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Soldiers that fought for Spain....
a) Conquistadors
b) Converts
c)
d)

Allies....
a) Support each other in wars
b) Fight each other in wars
c)
d)

Smallpox....
a) Is a disease that causes high fever and death.
b) Is a disease that affects mostly chickens
c)
d)

Circumnavigate means....
a) Go completely around something
b) Diameter
c) Radius
d) Sail across the ocean

What did Pizarro and Cortez, and do?
a) Defeated Native American Empires
b) Were Captains on Columbus's ships
c)
d)

Diseases helped the Spanish conquer the Native Americans.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Many resources in Europe were running out before Columbus sailed.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Why were spices so scarce and expensive?
a) The Silk Road was closed
b) The Plague
c)
d)

Who are soldiers that fight for money, not for a country?
a) Mercenaries
b) Caballeros
c)
d)

What did triangular sails do?
a) Allow you to sail into the wind
b) Go faster with the wind
c)
d)

What was the name of the ship Prince Henry and the Portuguese developed?
a) Caravel
b) Mustang
c) Pinto
d) Appaloosa

What was Prince Henry the Navigator famous for?
a) His sailing school
b) Invented the compass
c) The Spanish Inquisition
d) Cured the Plague

The Enconmienda System...
a) Gave New World landowners the right to use the Native Americans that lived on their land
b) Was a new way to grow crops
c)
d)

Which country was first to sail to the Americas?
a) Spain
b) Portugal
c) England
d) France

Which country was first to sail to India?
a) Portugal
b) Spain
c) England
d) France

Which country claimed most of the coast of Africa due to Exploration?
a) Portugal
b) Spain
c) England
d) France

What is another name for the Line of Demarcation?
a) Tordesillas Line
b) Equator
c) Prime Meridian
d) Line of Latitude

In what year did Columbus sail the ocean blue?
a) 1491
b) 1492
c) 1493
d) 1494

Empire...
a) Colony
b) group of territories under a single government
c) Converts
d) People who fight for the king

An area under the control of another country.
a) Colony
b) Empire
c) Encomienda System
d) Culture

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