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

Portuguese explorers were never able to penetrate Japan.

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

The conqueror of the Aztecs was ____________________.

The Chinese developed all of the following except

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

More than any other technological advantage, ____________________ made European military conquest possible.

The Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan was much more populated than any city in western Europe.

The ____________________ were cliff-dwelling people in the American southwest.

Johann Gutenberg invented paper and block printing.

In 1580, the ____________________ Empire was the greatest empire the world had ever known.

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

Women in semisedentary Indian societies did most of the farming.

The first mariner to sail around the world was ____________________.

Humans definitely were living in western Alaska about ____________________ years ago.

In 1400, Europe did not appear poised for dramatic expansion.

The Olmec people of Mesoamerica were known for all of the following except

Describe and analyze the consequences of the exchange of goods, technology, and bacteria between the Old and New Worlds.

Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered ____________________ in South America accidentally.

The primary crop of the first American farmers in Peru, Mexico, and the southwestern United States was ____________________.

Most Native American Indian populations were "hunters and gatherers."