Exam 1: Three Old Worlds Create a New, 1492-1600

Fifteenth-century European, African, and Mesoamerican societies differed from most North American Indian societies in that the former were

As a result of the Black Death,

Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to establish English outposts in the New World, in part, because he wanted to

Columbus's log of his first encounter with the New World and its inhabitants reveals which of the following?

Under the encomienda system,

What did the city-states of Mesoamerica and the urban clusters known as the Mississippian culture have in common?

North American Indian agricultural societies were alike in which of the following respects?

At the time of initial contact with the Europeans, Lower Guinea was characterized by

The first economy based primarily on the bondage of black Africans was created in

The first person to publish the idea that Columbus had discovered a new continent was

Which of the following was a long-term consequence of the influx of gold and silver from the New World into Spain?

In the fifteenth century, Lower Guinea and Upper Guinea differed in which of the following respects?

The Lakota, Comanches, and Crows of the Great Plains were profoundly affected by the

The primary motive for the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century European voyages of exploration and discovery was the desire to

Which of the following were the first to cultivate food crops in the Americas?

The societies of West Africa were like Native American societies in which of the following respects?

Marco Polo's Travels was important primarily because it convinced many Europeans

Black slavery was introduced into Europe by the

In contrast to African and Native American societies, women in European societies were

As a result of his visit to the Portuguese colony on the Gold Coast of Africa, Columbus