HY 201 A. Hudson Final Exam (JSU)
UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Colonists felt that the laws and taxes passed by the British were unfair because they had
no____________________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Representation in Parliament
Was called the "Admiral of the Ocean Sea." - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Christopher
Columbus
discovered the new world in 1492, when he sailed westward into the Atlantic Ocean looking
for a more direct route to Asia. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Christopher Columbus
What Christopher Columbus discovered on this voyage - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Bahama
Islands
He sailed under the Spanish flag. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Christopher Columbus
A Portugal mariner, who sailed under the Spanish flag - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Ferdinand Magellan
named a particular body of water he thought was peaceful, the Pacific Ocean - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Ferdinand Magellan
discovered a strip of land near the southern tip of South America. This strip of land was
named "The Strait of Magellan." - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Ferdinand Magellan
In 1513, he crossed the Isthmus of Panama - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Vasco de Balboa
became the first known European to see the great body of water that separated China and the
American continent. (the pacific ocean) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Vasco de Balboa
,Led an expedition of 600 men into Mexico, 300 hundred of those men were Africans. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Hernando Cortes
In Mexico he encountered the Aztecs Indians. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Hernando Cortes
first tried to take the Aztecs by military force and failed, but his next attempt was successful,
because he and his men infected the Aztecs with a disease (small pox). - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Hernando Cortes
earned the reputation of being the most "brutal" of all the Spanish Conquistadors, because of
his harsh treatment of the Aztecs who survived the small pox infection. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Hernando Cortes
The Aztecs emperor who strongly resisted Cortes' attempt to take Mexico City,
(the capitol city). - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Montezuma
Discovered Peru and conquered the Inca Indians - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Francisco
Pizarro
Became the first white man to cross the Mississippi River. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Hernando de Soto
His men later buried him in the Mississippi River after his death. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Hernando de Soto
explored Alabama. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Hernando de Soto
Discovered the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River, which was named for him. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Francisco Coronado
Explored Florida in 1513 and 1521, while he was looking for the fountain of youth. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Juan Ponce de Leon
, established in 1565, by the Spanish and is the oldest settlement in North America. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- St. Augustine, Florida
Explored the southern tip of Africa also known as "The Cape of Good Hope." - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Bartholomew Dias
Was issued by Pope Alexander VI, in 1494, between Spain and Portugal - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Treaty of Tordesillas
The largest part of the new world (the lion's share), went to __________ in the
_________________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Spain, Treaty of Tordesillas
_____________ received territories in Africa, Asia, as well as what would later become
Brazil in the _________________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Portugal, Treaty of
Tordesillas
An Italian merchant, who sailed for Portugal, was the first to recognize the Americas as a
continent. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Amerigo Vespucci
The continent of America is named in honor of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Amerigo
Vespucci
A Dominican priest who protested the harsh treatment of the Native-American population. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Bartolome de Las Casas
He spoke out against these horrors in a publication entitled "In Defense of the Indians." -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Bartolome de Las Casas
appointed Protector of the Indians by the king of Spain. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Bartolome de Las Casas
first European explorer to touch North America since the Vikings - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- John Cabot
UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Colonists felt that the laws and taxes passed by the British were unfair because they had
no____________________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Representation in Parliament
Was called the "Admiral of the Ocean Sea." - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Christopher
Columbus
discovered the new world in 1492, when he sailed westward into the Atlantic Ocean looking
for a more direct route to Asia. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Christopher Columbus
What Christopher Columbus discovered on this voyage - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Bahama
Islands
He sailed under the Spanish flag. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Christopher Columbus
A Portugal mariner, who sailed under the Spanish flag - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Ferdinand Magellan
named a particular body of water he thought was peaceful, the Pacific Ocean - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Ferdinand Magellan
discovered a strip of land near the southern tip of South America. This strip of land was
named "The Strait of Magellan." - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Ferdinand Magellan
In 1513, he crossed the Isthmus of Panama - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Vasco de Balboa
became the first known European to see the great body of water that separated China and the
American continent. (the pacific ocean) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Vasco de Balboa
,Led an expedition of 600 men into Mexico, 300 hundred of those men were Africans. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Hernando Cortes
In Mexico he encountered the Aztecs Indians. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Hernando Cortes
first tried to take the Aztecs by military force and failed, but his next attempt was successful,
because he and his men infected the Aztecs with a disease (small pox). - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Hernando Cortes
earned the reputation of being the most "brutal" of all the Spanish Conquistadors, because of
his harsh treatment of the Aztecs who survived the small pox infection. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Hernando Cortes
The Aztecs emperor who strongly resisted Cortes' attempt to take Mexico City,
(the capitol city). - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Montezuma
Discovered Peru and conquered the Inca Indians - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Francisco
Pizarro
Became the first white man to cross the Mississippi River. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Hernando de Soto
His men later buried him in the Mississippi River after his death. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Hernando de Soto
explored Alabama. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Hernando de Soto
Discovered the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River, which was named for him. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Francisco Coronado
Explored Florida in 1513 and 1521, while he was looking for the fountain of youth. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Juan Ponce de Leon
, established in 1565, by the Spanish and is the oldest settlement in North America. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- St. Augustine, Florida
Explored the southern tip of Africa also known as "The Cape of Good Hope." - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Bartholomew Dias
Was issued by Pope Alexander VI, in 1494, between Spain and Portugal - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Treaty of Tordesillas
The largest part of the new world (the lion's share), went to __________ in the
_________________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Spain, Treaty of Tordesillas
_____________ received territories in Africa, Asia, as well as what would later become
Brazil in the _________________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Portugal, Treaty of
Tordesillas
An Italian merchant, who sailed for Portugal, was the first to recognize the Americas as a
continent. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Amerigo Vespucci
The continent of America is named in honor of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Amerigo
Vespucci
A Dominican priest who protested the harsh treatment of the Native-American population. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Bartolome de Las Casas
He spoke out against these horrors in a publication entitled "In Defense of the Indians." -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Bartolome de Las Casas
appointed Protector of the Indians by the king of Spain. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Bartolome de Las Casas
first European explorer to touch North America since the Vikings - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- John Cabot
