Chapter 2 Challenge

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  1. Viking explorer who led several voyages to lands south and west of Greenland and who may have landed on the North American coast.
  2. Your answer:
    Samuel de Champlain
    Hernando Cortes
    Leif Ericson
    Estevanica


  3. Explorer who traveled the entire length of the Mississippi River and claimed the region for France.
  4. Your answer:
    Leif Erickson
    Estevanica
    Samuel de Champlain
    Sieur de La Salle


  5. Period of rebirth of learning that took place in Europe.
  6. Your answer:
    Renaissance
    Estevanica
    Immunity
    Vice Royalties


  7. European nation that sponsored many voyages of exploration BEFORE the discovery of America.
  8. Your answer:
    United States
    Portugal
    France
    spain


  9. Spanish explorer who defeated the Aztecs and destroyed the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan.
  10. Your answer:
    Samuel de Champlain
    Leif Erickson
    Estevanica
    Hernando Cortes


  11. Term for the exchange, the buying, the selling, and the trading of goods on a large scale.
  12. Your answer:
    Renaissance
    Commerce
    Immunity
    Vice Royalties


  13. Political divisions of the Spanish Empire in the Americas, ruled by appointed governors.
  14. Your answer:
    Portugal
    Renaissance
    Estevanica
    Vice Royalties


  15. Europeans who worked to spread the Roman Catholic religion in the Americas.
  16. Your answer:
    Taliban
    Vice Royalties
    Hernando Cortes
    Spanish priests


  17. French explorer who founded Quebec - the first permanent french settlement in North America.
  18. Your answer:
    Samuel de Champlain
    Leif Ericson
    Hernando Cortes
    Sieur de La Salle


  19. Resistance to infectious diseases, such as measles, smallpox, and typus.
  20. Your answer:
    Renaissance
    Computer Bug
    Vice Royalties
    Immunity


  21. According to the book, absolute positive firm archaeological evidence of Viking landings in North America has...
  22. Your answer:
    been found in Itasca.
    been found in Minnesota by the Vikings football team.
    been found on Baffle Island.
    not yet been found.


  23. By about 1000 a.d., an increase in trade throughout Europe was brought about, in part, by...
  24. Your answer:
    the birth of the beatles.
    the Crusades.
    a rebirth in learning.
    the development of self-sufficient manors.


  25. The two goals of the Spanish monarchs in sponsoring ages of exploration were to...
  26. Your answer:
    gain new land and spread Christianity.
    gain glory and skill in navigation.
    establish a world trade system and build a profitable fur trade.
    help 7th grade Spanish students in their language development.


  27. Spain's exploration and colonization of the Americas during the 1500's were challenged by few European nations because...
  28. Your answer:
    of a general shortage of trained sea captains.
    other European nations were more concerned with farming.
    Spain was the weakest country in Europe.
    Spain was the strongest military power in Europe at that time.


  29. The economies of the French and Dutch colonies in North America were generally based upon...
  30. Your answer:
    trading Elvis records.
    fur trading.
    agriculture.
    mining.


  31. The main trading center of New France was located in ...
  32. Your answer:
    Green Bay
    on the "Great Wall of History" in HistoryClassroom.com
    Montreal
    Quebec


  33. The leaders of New France sent Marquette and Joliet to explore the Mississippi River in the hope that the explorers would find...
  34. Your answer:
    gold and silver.
    a water passage across North America to the Pacific Ocean.
    the Gulf of Mexico.
    a student who would dare to wear a PACKERS shirt to Mr. Peel's classroom.


  35. As the supply of gold and silver from Spanish mines declined and the Spanish wars of conquest in the Americas ended, Spain's...
  36. Your answer:
    started trading LP records from the Beatles.
    power and influence declined.
    colonies turned to fur trading.
    explorers opened new mines in the Far East.


  37. The main economic activities of the Spanish colonies in Central and South America were...
  38. Your answer:
    agriculture and mining.
    shipbuilding and manufacturing.
    fishing and the fur trade.
    selling hot dogs at the Bears Games.


  39. During the 1500's, Spain's reliance upon wealth from its colonies in the Americas led to...
  40. Your answer:
    Spain's failure to build a system of commerce.
    increased trade with nations of the Far East.
    increased trade with the United States.
    increased trade with other European nations.



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