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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was the first Spainard to set foot in what is now the United States? | Ponce De Leon |
| Who realized that the Americas were not Asia? | Amerigo Vespucchi |
| Describe all levels of New Spain society | At the top of the social structure were the peninsulare, colonists who were born in Spain. Creoles were colonists born in America to two Spanish parents, Mestizos were people of Spanish and Indian heritage. The Mulattos are Spanish and African |
| What did the Dutch call their fur-trading post (Albany)? | Fort Orange |
| . What caused the Native Americans to die in large numbers | When the Spanish forced the Native Americans to woek in the gold and silver mines, many died when the tunnels caved in. |
| What did Pizarro do when the Inca people paid a ransom for their leader? | Pizarro executed the leader after they paid the ransom |
| Which explorer may have reached the Americas before Columbus did, and where did he come from? | A viking named Leif Erikson , came from Greenland |
| Who discovered a Strait that is named after him? | Strait of Magellan |
| Where did Columbus believe he landed when he came to Cuba? | Japan |
| How many expeditions did Columbus lead? | Columbus led 4 expeditions |
| Did the Spanish pay Native Americans to work in their mines? | The Native Americans were not paid to work in the mines. |
| Who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean? | Vasco Nunez de Balboa was the first European to set eyes on the Pacific ocean |
| What did the French and Native Americans trade? | They traded animal skins. Beaver skins sent to Europe made into hats were profitable |
| What does the term " Coureurs de bois" mean in English? | Runners of the woods: independent traders who lived among the Indians |
| What are the names of Columbus's three ships? | Nina, Pinta , Santa Maria |
| Define the Columbian Exchange | It brought many European, Asian, and African good to the Americas. American crops and livestock were distributed to the rest of the world. |
| What happened when Moctezuma offered Cortes gold to get him to leave? | Instead of getting him to leave, Cortes took Moctezuma hostage and claimed all of Mexico for Spain. |
| Define Mercantilism | Held that colonies existed to make the home country welathy and powerful |
| Who worked as ranchers, farmers, or merchants in the Spanish colonial society? | Mestizos |
| Who found the Mississippi River? | Father Marquette and Louis Joliet |
| What was the biggest factor in Spanish victory over Native Americans? | Weapons, technology, horses |
| What did the French profit with Native Americans? | The French profited from fish and furs. |
| What did the people call the area that Peter Minuit bought from the Native Americans? | New Amsterdam |
| Describe Christopher Columbus | Columbus believed he could reach Asia and the East by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Where did the Mississippi Valley gets its name from? | LaSalle claimed the Mississippi valley for France and named it Louisiana in honor of King Louis XIV |
| Who was Leif Erikson? | A Viking who sailed from Greenland, to investigate reports ofland farther west. |
| What did Christopher Columbus call the inhabitants of what he believed to the Asian Islands? | He called them Indians |
| Describe Moctezuma | An Aztec leader who met with Cortes and tried to get him to leave by offering gold. |
| Describe Northwest passage | A sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific that passed through or around North America. |
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