TCI SS Lesson 5: Routes of Exploration to the New World

Where did Columbus intend to go when he sailed west from Spain in 1492?

• the East Indies

• Africa

• Portugal

• Cuba

The Columbian Exchange was

• the arrival of Columbus's three ships in San Salvador.

• the gift of gold ornaments and pearls made by Columbus to American Indians.

• the flow of goods and ideas between the Americas and Europe.

• the first Spanish settlement in the New World.

What happened when John Cabot reached the eastern coast of present-day Canada in 1497?

• His men attacked the American Indians there.

• The Aztec emperor welcomed him.

• He found the Seven Cities of Gold.

• He claimed the land for England.

What did Ponce de León find while searching for the fountain of youth?

• Florida

• East Indies

• Mississippi River

• Northwest Passage

Why did Montezuma II welcome Hernán Cortés to the Aztec community in 1519?

• Montezuma thought Cortés might be a god that was expected to return.

• Montezuma's sister had married Cortés about five years earlier.

• Cortés brought Montezuma gifts of gold, and Montezuma wanted more.

• Montezuma wanted Cortés to help him defeat the French who settled nearby.

How did the Spanish finally defeat the Aztecs?

• They enlisted the help of French explorers to defeat the Aztecs in battle.

• They poisoned the canals that ran through the Aztec capital.

• They dropped bombs on the Aztec capital every day for three weeks.

• They surrounded the Aztec capital for three months and cut off its supplies.

What was Jacques Cartier looking for when he sailed up the St. Lawrence River in 1534?

• the Seven Cities of Gold

• the Fountain of Youth

• the East Indies

• the Northwest Passage

Why did Francisco Vásquez de Coronado come to the Americas?

• to seek glory and wealth

• to find a shorter route to the East Indies

• to establish a colony for Spain

• to seek religious freedom

Why did Spanish priests believe that Coronado's expedition had been a success?

• Coronado found the Seven Cities of Gold and gave them to the Catholic Church.

• The expedition gave them a chance to spread Christianity to American Indians.

• During the expedition, Coronado himself converted to Christianity.

• The priests believed they had found a shorter route to the Holy Land.

What were England and Holland looking for when they hired Henry Hudson?

• the Seven Cities of Gold

• a northern sea route to Asia

• the fountain of youth

• good sites for colonies