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Which best explains why Europeans wanted to send explorers to East Asia in the 1400s?

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How did Elizabeth I promote an English empire?
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How did Elizabeth I promote an English empire?
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hired Christopher Columbus

hired Christopher Columbus

financed the Virginia Company

financed the Virginia Company

opened a school for navigators

opened a school for navigators

sponsored English exploration
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Why did Columbus think he had reached Asia when he landed in the Americas?

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He miscalculated the size of the Earth by more than half.
He miscalculated the size of the Earth by more than half.

The land looked like the pictures he had of Asia.

The land looked like the pictures he had of Asia.

He believed the Indians who told him that he had reached Asia.

He believed the Indians who told him that he had reached Asia.

His instruments indicated that his location was 120° W longitude.
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How did European conquerors meet their need for labor on sugar plantations?

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They hired the unemployed population of Europe.

They hired the unemployed population of Europe.

They brought enslaved Africans to the Americas.

They brought enslaved Africans to the Americas.

They paid Native Americans to do the work.

They paid Native Americans to do the work.

They bought new machines that did much of the work.
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Which best describes the Aztecs?

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They allowed the Spanish to build forts as bases for exploration in exchange for guns and horses.

They allowed the Spanish to build forts as bases for exploration in exchange for guns and horses.

They had a complex civilization that was destroyed by the Spanish conquerors.

They had a complex civilization that was destroyed by the Spanish conquerors.

They had a secret city called Cíbola, where they hid from the Spanish for more than a century.

They had a secret city called Cíbola, where they hid from the Spanish for more than a century.

They defeated the Spanish in battle and made them pay tribute in gold.
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Which conquistador is not matched correctly with the region he explored or conquered?

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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado - southwestern United States

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado - southwestern United States

Ponce de León - Florida

Ponce de León - Florida

Hernando Cortés - western South America

Hernando Cortés - western South America

Hernando de Soto - southeastern United States
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Which is an accurate description of the way the conquistadors treated Native Americans?

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The conquistadors paid the Native Americans in gold to be allowed to travel through their lands.

The conquistadors paid the Native Americans in gold to be allowed to travel through their lands.

The conquistadors protected the Native Americans from outside invaders.

The conquistadors protected the Native Americans from outside invaders.

The conquistadors believed it was their duty to convert Native Americans to Christianity.

The conquistadors believed it was their duty to convert Native Americans to Christianity.

The conquistadors opened schools for Native Americans where they taught them to care for their lands.
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How did the city of Santa Fe in the state of New Mexico begin?

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as a French fort

as a French fort

as a sugar plantation

as a sugar plantation

founded as a Spanish mission

founded as a Spanish mission

settled by gold seekers
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Why did the French explore and colonize parts of North America?

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to enslave Native Americans as workers in France

to enslave Native Americans as workers in France

to look for gold and trap for furs

to look for gold and trap for furs

to build cattle ranches

to build cattle ranches

to establish a democratic republic
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Which is the best description of England's North American settlement attempts before 1600?

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They did very well.

They did very well.

They all failed.

They all failed.

There were no attempts before 1600.

There were no attempts before 1600.

They survived for fifty or more years before giving up.
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