APUSH AMSCO UNIT 1 EXAMINATION
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
conquistadores - Answer- sent ships loaded with gold and silver back to Spain from the
New World; increased the gold supply by 500 percent, making Spain the richest and
most powerful nation in Europe
encomienda system - Answer- system in which the king of Spain gave grants of land
and Native Americans to individual Spaniards; the natives had to farm or work in the
mines, and the fruits of their labor went to their Spanish masters, who had to "care" for
them
asiento system - Answer- system in which the Spanish bought slaves from West Africa;
required the Spanish to pay a tax to their king for each slave they imported to the
Americas
John Cabot - Answer- an Italian sea captain who was under contract to England's King
Henry VII; explored the coast of Newfoundland in 1497
Giovanni de Verrazano - Answer- an Italian navigator whose voyage was sponsored by
the French monarchy in 1524; explored part of North America's eastern coast, hoping to
find a northwest passage leading through the Americas to Asia
Jacques Cartier - Answer- explored the St. Lawrence River extensively; laid French
claims to American territory
Samuel de Champlain - Answer- established the first permanent French settlement in
America in 1608 at Quebec; later regarded as the "Father of New France" because of
his strong leadership in establishing the colony
Father Jacques Marquette - Answer- explored the upper Mississippi River in 1673
Robert de la Salle - Answer- explored the Mississippi Basin; named Louisiana after the
French king, Louis XIV
Henry Hudson - Answer- an experienced English seaman hired by the Dutch
government to seek a northwest passage in 1609; sailed up a broad river and
established Dutch claims to the surrounding area (later New Amsterdam)
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
conquistadores - Answer- sent ships loaded with gold and silver back to Spain from the
New World; increased the gold supply by 500 percent, making Spain the richest and
most powerful nation in Europe
encomienda system - Answer- system in which the king of Spain gave grants of land
and Native Americans to individual Spaniards; the natives had to farm or work in the
mines, and the fruits of their labor went to their Spanish masters, who had to "care" for
them
asiento system - Answer- system in which the Spanish bought slaves from West Africa;
required the Spanish to pay a tax to their king for each slave they imported to the
Americas
John Cabot - Answer- an Italian sea captain who was under contract to England's King
Henry VII; explored the coast of Newfoundland in 1497
Giovanni de Verrazano - Answer- an Italian navigator whose voyage was sponsored by
the French monarchy in 1524; explored part of North America's eastern coast, hoping to
find a northwest passage leading through the Americas to Asia
Jacques Cartier - Answer- explored the St. Lawrence River extensively; laid French
claims to American territory
Samuel de Champlain - Answer- established the first permanent French settlement in
America in 1608 at Quebec; later regarded as the "Father of New France" because of
his strong leadership in establishing the colony
Father Jacques Marquette - Answer- explored the upper Mississippi River in 1673
Robert de la Salle - Answer- explored the Mississippi Basin; named Louisiana after the
French king, Louis XIV
Henry Hudson - Answer- an experienced English seaman hired by the Dutch
government to seek a northwest passage in 1609; sailed up a broad river and
established Dutch claims to the surrounding area (later New Amsterdam)
