Question 1

Long before France and England made attempts to found colonies, __________ were exploiting the coastal North American waters of the North Atlantic.

Accepted Answer

A)  Muslim seamen 
B)  Italian merchants 
C)  Chinese explorers 
D)  European fishermen

Question 2

What do historians call the medieval European social system?

Accepted Answer

A)  feudalism 
B)  commercialism 
C)  Protestantism 
D)  a frontier of inclusion

Question 3

Before colonizing the Americas, England sent soldiers and colonists to subdue __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Ireland 
B)  North Africa 
C)  Portugal 
D)  Spain

Question 4

Columbus and his successors established an institution known as the encomienda, in which __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  soldiers were slowly transformed from fighters to farmers 
B)  soldiers received rewards in exchange for killing as many Indians as possible 
C)  Indians received food in exchange for conversion to Catholicism 
D)  Indians were compelled to labor in the service of Spanish lords

Question 5

One hundred years after Columbus's first voyage to the "New World," the majority of the population of Spanish America was __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  of mixed race 
B)  white European 
C)  Native American 
D)  African

Exam 2: When Worlds Collide

Long before France and England made attempts to found colonies, __________ were exploiting the coastal North American waters of the North Atlantic.

What do historians call the medieval European social system?

Before colonizing the Americas, England sent soldiers and colonists to subdue __________.

Columbus and his successors established an institution known as the <emphasis>encomienda</emphasis>, in which __________.

One hundred years after Columbus's first voyage to the "New World," the majority of the population of Spanish America was __________.