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Social Studies Chapter 2 Part 2
Test Description: Explorers
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) How long did Columbus sail before he reached land on his first voyage?
A
two years
B
one month
C
five weeks
D
five days
2) What did Columbus name the general area where he landed on his first voyage?
A
New Spain
B
America
C
West Indies
D
Taino
3) Which of the following was a reason Cortés took Moctezuma prisoner?
A
He wanted to conquer the Aztecs.
B
He wanted to take Moctezuma back to Spain.
C
He was afraid of the Aztecs’ superior weapons.
D
Moctezuma had not welcomed Cortés and his men.
4) What did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella want Columbus to trade for in Asia?
A
gold and spices
B
cotton and wood
C
horses and cattle
D
lumber and fish
5) Which of the following items from the Columbian Exchange MOST helped the Native Americans?
A
horses
B
gold and silver
C
corn and potatoes
D
bananas and sugar cane
6) What was the overall effect of the Columbian Exchange on most of the native people of North America?
A
It was good for them.
B
It was harmful to them.
C
It had no effect on them.
D
It improved their lives.
7) How did mapmakers help European sailors improve their navigation?
A
They made more accurate maps.
B
They could tell them how fast their ship was going.
C
The taught sailors how to operate the new caravel ships.
D
Their maps showed the dangerous areas of land routes.
8) Which explorer’s expedition was the first to circumnavigate the earth?
A
Cortes
B
Columbus
C
Ponce de Leon
D
Magellan
9) Which of the following statements BEST describes Prince Henry’s navigation school?
A
Students at the school were taught military arts that they would use to conquer Native American civilizations.
B
Christopher Columbus attended the school.
C
Sailors, scholars, mapmakers, and shipbuilders worked together there to improve sea travel.
D
Prince Henry did not start a navigation school.
10) Though both Native Americans and enslaved Africans suffered in New Spain, which of the following conditions was NOT shared by both groups?
A
forced labor
B
suffering from sickness and overwork
C
leaving their homeland
D
not knowing the language of their conqueror
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