8th SS Chapter 1 Lesson 2

By the time the period of European exploration began, most maps included America

• True

• False

Vasco de Gama led voyages of discovery for Spain

• True

• False

The southern tip of Africa was renamed from the "Cape of Storms" to the "Cape of Good Hope" by Portugal's king.

• True

• False

Queen Isabella hoped to convert Native Americans to Christianity

• True

• False

Which of these was not a ship on Columbus's first voyage?

• Nina

• Pinta

• Isabella

• Santa Maria

Where did Portuguese traders first buy African slaves in the mid 1400s?

• the Mediterranean Coast

• The Cape of Good Hope

• the Orange River

• the Gold Coast

Who was the first to realize that South America was not part of Asia?

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

Match the following

• Four voyages to the Americas

• Christopher Columbus

• Explored South America

• Magellan

• crew circumnavigated the world

• Vasco de Gama

• led 13 ships around Africa to India

• Pedro Alvares

• first to sail around Africa

• Amerigo Vespucci

Match the following

• Conquered Mexico

• Ponce de Leon

• looked for the fountain of youth

• Juan Cabrillo

• Conquered the Incan Empire

• Francisco Pizzaro

• explored western North America

• Hernan Cortes

• heard stories about 7 cities of gold

• Cabeza de Vaca

Which of these was not a type of settlement in early Spanish Mexico?

• Pueblos

• Missions

• Presidios

• Plantations