Lesson 5 Routes of Exploration"

A colony is a

• community ruled by another country.

• community ruled amony themselves.

• a colony with no rule.

• a colony that is ruled by an explorer.

A conquistador is a Spanish colonizer who

• never came to America.

• came to the Americans in 2023.

• came to the Americas in the 1500s.

• stole land in the Americas.

The Northwest Passage is a route across the

• ocean.

• western part of West America.

• northern part of South America.

• northern part of North America.

A contagious diseases is sickness that

• can pass quickly from one person to another.

• cannot pass from person to person.

• only harms animals.

• can pass slowly from one person to another.

The East Indies is what the Europeans called

• America.

• Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

• Southeast Asia, Africa, and Malaysia.

• Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and Africa.

The rulers of Spain wanted a shorter route to, what they called the East Indies, to get

• fur and gold.

• gold.

• spices and silk.

• tea.

Colonies are different from other places in which people settle because

• they receive free goods.

• they rule themselves.

• they are ruled by another country.

• they have no ruler.

Juan Ponce de Leon looked for

• the Fountain of Youth.

• a shortcut to spices and silk.

• gold in China.

• new settlements.

Hernan Cortes fought against

• the Native Americans.

• the Aztecs in Mexico.

• their own king.

• The Aztecs in Europe.

Many American Indians died from

• contagious diseases that spread slowly.

• contagious diseases that spread quickly.

• drowning.

• turning on each oter.