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FILL IN THE BLANK For each of the following statements, fill in the
blank with the appropriate term, phrase, or name. 1. Spanish ______________________ were soldiers who led military expeditions in
the Americas. 2. ______________________ was a conquistador sent by the governor of Cuba to
present-day Mexico in 1519. 3. ______________________ was a king who ruled over a wealthy empire located in
modern-day Mexico. 4. Although friendly at first to the Spanish, the ______________________ later
rebelled and were conquered. 5. ______________________ was a conquistador who heard rumors of the Inca
cities in the Andes of South America. 6. ______________________ searched present-day Florida for the Fountain of
Youth. 7. The journey of ______________________ gave Spain a claim to the Pacific coast
of North America. 8. In New Spain, the Spanish set up three types of settlements— missions,
______________________, and presidios. 9. ______________________ were large farms that grew just one kind of crop and
made huge profits for their owners. 10. To connect the scattered communities of New Spain, Spanish settlers built El
Camino Real, or “______________________”.
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Early Exploration and Settlement SECTION 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
SECTION 4 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
k, Paleo-Indians i, migration e, hunter-gatherers d, environments l, society c, culture b, Bering land bridge m, totems h, Mesoamerica f, Iroquois League
CHAPTER TEST 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
SECTION 2 1. T 2. F; Joint-stock companies allowed all inves-
tors to share in profits and losses, not just the head of the company. 3. F; Marco Polo was an explorer who traveled throughout Asia and wrote of his experiences there. Christopher Columbus was the Italian explorer who discovered the Americas. 4. T 5. F; Explorers looked for a Northwest Passage but never did locate a passage that would allow them to sail through North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
SECTION 3 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
b, Catholic Church policies c, printing press a, inflation a, Italians c, They disappeared.
conquistadors Hernán Cortés Moctezuma II Aztec Francisco Pizarro Juan Ponce de León Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo pueblos plantations the Royal Road
B D A D A B A A B A B D B C D B C D C A B A D A C
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