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• From where did the Americas receive their name?
• A German mapmaker named the continent after
  Amerigo Vespucci.
• Columbus called the land Americas because it
  was amazing.
• The king and queen of Spain named it after
  Amerigo Vespucci.
• The origin of the name Americas has never been
  found.

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• From where did the Americas receive their name?
• A German mapmaker named the continent after
  Amerigo Vespucci.
• c. The king and queen of Spain named it after
  Amerigo Vespucci.

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• Why did so many explorers look for a Northwest
  Passage?
• It would shorten the return trip from the
  Americas to Europe.
• It was the route leading to the golden cities in
  America.
• It was a direct water route to Asia through
  America.
• It was a major trade route from Lima to Mexico
  City.

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• Why did so many explorers look for a Northwest
  Passage?
• b. It was the route leading to the golden cities
  in America.
• c. It was a direct water route to Asia through
  America.

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• The capital of the Aztec Empire was
• Veracruz.
• b. Tenochtitlán.
• c. San Salvador
• d. St. Augustine

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• The capital of the Aztec Empire was
• b. Tenochtitlán.
• c. San Salvador

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• The leader of the Aztec, Montezuma, encountered
  which conquistador?
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Christopher Columbus
• Francisco Pizarro
• Hernando Cortés

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• The leader of the Aztec, Montezuma, encountered
  which conquistador?
• a. Ferdinand Magellan
• d. Hernando Cortés

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• Which of the following is NOT a reason why the
  Spanish were successful in
• fighting the Aztec?
• The spread of European disease such as smallpox.
• The Spanish were excellent soldiers and sailors.
• Spain poisoned their tropical vegetation on their
  land.
• d. Spain made alliances with Native Americans.

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• Which of the following is NOT a reason why the
  Spanish were successful in
• fighting the Aztec?
• c. Spain poisoned their tropical vegetation on
  their land.
• d. Spain made alliances with Native Americans.

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• What happened to Henry Hudson during his trip to
  find a route to China?
• Hudson was put on a boat by his crew and never
  seen again.
• Hudson encountered Inuit natives and they found
  China.
• Hudson and his crew encountered a blizzard and
  froze to death.
• d. Hudson found a successful route to China and
  found riches.

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• What happened to Henry Hudson during his trip to
  find a route to China?
• Hudson was put on a boat by his crew and never
  seen again.
• Hudson encountered Inuit natives and they found
  China.

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• Who were the French Protestants that founded St.
  Caroline?
• Conquistadors
• Huguenots
• c. Sea dogs
• d. Menéndez

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• Who were the French Protestants that founded St.
  Caroline?
• b. Huguenots
• c. Sea dogs

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• What is significant (important) about the English
  Channel?
• It is the location where England defeated the
  Spanish Armada.
• The English Channel is the direct water route
  from Europe to Asia.
• The English Channel was claimed by the country of
  Spain.
• It is the location where the Spanish Armada
  defeated England.

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• What is significant (important) about the English
  Channel?
• It is the location where England defeated the
  Spanish Armada.
• c. The English Channel was claimed by the
  country of Spain.

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• Which of the following is FALSE about the
  Columbian Exchange?
• Columbian Exchange was a trade network within the
  Atlantic Ocean.
• Columbian Exchange brought European disease to
  the Americas.
• Spain brought items such as pigs and grapes to
  the Americas.
• Columbian Exchange significantly reduced the
  population in Europe.

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• Which of the following is FALSE about the
  Columbian Exchange?
• c. Spain brought items such as pigs and grapes
  to the Americas.
• d. Columbian Exchange significantly reduced the
  population in Europe.

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• The Europeans enslaved Africans for reasons
  EXCEPT
• They were immune to European diseases.
• They had no family to help them escape.
• They provided a permanent source of labor.
• d. The Americas had a similar climate to Africa.

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• The Europeans enslaved Africans for reasons
  EXCEPT
• b. They had no family to help them escape.
• d. The Americas had a similar climate to Africa.

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• Who founded the trading post that later became
  the colony known as
• New France?
• Samuel de Champlain
• Jacques Cartier
• Giovanni da Verrazzano
• d. John Cobot

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• Who founded the trading post that later became
  the colony known as
• New France?
• Samuel de Champlain
• Jacques Cartier

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• Which of the following was a reason for Spanish
  defeat of the Aztecs
• Incas?
• The Spanish were excellent soldiers and sailors.
• The Aztecs and Incas had failing empires.
• The Spanish were aided by Aztec and Incan gods.
• d. The Aztecs and Incas were betrayed by their
  own people.

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• Which of the following was a reason for Spanish
  defeat of the Aztecs
• Incas?
• The Spanish were excellent soldiers and sailors.
• c. The Spanish were aided by Aztec and Incan
  gods.