Recuperación 2do Trimestre

Which of the following are two of the four reasons why the Europeans began to explore new lands in the 1400s and 1500s?

• New inventions and discoveries.

• The war between the Thirteen colonies and Britain

• Searching of new trading routes with Asia

• Muslim invasion of Germany

What were the names of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus to navigate the Atlantic Ocean in search of a new route to Asia on August 1492?

• The black pearl, the revenger and la Hispaniola

• The Spirits of Luisianna

• The Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria

• Plymouth, breeze and stratus

What was the name given to the Spanish soldiers/explorers, who made sure Spain conquered most of America in the 100 years after Columbus arrived for the first time to the new land?

• Conquereres

• Conquistadors

• Missionaries

• Priests

He was the Spanish conquistador, responsable for the conquest and destruction of Tenochtitlan in the year 1521.

• Francisco Pizarro

• Vasco de Gamma

• Hernan Cortes

• Vicente Suarez

He was responsable of exterminating the Incas in South America and established a wealthy colony that was dedicated to minning silver.

• Francisco Pizarro

• Vasco de Gamma

• Hernan Cortes

• Vicente Suarez

The Spanish conquest of Native American peoples, such as the Aztecs and the Incas in the 1500s, was thanks to this new element that the Europeans brought along with them, something these peoples were not prepared for. What was that foreign element?

• Steel Swords

• Cannons

• Musquets

• Diseases

It is a building or group of buildings used as a base by Catholic priests during the conquest of America. They spread throughout the Spanish colonies. and were used to spread Christianity to the Native Americans.

• Colonies

• Missions

• Encomiendas

• Churches

It was a grant by the Spanish monarch. It gave the person incharge the right to control a certain number of natives for labor purposes.

• Missions

• Encomiendas

• Presidios

• Capitanias

What was the title or name, given to the person incharge of administrating an Encomienda and caring/protecting the Natives under his watch?

• Viceroy

• Lord

• Encomendero

• Monarch

Which was the first British settlement esbalished in North America on May 14, 1607?

• Pennsylvania

• Boston

• Jamestown

• Plymouth