American History 1121 Study Guide
What did Columbus name South America?
"The Other World.
What was the system of land grants used by the Portguese?
Captaincy
Who opened North America to French colonization?
Champlain
Where did the French Huguenots establish colonies?
Charlesfort, South Carolina Fort Caroline, Florida
What name was Christopher Columbus known for in Spain?
Christobal Colon
He believed he had been chosen by God to spread the Gospel to other lands?
Christopher Columbus
What was Cristobal Colon?
Christopher Columbus
La Salle traveled the length of the Mississippi River from the __________ to its mouth at the _____________________
Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico
Eric the Red was exiled to?
Greenland
The Zeno brothers made their voyages before or after Columbus' voyages?
before
What group of people were used more than Indians as slaves in Brazil?
black Africans
What kind of people were most of Roberval's colonist?
convicts
When approximately was the first permanent Viking settlement settled in North America?
1010 AD
An Amerind is another name for what?
American Indian
Who was the first European to use the term "New World" in reference to the American continents?
Amerigo Vespucci
What is another term for "American Indian"
Amerind
The Mongoloid migration to America occurred across ____________________
Bering Strait
Thome de Sousa headed the first central government of what New World colony?
Brazil
Where was the largest congregation of sixteenth Jews located in the Americas?
Brazil
Corte-Real's expedition was sponsored by which countries?
Denmark and Portugal
Jews were the majority stockholders in this company?
Dutch West India
What was the system of land grants used by the Spanish?
Encomienda
Who established the Norse settlement at Julianehab?
Eric the Red
Who was exiled to Greenland and established the Norse settlement at Julianehab?
Eric the Red
Luis de Santegal secured what for Columbus' voyages?
Financing
He explored southwestern states and conquered Hawikuh
Francisco Coronado
He was the brutal conqueror of the Inca Empire?
Francisco Pizarro
He was the brutal conqueror of the Inca Empire
Francisco Pizzaro
What were the Huguenots?
French Protestants
Columbus believed he had been chosen by whom to spread the Gospel to other lands?
God
What were the Viking names for the lands Leif Ericsson discovered in America?
Helluland, Markland and Vineland
What explorer opened the New York area to Dutch trade and settlement?
Henry Hudson
Who opened the New York area to Dutch trade and settlement?
Henry Hudson
He was a greedy conqueror of the Aztec Empire
Hernando Cortez
Who was the greedy conqueror of the Aztec Empire?
Hernando Cortez
He explored southeastern states and crossed the Mississippi River
Hernando de Soto
French Protestants were called?
Huguenots
Where was the first Spanish continental settlement located on?
Isthmus of Panama
Who was the first Jew in the future United States?
Jacob Barismon
Who discovered the St. Lawrence River?
Jacques Cartier
He was a priest who explored the Mississippi River with Louis Jolliet
Jacques Marquette
He search for the Fountain of Youth
Juan Ponce de Leon
He searched for the Fountain of Youth
Juan Ponce de Leon
Who's ambition was to find the mouth of the Mississippi River and claim the interior of _____________ for France?
La Salle's, North America
What was the "Protector of Indians" because he was and advocate for Indian rights?
Las Casas
Who was converted to the Christian faith in Norway?
Leif Ericsson
Who was converted to the Christian faith while in Norway?
Leif Ericsson
The Treaty of Tordesillas established this _________________ between Spanish and Portugal holdings?
Line of Demarcation
He was the first to lead Europeans to view the Grand Canyon
Lopez de Cardenas
He was a trader that explored the Mississippi River in search of the Northwest Passage
Louis Jolliet
He was a cartographer who named Amerigo's Land
Martin Waldseemuller
Columbus was a __________, _______ and _______, so he undoubtedly knew the sagas and legends about early adventures.
Navigator, cartographer and scholar
What American city was a fulfillment of La Salle's dream of a New World Paris?
New Orleans
Verrazano searched for a Northwest Passage and sailed into ___________________, but failed to discover the ______________ river
New York Harbor, Hudson
"Great Ireland" may have been part of what continent?
North America
This Dutch system restricted trade and led to its destruction?
Patroon
What was the system of land grants used by the Dutch?
Patroon
He was a Portuguese discoverer who discovered Brazil
Pedro Cabral
He was the Portuguese discover of Brazil?
Pedro Cabral
What was the first permanent settlement in French Canada?
Quebec
Who founded Quebec?
Samuel de Champlain
Who was the first recorded white birth in America?
Snorri Thorfinnson
During Columbus' life time, what country was engaged in a war with the Moors?
Spain
Who's flag did Magellan sail under?
Spain
What was the population of New France like?
Sparse
These Mongoloid migrates did not do what?
Speak the same language
List the possible three oldest Spanish settlements in the United States
St. Augustine, Florida Santa Fe, New Mexico Tubac, Arizona
After the attempt to build the Tower of Babel, Mongolian tribes began to migrate to where?
The Americas
The Mongoloid migration to America probably occurred across where?
The Bering Strait
What does "La Leyenda Negra" mean? And what was a part of?
The Black Legend, Spanish encomienda system
What was the English title of Columbus' book?
The Book Of Prophecies
Who continued to persecute the Jews wherever they went?
The Inquisition
Magellan's voyage was important because I proved these four things?
The earth was round, Asia could be reached by sailing west, the New World was two large continents, The earth was much larger than had been thought.
Who was the first to head the government in Brazil?
Thome de Sousa
The _________________ was established the 1494 Line of Demarcation?
Treaty of Tordesillas
The Narvaez-de Vaca expedition opeed the door to the fast area of North America known as the?
United States
Who failed to discover the Hudson River?
Verrazano
What was the system of land grants used by the French?
Viceroy
What did Jacques Cartier return to France believing America was?
Was not worth anything
The Scottish and Irish Celtic churches ________ Roman Catholic.
Were not
Who was the first leader of the New Netherland colony?
Willem Verhulst
Who were the two men who quarreled with the Dutch West India Company?
William Usselinex Peter Minuit
