European Exploration

1) The system of labor tribute implemented by the Spanish in the Americas that demanded Indians work for the local lord was called the .

2) The were the Spanish warriors and conquerors of the Americas.

3) The conqueror of the Aztecs was .

4) Who was the conqueror of the Inca?

    A) Francisco Pizarro

    B) Hernan Cortes

    C) Vasco de Gama

    D) Francisco de Coronado

5) The major reason that western Europe engaged in exploration in the fifteenth century was

    A) the desire to spread Christianity.

    B) to control the seas.

    C) to expand trade with the non-Christian world.

    D) to export domestic products.

6) The "Columbian Exchange" refers to

    A) the trade network set up by Christopher Columbus.

    B) the drug cartel begun in South America.

    C) A system of exchanges connecting the peoples of the world begun in the late fifteenth century.

    D) all of the above.

7) The most devastating weapon brought to the Americas by the Europeans was

    A) gunpowder

    B) cannon

    C) iron weaponry

    D) disease

8) The great money crop of the West Indies was .

9) Columbus succeeded in reaching the Americas

    A) because he was one of the few Europeans who believed the world was round.

    B) because he grossly underestimated the distance from Europe to the Indies.

    C) because he convinced the Spanish monarchs to underwrite a fleet of the largest Spanish vessels.

    D) because the Spanish reconquista had failed, and the Spanish needed a different enterprise.