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Chapter 1.5 - 2 Creating America Test

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  1. Sea dogs
  2. Francisco Coronado
  3. Ferdinand Magellan
  4. Amerigo Vespucci
  5. Bartolome de Las Casas
  1. a Called the "Protector of the Indians"
  2. b Looked for the "Cities of Gold" while he explored southwest parts of the United States
  3. c his crew were the first to circumnavigate the globe
  4. d a group of English sailors whom Queen Elizabeth encouraged to raid Spanish treasure ships.
  5. e Americas were named after him because he was the first to realize that the land discovered by Columbus were not part of Asia - they were a "New World"

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. Spanish monarchs who financed Columbus's voyage to the Americas
  2. water route to Asia through North America sought by European explorers
  3. People of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry
  4. Started a navigation school and was called "The Navigator"
  5. people who were sent to convert native people to Christianity

5 True/False Questions

  1. New FranceOne of Spain's viceroroyalties in North and Central America

          

  2. African DiasporaThe removal of people from Africa to new territories to use as slave labor

          

  3. EncomiendaLarge Spanish estates

          

  4. missionsSettlements created by Spain and controlled by the church whose goal was to convert Native Americans to Christianity

          

  5. Slaverya ship that used square or triangular sails to travel long distances swiftly, developed by Prince Henry's School of Navigation