MATCHING Match the Person or Term with the with the Correct

question 81

Multiple Choice

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Hernán Cortés

• A)claimed Brazil for Portugal in 1500
• B)founded Quebec
• C)Italian who sailed for Spain in 1492
• D)Dominican priest who preached against Spanish abuses of Indians
• E)British economist who wrote The Wealth of Nations
• F)Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
• G)sailed around southern Africa and into the Indian Ocean
• H)America was named for him
• I)first European to discover Newfoundland in 1497
• J)explored Florida
• K)led seven large naval expeditions in early 1400s
• L)developed a movable-type printing press

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Definitions:

Dividend

A payment made by a corporation to its shareholders, usually in the form of cash or stock, from its earnings.

Loss

The reduction in the financial valuation of an investment, or when expenses exceed the income or total amount invested.

Net Capital Spending

The total spending on fixed assets minus the proceeds from the sale of fixed assets.

Stock Dividend

A dividend payment made to shareholders in the form of additional shares of the issuing corporation's stock, rather than cash.