Question 1

During the reconquest

Accepted Answer

A)  the authorities accepted religions other than Catholicism as part of their multiethnic past. 
B)  Moors and Jews were forced to convert to Catholicism. 
C)  Catholics were forced into exile. 
D)  all Moors were expelled from Spain.

Question 2

Why did the African slaves survive to populate Brazil while large numbers of Tupi died?

Accepted Answer

A)  African slaves rebelled against the Portuguese. 
B)  African slaves had iron weapons to fight the Portuguese. 
C)  African slaves had built immunity against, and therefore were not vulnerable to, European diseases. 
D)  African slaves were nonsedentary agriculturalists.

Question 3

Upon reaching Hispaniola in the early 1490s, Columbus and his partners did which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  promptly organized expeditions to Mexico and Peru 
B)  spent more than a decade dealing exclusively with the local Taino/Arawak people 
C)  spent a few years dealing exclusively with the Tupínambá people in today's Brazil 
D)  organized the conquest of the Caribbean empire

Question 4

Why did Tenochtitlan become important to Spanish conquerors?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was the capital of the Inca Empire. 
B)  They used its structure to build the capital city of the Spanish Empire. 
C)  It was the capital of the Aztec Empire. 
D)  It was the center of the Catholic faith when the Europeans arrived to the Americas.

Exam 2: Encounter

During the reconquest

Why did the African slaves survive to populate Brazil while large numbers of Tupi died?

Upon reaching Hispaniola in the early 1490s, Columbus and his partners did which of the following?

Why did Tenochtitlan become important to Spanish conquerors?