European conquest of America - Summary (Geo History) on a Map

What navigator proposed to the king of Portugal in 1484 to try to reach Asia by sailing west?

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

• Vasco da Gama

• Francisco Pizarro

What name did Christopher Columbus give to the inhabitants of the island he discovered on his first voyage in 1492?

• Mayas

• Aztecs

• Incas

• Indians

What country founded the colony of New Amsterdam on an island that later became New York?

• England

• Spain

• France

• Netherlands

What Danish navigator explored the coasts of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands in 1741?

• Vasco de Gama

• Hernán Cortés

• Vitus Bering

• Francisco Pizarro

What country dominated the seas with its powerful Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War?

• Portugal

• France

• Spain

• England

What peace treaty in 1763 marked the loss of most of the American colonies by France?

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Lisbon

• Treaty of Madrid

What country received the western part of Louisiana in exchange for Florida in the Treaty of Paris of 1763?

• Portugal

• Spain

• France

• England

What country founded the colony of Quebec in North America?

• Netherlands

• England

• Spain

• France

What country seized Jamaica from the Spanish to develop the sugar trade?

• Spain

• England

• Portugal

• France

Which English navigator looted Spanish wealth on the Pacific coast during the reign of Elizabeth I?

• Vasco de Gama

• Francisco Pizarro

• Francis Drake

• Hernán Cortés