WH 17.1 F & C

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Why did Christopher Columbus call Honduras and the Caribbean islands the Indies?

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He thought he was in Asia instead of the Americas.

Front

Which European rival formed the West India Company to gain a foothold in the Americas in the sixteenth century? Options: Spanish, English, French, Dutch

Back

Dutch

Front

What advantage did better weaponry give Spanish conquistadors over the Aztec and Inca empires?

Back

It allowed relatively fewer men to control large populations.

Front

The Portuguese were the first to explore other lands because they had: superior ships.

Back

superior ships.

Front

Europeans began to explore and expand in the 1500s because they wanted to: find riches and adventure., discover a new world., spread Christianity to a new world., gain riches, find adventure, and spread religion.

Back

gain riches, find adventure, and spread religion.

Front

The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed in 1494,

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established a line between territories controlled by Spain and those controlled by Portugal.

Front

The conquistadors’ main advantage over the Aztec and Inca empires was their: knowledge of the territory, vast army size, types of weaponry, superior intelligence.

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types of weaponry.