Chapter 2 TEST 2019

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Chapter 2 Test. Take your time and do your best!

Question 120 pts

Matching
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To sail around the world

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Instrument used by sailors to plan a course, using the positions of the stars

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Capital of Mali

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A water route through the Americas

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Movement began by Martin Luther

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Resistance to disease

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Spanish Explorer, "Conqueror"

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Religious journey

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War fleet

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Spanish religious settlements

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Question 2 2 pts
When Columbus first reached land, where did he believe he had landed?
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The Caribbean

Hispaniola

The East Indies

The West Indies

Question 3 2 pts
Louisiana was name after___________.
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a French missionary

The explorer, Louis Joliet

The Mississippi River

King Louis XIV

Question 4 2 pts
The exploits of Marco Polo to China led to __________________________.
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voyages of the Vikings

increased trade

less voyages of exploration

the Crusades
Question 5 2 pts
The rebirth of interest in classical Greek and Roman ideas is called the
______________________.
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Renaissance

Crusades

Pilgrimage

Reformation

Question 6 2 pts
Which Portuguese prince brought together astronomers, geographers,
and mathematicians to his explorers’ school?
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Henry the Navigator

Bartholomeu Dias

Vasco da Gama

John II

Question 7 2 pts
Which of the following is the BEST reason for why the Portuguese wanted to explore
the world?
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Wanted more land

Wanted to rule the Americas

Needed new trade routes to Asia

Wanted to rule the world

Question 8 2 pts
A major reason that Cortes wished to conquer the Aztec empire was
____________________.
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to enslave the Aztec people.

to learn from the Aztec people.

to set up missions.

to take its gold.

Question 9 2 pts
The Dutch West India Company controlled __________________,
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Deutschland

the Netherlands

New Netherlands

New France

Question 10 2 pts
Who named the Pacific Ocean?
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King Ferdinand

Ferdinand Magellan

Queen Isabella

Leif Eriksson

Question 11 2 pts
What was the biggest effect on Europe of Bartolomeu Dias rounding the Cape of
Good Hope on the southern tip of Africa in 1488?
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Paving the way for the Portuguese to colonize all of Africa

Stopped exploration of the water because it was too difficult to do

Paving the way for future expeditions to India and the rest of Asia

Allowed countries like Spain to wait until Portugal found a route first and then they
would just go to war with Portugal

Question 12 2 pts
Marquette and Joliet traveled the Mississippi River until _______________.
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it merged with the Rio Grande.

they ran out of supplies.

they realized it flowed south, not west.

they reached the Gulf of Mexico.

Question 13 2 pts
Ferdinand Magellan’s crew was the first to _____________________.
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sail around the world.

reach the Americas.

see the Arctic.

locate the West Indies.

Question 14 2 pts
Who publicly condemned the cruel treatment of Native Americans by the Spanish?
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John Calvin

Martin Luther

Juana Ines de la Cruz

Bartolome de Las Casas

Question 15 2 pts
Which was the first European country to explore the boundaries of the known world
by sea?
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France

Portugal

Italy

Spain

Question 16 2 pts
The 1588 naval battle between Spain and England was caused by which of the
following?
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Interference from the French

King Philip’s friendship with the English

An attack on the Spanish

Religious rivalry between Catholics and Protestants

Question 17 2 pts
What was Christopher Columbus’s main goal in sailing out in the Atlantic Ocean?
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To prove that he was brave and to go down in history for that

To prove that he could reach the East Indies by sailing west

To prove that there were two continents that the Europeans did not know about

To prove that the world was indeed round and not flat

Question 18 2 pts
Henry Hudson at first believed that Hudson Bay was ________________.
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a Spanish possession.

the Indian Ocean.

the a route to Canada.

the Pacific Ocean.

Question 19 2 pts
What type of boat was known for its speed and ability to carry more cargo than
earlier ships?
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the demarcation

the caravel

the Balboa

the flagship

Question 20 2 pts
French explorer Jacques Cartier discovered the site of the present-day Canadian city of
_______________________.
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Montreal.
Detroit.

Toronto.

Tampa Bay.

Question 21 2 pts
Columbus’s first voyage to the Caribbean convinced Queen Isabella to
____________________.
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reward Columbus with great wealth.

fund more voyages.

send Columbus to Africa.

appoint Columbus to a new post.

Question 22 2 pts
The Spanish were able to defeat the Aztec and Inca despite the fact that
_______________________.
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their armies were outnumbered.

the Native Americans were their friends.

the Native rulers fought bravely.

the Native Americans were well armed.

Question 23 2 pts
What was the deadliest killer of the Aztec and Inca Indians that led to their defeat
by the Spanish Conquistadors?
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injuries
traitors

smallpox

starvation

Question 24 2 pts
Which of the following are the names of the three ships that went on the
Christopher Columbus expedition?
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Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria

Mayflower, Discovery, and Santa Maria

Godspeed, Discovery, and Susan Constant

Santa Maria, Pinta, and Mayflower

Question 25 2 pts
England, France, and the Netherlands (Dutch) sent explorers to North America to
discover what?
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Route to Africa

Route to South America

Southwest Passage

Northwest Passage

Question 26 2 pts
DBQ Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question below the selected reading.

“After nine days’ march I reached some plains, so vast that I did not find their limit anywhere
that I went, although I traveled over them for more than 300 leagues. And I found such a
quantity of cows in these, of the kind that I wrote Your majesty about, which they have in this
country, that it is impossible to number them, for while I was journeying through these plains,
until I returned to where I first found them, there was not a day that I lost sight of them. And
after seventeen days’ march I came to a settlement of Indians who are called Querechos, who
travel around with these cows, who do not plant, and who eat the raw flesh and drink the blood
of the cows they kill, and they tan the skins of the cows, with which all the people of this
country dress themselves here.”

DBQ In this excerpt from a letter from the Spanish explorer Coronado to his king, what
are the “cows” to which he refers? (Coronado was exploring the plains region for the
Seven Cities of Gold. )
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Wild Horses

Mountain Lions

Buffalo

Wild Hogs

Question 27 2 pts
DBQ Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question below the map.
DBQ According to the map above, which of the following was taken from Africa to the
Americas?
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gun powder

cloth

disease

enslaved people

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Question 28 2 pts
DBQ Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
DBQ Which French explorer(s) shown on the map ventured the farthest south?
Group of answer choices

Champlain

Cartier

LaSalle

Joliet

Question 29 2 pts

DBQ Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
DBQ Identify the Spanish explorer(s) who traveled in and around present day Florida?
Group of answer choices

Ponce de Leon

Ponce de Leon and Cabeza de Vaca

Cabeza de Vaca

Onate and Ponce de Leone

Question 30 2 pts
DBQ Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
DBQ Identify the Spanish explorer(s) who searched for the “Seven Cities of Cibola” and
also reached present day Kansas.
Group of answer choices

Coronado

Coronado and Onate

Onate

Cabeza de Vaca and Cortes

Question 31 7 pts
Out of the following individuals, who had the biggest impact on History? What were
their impacts? How did they change the world? Give details to back up your reasoning:
Hernan Cortez
Christopher Columbus
Francisco Pizarro
Bartolome de Las Casas
Mansa Musa
Prince Henry the Navigator
Question 32 12 pts
What is the Columbian Exchange? Also, explain how the world has been affected by it
since 1492 by giving examples of how the Exchange has affected the Old World and the
New World.
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