APUSH-Amsco Chapter 1 Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Christopher Columbus - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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
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, Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) - ✔✔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 - ✔✔Navigator who made the journey the Isthmus of Panama
to the Paciffic ocean before the new world was discovered
Ferdinand Megellan - ✔✔Sailor who captianed the voyages that went out on the
circumnavigation of the world in the early years of the 1600's
Hernan Cortes - ✔✔Spanish conquistador who conquored the Aztecs in Mexico for
Spain, 1519
Francisco Pizarro - ✔✔A Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in 1745
Conquistador - ✔✔A spanish conqueror, who explored and conqured the Americas in
serach of wealth and land, 1600's
Encomienda System - ✔✔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
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Christopher Columbus - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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
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, Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) - ✔✔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 - ✔✔Navigator who made the journey the Isthmus of Panama
to the Paciffic ocean before the new world was discovered
Ferdinand Megellan - ✔✔Sailor who captianed the voyages that went out on the
circumnavigation of the world in the early years of the 1600's
Hernan Cortes - ✔✔Spanish conquistador who conquored the Aztecs in Mexico for
Spain, 1519
Francisco Pizarro - ✔✔A Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in 1745
Conquistador - ✔✔A spanish conqueror, who explored and conqured the Americas in
serach of wealth and land, 1600's
Encomienda System - ✔✔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
Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025 2
