1. which european explorers landed on the island of san salvador in october 1492?
a. christopher columbus
b. amerigo vespucci
c. cabeza de vaca
d. ponce de león
2. which early spanish settler wrote disapprovingly of the treatment of the native americans in new spain?
a. hernán cortés
b. bartolomé de las casas
c. francisco pizarro
d. nicolás de ovando
3. why were the native americans more vulnerable than the europeans to the effects of diseases such as smallpox?
a. they believed that disease was caused by european gods.
b. they did not realize how dangerous the disease was.
c. they had not had previous contact with these diseases.
d. they used traditional american medicinal cures to treat them.
4. which of the following phrases best describes the columbian exchange?
a. it was the enslavement of native people in the americas by european explorers.
b. it was the discovery of gold and other material wealth in the americas by european explorers.
c. it was the spread of catholicism, protestantism, and islam in europe, africa, and the americas.
d. it was the transfer of plants, animals, diseases, people, and ideas among europe, africa, and the americas.
5. in what way did the spanish reconquista relate to the spanish conquest of the americas?
a. the conquest of the americas was an extension of how the spanish conquered more land during the reconquista.
b. the reconquista convinced spanish missionaries to avoid trying to convert native americans to catholicism.
c. the reconquista triggered a burdening overpopulation in spain that only new conquests could resolve.
d. the most adept military leaders refused to go to the new world so they could continue the reconquista.