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Colonizing America
Colonizing America
Colonizing America
________ 1. Portugal was the first Western European state to begin financing voyages of exploration.
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________ 2. The African empires of the fifth to fifteenth centuries gained wealth and power by controlling
the trade of silver and salt.
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________ 3. By studying Roman texts, Western Europeans acquired the knowledge of the astrolabe.
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________ 4. The Dutch established the settlement of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island.
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________ 5. The Spanish built Mexico City on the ruins of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlán.
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DIRECTIONS: Multiple Choice Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers
the question.
________ 6. The primary force in colonizing the southwestern part of America was
A. the Catholic Church.
B. the French.
C. the Puritans.
D. William Penn.
________ 7. Which country financed Columbus’s voyage across the Atlantic in 1492?
A. England
B. Italy
C. Portugal
D. Spain