantic
Ocean aboard slave ships called?
A
B
C
D
Triangular Trade
Middle Passage
Slave Mission
Terrible Journey
B Middle Passage
What is the name of the forced
removal of people from Africa or
the scattering of a people called?
A
B
C
D
Middle Passage
Black Death
African Diaspora
Immigration of Slaves
C African Diaspora
Approximately how many Africans
were boarded onto slave ships and
shipped across the Atlantic Ocean
between the 1520s and the 1860s?
A
B
C
D
1 million
5 million
12 million
18 million
C 12 million
About how many enslaved Africans
were brought to the British colonies
or America as part of the slave
trade?
A
B
C
D
450,000
600,000
750,000
900,000
B 600,000
Which of the following countries
colonies received more enslaved
Africans as part of Slave Trade than
any other location?
A
B
C
D
French
English
Portuguese
Spanish
C Portuguese
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