used to describe the enormous widespread exchange of plants, animals, foods, human populations (including slaves), communicable diseases, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres that occurred after 1492. (when Columbus discovered America)

led an expedition in 1519 that caused the fall of the Aztec empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the King of Castile, in the early 16th century;brought back alot of gold/silv to spain

was an early Spanish explorer of the New World and is remembered as a protoanthropological author;taken captive when his ship wrecked on the side of TX;

was founded b/c there wasn;t a pueblo population in that area; it allowed ppl to separate & start their own empire; "kingdom of new mexico"

what is the treaty of tordesillas?

divided the "newly discovered" lands outside Europe between Spain & Portugal. This line of demarcation was about halfway between the Cape Verde Islands & the islands discovered by Christopher Columbus on his 1st voyage

broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole;spain developed this

while it was unfortunate that the bubonic plague killed about a third of europe's population, it was beneficial in that it..

eased pressure on food resources & created greater opportunities for advancement

portugal's early interest in exploration & expansion stemmed from a desire to______

expel muslims from europe & control the african trade for wheat & gold

columbus' first impression of the tainos was that they...

would be good & intelligent servants

some historians believe that because of the effects of the columbian echange, the so-called discovery of america was..

the most important event in the history of the world

if you were martin waldseemuller in 1500, you were among the very first to understand that..

the discoveries of columbus, balboa, & vespucci proved there was a continent which existed west of europe & east of asia

hernan cortes was eventually able to defeat the mexicans in 1521 by enlisting the help of..

tens of thousands of indian allies who favored the destruction of the aztecs

the spanish introduced the encomienda as a way to..

reward conquistadors who claimed territory in the new world

in the video, professor david weber reminds us that in frontier regions..

people tend to develop a new culture

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history 1301 test 1

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columbian exchange	used to describe the enormous widespread exchange of plants, animals, foods, human populations (including slaves), communicable diseases, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres that occurred after 1492. (when Columbus discovered America)
cortes	led an expedition in 1519 that caused the fall of the Aztec empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the King of Castile, in the early 16th century;brought back alot of gold/silv to spain
cabeza de Vaca	was an early Spanish explorer of the New World and is remembered as a protoanthropological author;taken captive when his ship wrecked on the side of TX;
Santa Fe	was founded b/c there wasn;t a pueblo population in that area; it allowed ppl to separate & start their own empire; "kingdom of new mexico"
what is the treaty of tordesillas?	divided the "newly discovered" lands outside Europe between Spain & Portugal. This line of demarcation was about halfway between the Cape Verde Islands & the islands discovered by Christopher Columbus on his 1st voyage
catholocism	broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole;spain developed this
while it was unfortunate that the bubonic plague killed about a third of europe's population, it was beneficial in that it..	eased pressure on food resources & created greater opportunities for advancement
portugal's early interest in exploration & expansion stemmed from a desire to______	expel muslims from europe & control the african trade for wheat & gold
columbus' first impression of the tainos was that they...	would be good & intelligent servants
some historians believe that because of the effects of the columbian echange, the so-called discovery of america was..	the most important event in the history of the world
if you were martin waldseemuller in 1500, you were among the very first to understand that..	the discoveries of columbus, balboa, & vespucci proved there was a continent which existed west of europe & east of asia
hernan cortes was eventually able to defeat the mexicans in 1521 by enlisting the help of..	tens of thousands of indian allies who favored the destruction of the aztecs
the spanish introduced the encomienda as a way to..	reward conquistadors who claimed territory in the new world
in the video, professor david weber reminds us that in frontier regions..	people tend to develop a new culture

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