Question 1

Please define the following key terms
-Treaty of Tordesillas

Accepted Answer

The Treaty of Tordesillas was an agreeme

Question 2

The last Muslim outpost in Spain,____,fell in 1492.

Accepted Answer

A) Balboa 
B) The Basque lands 
C) Aragon 
D) Granada 
E) Castile 
A) Balboa 
B) The Basque lands 
C) Aragon 
D) Granada 
E) Castile

Question 3

Please define the following key terms
-conquistadors

Accepted Answer

The conquistadors were Spanish soldiers,

Question 4

The most important Inca deities were the local spirits.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

One of the earliest humanists was ____,an Italian poet,who thought that scholasticism was too broad and abstract.

Accepted Answer

A) Cicero 
B) Petrarch 
C) Plato 
D) Aristotle 
E) Fedele 
A) Cicero 
B) Petrarch 
C) Plato 
D) Aristotle 
E) Fedele

Question 6

From the beginning,Spanish entrepreneurs realized the potential of the Americas and traveled there to make their fortunes.With such an influx of Europeans,a conflict with the indigenous American peoples seems inevitable.How did the Spanish attempt to solve this problem by using the encomienda system?

Accepted Answer

The encomienda system was a labor system

Question 7

The Nahua Great Speaker was

Accepted Answer

A) in charge of all matters except war. 
B) similar to a European mayor. 
C) never allowed to marry. 
D) treated like a god. 
E) chosen from the common people. 
A) in charge of all matters except war. 
B) similar to a European mayor. 
C) never allowed to marry. 
D) treated like a god. 
E) chosen from the common people.

Question 8

In what way was the Spanish encomienda system the same as the system used by earlier Aztec and Inca rulers?

Accepted Answer

A) The native populations' revenues were taxed. 
B) Revenues were acquired through military conquests of various neighboring peoples. 
C) Local Spanish officials collected revenues by use of native labor or tributes. 
D) All revenues received through native labor or tributes went directly to the monarch. 
E) All revenues received through native labor or tributes went to the church for teaching the natives about Christianity. 
A) The native populations' revenues were taxed. 
B) Revenues were acquired through military conquests of various neighboring peoples. 
C) Local Spanish officials collected revenues by use of native labor or tributes. 
D) All revenues received through native labor or tributes went directly to the monarch. 
E) All revenues received through native labor or tributes went to the church for teaching the natives about Christianity.

Question 9

Please define the following key terms
-Cortés

Accepted Answer

Hernán Cortés (1485–1547) was a Spanish

Question 10

In what way were the Inca similar to the Aztec?

Accepted Answer

A) The empire was developed in the Andes. 
B) They practiced human sacrifice. 
C) Defeated people were integrated into the empire. 
D) Defeated people were often resettled to avoid rebellion. 
E) Peoples who had been defeated owed labor and military service to the empire. 
A) The empire was developed in the Andes. 
B) They practiced human sacrifice. 
C) Defeated people were integrated into the empire. 
D) Defeated people were often resettled to avoid rebellion. 
E) Peoples who had been defeated owed labor and military service to the empire.

Question 11

Please define the following key terms
-Skull-mask

Accepted Answer

A skull-mask is a mask that is designed

Question 12

Please define the following key terms
-Cassandra Fedele

Accepted Answer

Cassandra Fedele (1465–1558) was an Ital

Question 13

Please define the following key terms
-Columbian exchange

Accepted Answer

The answer of Please define the following key terms
-Columbian exchange...

Question 14

Please define the following key terms
-syphilis

Accepted Answer

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infec

Question 15

What comparison can be made between the travels of Columbus and of Zheng He?

Accepted Answer

Christopher Columbus and Zheng He were b

Question 16

Please define the following key terms
-Inca empire

Accepted Answer

The Inca Empire, also known as the Incan

Question 17

The encomienda system was introduced by the Spanish government to prevent abusive treatment of the Amerindians while Christianizing them,but the system was generally ignored by Spanish officials.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The Tlaxcalans were

Accepted Answer

A) the Spaniards' most important allies against the Mexica. 
B) a peaceful people who lacked an army. 
C) friendly to the Spanish from the start. 
D) uninterested in the conflict between the Spanish and the Mexica. 
E) wiped out completely by the Spanish. 
A) the Spaniards' most important allies against the Mexica. 
B) a peaceful people who lacked an army. 
C) friendly to the Spanish from the start. 
D) uninterested in the conflict between the Spanish and the Mexica. 
E) wiped out completely by the Spanish.

Question 19

Starting around ____,European navigators began to sail past the Straits of Gibraltar into the Atlantic Ocean.

Accepted Answer

A) 1050 
B) 1150 
C) 1350 
D) 1250 
E) 1450 
A) 1050 
B) 1150 
C) 1350 
D) 1250 
E) 1450

Question 20

The description of the encounter between the Spanish and Nahua was written from the Nahua perspective by

Accepted Answer

A) Malinche. 
B) the Great Speaker. 
C) Cortés. 
D) Fray Bernardino de Sahagún. 
E) Columbus. 
A) Malinche. 
B) the Great Speaker. 
C) Cortés. 
D) Fray Bernardino de Sahagún. 
E) Columbus.

Please define the following key terms -Treaty of Tordesillas

The last Muslim outpost in Spain,____,fell in 1492.

Please define the following key terms -conquistadors

The most important Inca deities were the local spirits.

One of the earliest humanists was ____,an Italian poet,who thought that scholasticism was too broad and abstract.

The Nahua Great Speaker was

In what way was the Spanish encomienda system the same as the system used by earlier Aztec and Inca rulers?

Please define the following key terms -Cortés

In what way were the Inca similar to the Aztec?

Please define the following key terms -Skull-mask

Please define the following key terms -Cassandra Fedele

Please define the following key terms -Columbian exchange

Please define the following key terms -syphilis

What comparison can be made between the travels of Columbus and of Zheng He?

Please define the following key terms -Inca empire

The encomienda system was introduced by the Spanish government to prevent abusive treatment of the Amerindians while Christianizing them,but the system was generally ignored by Spanish officials.

The Tlaxcalans were

Starting around ____,European navigators began to sail past the Straits of Gibraltar into the Atlantic Ocean.

The description of the encounter between the Spanish and Nahua was written from the Nahua perspective by

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Exam 1: Maritime Expansion in the Atlantic World,1400–1600

Please define the following key terms -Treaty of Tordesillas

The last Muslim outpost in Spain,____,fell in 1492.

Please define the following key terms -conquistadors

The most important Inca deities were the local spirits.

One of the earliest humanists was ____,an Italian poet,who thought that scholasticism was too broad and abstract.

The Nahua Great Speaker was

In what way was the Spanish encomienda system the same as the system used by earlier Aztec and Inca rulers?

Please define the following key terms -Cortés

In what way were the Inca similar to the Aztec?

Please define the following key terms -Skull-mask

Please define the following key terms -Cassandra Fedele

Please define the following key terms -Columbian exchange

Please define the following key terms -syphilis

What comparison can be made between the travels of Columbus and of Zheng He?

Please define the following key terms -Inca empire

The encomienda system was introduced by the Spanish government to prevent abusive treatment of the Amerindians while Christianizing them,but the system was generally ignored by Spanish officials.

The Tlaxcalans were

Starting around ____,European navigators began to sail past the Straits of Gibraltar into the Atlantic Ocean.

The description of the encounter between the Spanish and Nahua was written from the Nahua perspective by

Maritime Expansion in Afro-Eurasia,1500–1700

Religion, Politics, and the Balance of Power in Western Eurasia, 1500–1750

Empires, Colonies, and Peoples of the Americas, 1600–1750

The Atlantic System: Africa, the Americas, and Europe, 1550–1807

Empires in Early Modern Asia, 1650–1837

European Science and the Foundations of Modern Imperialism, 1600–1820

Revolutions in the West, 1750–1830

The Industrial Revolution and European Politics, 1765–1880

The Challenge of Modernity in China, Japan, and India, 1800–1910

State Building and Social Change in the Americas, 1830–1910

The New Imperialism in Africa and Southeast Asia, 1830–1914

War, Revolution, and Global Uncertainty, 1905–1928

Responses to Global Crisis, 1920–1939

The Second World War and the Origins of the Cold War, 1939–1949

The Cold War and Decolonization, 1949–1975

Toward a New World Order, 1975–2000

Voyage into the Twenty First Century

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