APUSH-Amsco Chapter 1 UPDATED
Study Guide QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Christopher Columbus - CORRECT ANSWER He was an italian
navigator who, in 1492, was granted a voyage of three ships. He sought out to
find a quicker path to the Indies, but instead he wound up in the "New World".
Columbus brought permanent connection between Europe and Native
Americans
New World - CORRECT ANSWER Also known as the Americas, the
new world was the land that columbus discovered in 1492. The new world was
also the land that England, Spain, Portugal and France started to colonize.
During colonization, the Europeans were first introduced to the Native
Americans who inhabited the land
Amerigo Vespucci - CORRECT ANSWER Another italian navigator
who corrected Columbus's mistake(s), acknowledging the coasts of america as a
new world. America is named after him.
Papal Line of Demarcation - CORRECT ANSWER The dividing line in
the new world. Spain and Portugal were the first to claim land and when they
could not settle on equally dividing it, they turned to the pope for help. In 1493
the pope drew the Papal Line of Demarcation and gave Spain everyting to the
west of it and Portugal everything to the right
Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) - CORRECT ANSWER In accordance to the
Papal Line of Demarcation, Spain and Portugal agreed to sign the Treaty of
Tordesillas. This moved the line over a few degrees on the map
Vasco Nunez de Balboa - CORRECT ANSWER Navigator who made the
journey the Isthmus of Panama to the Paciffic ocean before the new world was
discovered
, Ferdinand Megellan - CORRECT ANSWER Sailor who captianed the
voyages that went out on the circumnavigation of the world in the early years of
the 1600's
Hernan Cortes - CORRECT ANSWER Spanish conquistador who
conquored the Aztecs in Mexico for Spain, 1519
Francisco Pizarro - CORRECT ANSWER A Spanish conquistador who
conquered the Incas in 1745
Conquistador - CORRECT ANSWER A spanish conqueror, who
explored and conqured the Americas in serach of wealth and land, 1600's
Encomienda System - CORRECT ANSWER In the 1600's, this was the
system that was granted to the spanish settlers byt thier king. This system meant
that the Native Americans that ocuppied the spanish lands were put to work and
anything that came from thier labour was givin to the spainards
Asiento System - CORRECT ANSWER System also used by the
Spanish. The Spanish used this system to bring people from West Africa as
labor. However, the spanish had to pay a tax to their king for every slave they
brought to the Americas
John Cabot - CORRECT ANSWER An italian sea captian who was
under contract to England's King. He explored the coast of Newfoundland in
1497
Giovanni de Verrazano - CORRECT ANSWER An italian navigator who
was sponsored by the French to find a northwest passage leading through the
Americas to Asia. He explored part of North America's coast
Study Guide QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Christopher Columbus - CORRECT ANSWER He was an italian
navigator who, in 1492, was granted a voyage of three ships. He sought out to
find a quicker path to the Indies, but instead he wound up in the "New World".
Columbus brought permanent connection between Europe and Native
Americans
New World - CORRECT ANSWER Also known as the Americas, the
new world was the land that columbus discovered in 1492. The new world was
also the land that England, Spain, Portugal and France started to colonize.
During colonization, the Europeans were first introduced to the Native
Americans who inhabited the land
Amerigo Vespucci - CORRECT ANSWER Another italian navigator
who corrected Columbus's mistake(s), acknowledging the coasts of america as a
new world. America is named after him.
Papal Line of Demarcation - CORRECT ANSWER The dividing line in
the new world. Spain and Portugal were the first to claim land and when they
could not settle on equally dividing it, they turned to the pope for help. In 1493
the pope drew the Papal Line of Demarcation and gave Spain everyting to the
west of it and Portugal everything to the right
Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) - CORRECT ANSWER In accordance to the
Papal Line of Demarcation, Spain and Portugal agreed to sign the Treaty of
Tordesillas. This moved the line over a few degrees on the map
Vasco Nunez de Balboa - CORRECT ANSWER Navigator who made the
journey the Isthmus of Panama to the Paciffic ocean before the new world was
discovered
, Ferdinand Megellan - CORRECT ANSWER Sailor who captianed the
voyages that went out on the circumnavigation of the world in the early years of
the 1600's
Hernan Cortes - CORRECT ANSWER Spanish conquistador who
conquored the Aztecs in Mexico for Spain, 1519
Francisco Pizarro - CORRECT ANSWER A Spanish conquistador who
conquered the Incas in 1745
Conquistador - CORRECT ANSWER A spanish conqueror, who
explored and conqured the Americas in serach of wealth and land, 1600's
Encomienda System - CORRECT ANSWER In the 1600's, this was the
system that was granted to the spanish settlers byt thier king. This system meant
that the Native Americans that ocuppied the spanish lands were put to work and
anything that came from thier labour was givin to the spainards
Asiento System - CORRECT ANSWER System also used by the
Spanish. The Spanish used this system to bring people from West Africa as
labor. However, the spanish had to pay a tax to their king for every slave they
brought to the Americas
John Cabot - CORRECT ANSWER An italian sea captian who was
under contract to England's King. He explored the coast of Newfoundland in
1497
Giovanni de Verrazano - CORRECT ANSWER An italian navigator who
was sponsored by the French to find a northwest passage leading through the
Americas to Asia. He explored part of North America's coast
