Ch 2: Exploring the Americas

True or False: Portugal took the lead in finding a trade route to India.

• True

• False

True or False: Information from explorers assisted mapmakers in creating more accurate land and sea maps.

• True

• False

True or false: beginning on the A.D. 600s, the religion of Islam spread in the Middle East and Africa.

• True

• False

True or False: The Renaissance was the attempt by Europeans to take back control of Christian holy sites in the Middle East.

• True

• False

True or False: Pizarro was able to conquer the Inca after the Spanish executed the Inca's ruler.

• True

• False

Match the explorer to the country for which he sailed.

France

• Verrazano

• Cabot

• Cartier

• Columbus

• Cortes

Match the explorer to the country for which he sailed.

Spain

• Verrazano

• Cabot

• Cartier

• Columbus

• Cortes

Match the explorer to the country for which he sailed.

England

• Verrazano

• Cabot

• Cartier

• Columbus

• Cortes

In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed to America with the Nina, Pinta, and the

• Cortes

• Isabella

• Santa Maria

• Tordesillas

Which conquistador landed on the east coast of present-day Mexico in 1519?

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortes

• Juan Ponce de Leon