Chapter 2 -- New Empires in the Americas

True or False: The Vikings were skilled sailors and were the first Europeans to reach North America

• True

• False

True or False: Europeans in the Americas always treated the Native Americans well and fairly.

• True

• False

Which of the following people captained the ship that was one of the first to reach North America?

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Leif Erikkson

• Dolf Lundgren

Which of the following statements best reflects why Christopher Columbus set sail

• to find new people in order to spread Christianity

• to find a route to the country of Benin to acquire slaves

• to find a route to Asia in order to acquire wealth and potentially Gold

• to create colonies in the Caribbean by enslaving Native Americans

Which of the following was an effect of exploration?

• slave trade

• colonization of new lands

• Columbian exchange

• all of the above

Which of the following answers best describes why countries explore?

• Gold, Goods, God

• Glory, God, Gold

• Games, Gold, Disease

• Colonies, Money Slaves

Commissioned by the English Muscovy Company to find a shortcut from England to "the islands of spicery." He was later set adrift in an open boat by his mutinous crew.

• Christopher Columbus

• Jacques Cartier

• Samuel de Champlain

• Henry Hudson

Which of the following killed more Native Americans than any of the others?

• War/battle

• Famine/starvation

• disease

• enslavement

The lost colony

• Croatoan

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

• Virginia

Which of the following groups received poor treatment as a result of the Columbian Exchange?

• European citizens

• Native Americans

• Spanish colonist

• African kings