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Chapter 1
American History
Question | Answer |
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Hernan Cortez was aided greatly in his conquest of the Aztecs by the | Division within the Indian confederacies |
While the Spanish were occupied expelling Muslims, Portugal was | Developing ship technology that enabled her sailors to explore the coast of Africa |
Which of the following statements about Tenochtitlan is not correct? | Compared to Paris or Venice, Tenochtitlan was a small, rural village |
Because Spain became a wealthy nation as a result of her New World colonies, | Spain dominated early European colonization, other nations wanted colonies so they could become wealthy, Spain had first choice of all undiscovered lands |
What crop was cultivated by nearly every Native American farming culture? | Corn |
Archaeological evidence suggests that the earliest Americans arrived on the continent | By 12,000 BCE |
Columbus's attitude toward the Taino or Arawak people and other Native people in general was | Disrespectful, based on his ignorance of Native cultural traditions, based on the Europeans assumptions that the natives were inferior to the Europeans |
The enslavement of Africans | Evolved over time |
A sharp decline in the Indian population followed the arrival of Europeans because | Diseases were introduced inadvertently by the Spanish |
The term ___ suggests the consequences of blending plants, animals, and humans with their diseases from Europe and the New World | Columbian Exchange |