Exam 1: When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, Conquest, Catastrophe

The first crop produced by African slave labor in the Caribbean was ____________________.

The papal decree that divided the Americas between Portugal and Spain was called the ____________________.

Examine the reasons why Portugal rose to the forefront during the early period of European exploration.

Before the arrival of the Europeans, the Indian societies of the Americas

In 1492, Spain took control of ____________________, the last outpost of Islam on the Iberian peninsula.

Beringia was never a hospitable place for plant and animal life.

The marriage of Queen Isabella of Castile and King ____________________ of Aragon formed the foundation for modern Spain.

____________________ entered the sixteenth century as Europe's most fiercely Catholic society.

Describe the most significant plant, animal, and bacterial aspects of the exchanges between Europe and the Americas.

Describe the successes and failures of Christopher Columbus's voyages at the end of the fifteenth century.

The major source of wealth exploited by the Spaniards in the Americas was

Discuss the role of religion in the era of exploration and discovery.

The system of labor control that allowed a person to exploit the labor force for a certain period of time was called

The first mariner to sail around the world was ____________________.

In 1573, the Spanish King disavowed the enslavement of Indians or even attacks against them.

The ____________________ practiced human sacrifice on a scale that had no parallel anywhere else in the world.