Exam 1: When Old Worlds Collide: Encounters in the Atlantic World to 1600

The Black Death reduced Europe's population by

The society that was able to build complex agricultural systems at 12,000 feet above sea level -- an unheard of task -- was

The_____________ established their first African fort at Cape Blanco in 1448.

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

The large Spanish estates that developed in the countryside of the Americas in the sixteenth century were known as haciendas.

Which of the following is not true of the Spanish conquistadores ?

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

Despite the fact that it was a nonliterate culture, this empire managed to rule up to 12 million people over a widely expanding area.

The leader of the Aztecs at the time of their defeat in 1519 was

The European nation that was the pioneer in the area of exploration was

Portuguese explorers were never able to penetrate Japan.

"slash and burn" agriculture

In the fourteenth century an outbreak of the_____________ wiped out one third of Europe's population.

Who of the following was the conqueror of the Inca empire?

After the 1430s information was able to circulate more freely in Europe than anywhere else in the world because of the

By 1300, more than_____________ million people were living in Europe.

_____________was the Inca capital.

Which of the following did Portugal settle first?

Europe's most fiercely Catholic society as the sixteenth century began was Spain.

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