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Colonial America
Question | Answer |
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Spain, Portugal, and other European countries were in competition to find _______________. | a sea route to the Indies |
Spices were valuable because they were used ______________. | as medicine, food preservatives, and flavorings |
The compass allowed sailors to _______________. | tell which direction was north |
A carrack and caravels were the ships used _________________. | on Christopher Columbus' first voyage |
Columbus thought he had landed in the Indies, but he really landed _______________. | on a Caribbean island |
The Ocean Sea was ______________. | a body of water that did not really exist |
Queen Isabella wanted Native Americans ______________. | to convert to Christianity |
Amerigo Vespucci ________________. | identified South America as a continent |
For what achievement was Vasco Núñez de Balboa known? | He was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas. |
The exchange of plants and animals between Europeans and the people living in the Americas ________________. | changed the lives of both groups of people forever |
The British, French, Spanish, and Dutch all explored _________________. | the Americas |
What happened to the Aztec and Inca Empires? | Spanish explorers conquered them and shipped their gold back to Spain. |
Because the Aztec and Inca had little immunity to European diseases, _________________. | they were less able to defend themselves against Spanish takeover |
The presidio, pueblo, and mission were _____________. | kinds of Spanish settlements in the Americas |
The French settlement on the St. Johns River was known as ______________. | Fort Caroline |