America Before Columbus Part 2 Pre Quiz

Why did kings and queens of Europe send explorers in the 1500s

• To expand an enhance their power.

• To find a cure for the plague

• To enslave people in other lands

What was Colombus' crazy idea?

• To sail west around the globe to reach India

• He had heard tales of a land in the west with many riches

• He thought he could find Atlantis.

How long did it take him to convince Queen Isabella to fund his expedition?

• 5 years

• 2 weeks

• Six months

What would Spain gain from a shortcut to India?

• More slaves

• Trade, Tresure, and Land.

• Passage fees paid by travelers along checkpoints

What kind of people made up Columbus' crew?

• Highly educated scholars

• Thieves , illiterates, crimianls and murderers.

• Artists and authors

When Columbus and crew set out for India in th eSummer of 1492, how long did he think he would be gone?

• 6 weeks

• 2 months

• A year

What did Columbus discover?

• What is now the U.S. mainland

• An island in the carribean that is now Haiti and the Dominican Republic

• Enough gold to support Spain for years

How did Columbus describe the land he found on Oct 12th

• No sheep or goats, the trees and all things were different than home?

• A desolate desert

• It looked just like Europe

Before Columbus, the Native people had never seen Europeans

• True

• False

Columbus' letter that described America as a paradise full of riches was translated to many languages and became a best seller.

• True

• False