Ch. 2.2 Europeans Reach The Americas Quiz
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- 1.Columbus, a sailor from __________________, Italy was convinced he could reachc Asia by sailing _________________ across the Atlantic Ocean.
- 2.Columbus asked King _____________________ and Queen ______________________ of Spain to pay for an expedition across the Atlantic.
- 3.The imaginary boundary that divided the Atlantic Ocean was the ___________________.
- 4.In 1501 which explorer and map maker led a Spanish fleet to the coast of present-day South America?
- 5.Which Portuguese navigator, set out with a fleet to reach the Philippine Islands and the Indian Ocean?
- 6.To go all the way around the globe is to _________________________ the globe.
- 7.What was the exchange of plants and animals between the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa called?
- 8.What treaty moved the Line of Demarcation 800 miles west?
- 9.Without intending to do so, the explorers introduced deadly new _____________ to the Americas.
- 10.As part of the trade, Europeans shipped millions of ____________________ to work slaves in the colonies in the New World.
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