VA/US History VUS.2 Vocab Quiz

What is the process of establishing settlements in a region by a country or empire called?

• Manufacture

• Commerce

• Colonization

• Redistribution

What term describes the distribution of something in a different way to achieve greater social equality?

• Covenant

• Commerce

• Redistribution

• Colonization

What is the activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale, known as?

• Subsistence

• Manufacture

• Mercantilism

• Commerce

Which economic policy is designed to maximize exports and minimize imports?

• Subsistence

• Redistribution

• Colonization

• Mercantilism

What is a formal agreement or promise between two or more parties called?

• Commerce

• Colonization

• Manufacture

• Covenant

Who was the Italian explorer known for his voyages across the Atlantic Ocean?

• Christopher Columbus

• Ponce de Leon

• Francisco Vazquez de Coronado

• Vasco da Gama

Which Spanish conquistador led an expedition from Mexico to present-day Kansas?

• Ponce de Leon

• Francisco Vazquez de Coronado

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

Who was the Spanish explorer known for leading the first official European expedition to Florida?

• Francisco Vazquez de Coronado

• Ponce de Leon

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

What term describes the action of maintaining or supporting oneself at a minimum level?

• Subsistence

• Colonization

• Commerce

• Redistribution

What is the making of articles on a large scale using machinery called?

• Manufacture

• Mercantilism

• Subsistence

• Covenant