Chapter 17 Lesson 1: The European Exploration and Expansion

A leader in the Spanish conquest of the Americas.

• conquistador

•   caravel

• colony

• Aztec

  A settlement of people living in a new territory, linked with the parent country by trade and direct government control.

•   conquistador

• caravel

• colony

•   Aztec

For a century, the ______________ ruled much of central Mexico from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific coast.

•   conquistador

• caravel

• colony

•   Aztec

  A small, fast, maneuverable ship that had a large cargo hold and usually three masts with lateen sails.

•   conquistador

• caravel

• colony

•   Aztec

   In 1519 a Spanish force under the command of Hernan Cortes landed at Veracruz, on the Gulf of Mexico.

• True

• False

  In October 1492, he reached the Americas, where he explored the coastlines of Cuba and the Island of Hispaniola.

• Bartholomeu Dias

• Marco Polo

•   Price Henry the Navigator

• Christopher Columbus

He reached the Cape of Good Hope and returned.

• Bartholomeu Dias

• Marco Polo

•   Price Henry the Navigator

•   Christopher Columbus

He wrote an account of his experiences, entitled The Travels.

• Bartholomeu Dias

• Marco Polo

•   Price Henry the Navigator

•   Christopher Columbus

Under the sponsorship of him, Portuguese fleets began probing southward along the western coast of Africa.  

• Bartholomeu Dias

• Marco Polo

•   Price Henry the Navigator

•   Christopher Columbus

   Spain and Portugal each feared that the other would claim some of its newly discovered territories. They resolved their concerns over the control of the Americas with the Treaty of Tordesillas. 

• True

• False