Chapter 2

After fifty years of contact with Europeans in the New World,

How did King Charles I (later Holy Roman Emperor Charles V) and his successors use the wealth of New Spain?

Like many other European colonies in the New World, New Spain developed a pattern of social organization in which

When Columbus first arrived in the New World, he believed he was in

What was a result of contact and trade between the peoples of the Old and New Worlds?

The transatlantic exchange of goods, people, and ideas between the New World and Europe is referred to as the

Why was Portugal an unlikely nation to lead Europe into the Age of Exploration?

Which conquistador was buried in the Mississippi River by his men?

What was the result of Charles V and Philip II's extensive warfare?

During the 1500s, what was the most valuable export from New Spain?

Who established an unsuccessful colony along the St. Lawrence River in 1541?

How did Malinali provide invaluable assistance to Hernán Cortés?

Portugal's early interest in exploration and expansion stemmed from its desire to

The system of coerced labor in New Spain grew directly out of Spaniards' assumption that

The distribution of conquered towns, the right to rule the Indians and the land around them, and the right to exact tribute and labor from the Indians was called

Which technological advance aided European explorers by the year 1400?

Who did Cortés enlist to help defeat the Mexicans in 1521?

Who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in order to find a sea route from Europe to Asia?

What was a long-term consequence of the catastrophic bubonic plague in Europe?

Which European power dominated the New World during the 1500s?

Cities in what European nation held a monopoly on trade with the Far East until the fifteenth century?

Which area did John Cabot claim for England in his search for a Northwest Passage?

Exploration and territorial expansion became popular with Europeans in the fifteenth century because

Why did Spain introduce encomienda?

What was Francisco Vásquez de Coronado searching for when he ventured into the Southwest and Great Plains of North America?

In order to adapt to the demands of lengthy ocean voyages, the Portuguese

Martin Luther and the Catholic Church disagreed on

Christopher Columbus, like most education Europeans, believed that

The gender and number of Spanish settlers in New Spain created a society in which

The Portuguese inaugurated a new phase of plantation labor by staffing the Cape Verde islands with

Which social class was made up of children who were born in the Spanish New World to parents who had emigrated from Spain?

Who held the largest treasure found in the New World before 1540?

Which event brought Queen Isabella to the throne in 1474?

How did the deaths of millions of Indians affect Spain?

The Cathay Company sent Martin Frobisher to the New World to

In 1549, the Spanish government issued the repartimiento, which

The Treaty of Tordesillas between Spain and Portugal in 1494

Which Spanish conquistador settled New Mexico in 1598?

Which statement describes England's attempt to secure a North American settlement?

What was the significance of Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe?

How did Ferdinand and Isabella react to Columbus's first voyage?

The government of which country sponsored Christopher Columbus's 1492 exploration?

How did a sea route to Asia impact Europe?

In the early 1500s, Martin Waldseemüller was among the very first to understand that

The Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvars Cabral accidentally made landfall in

How did Spain benefit from settling Florida?

Who were the "Indians" that Columbus met at San Salvador?

Which segment of the Spanish population made up the majority of the approximately 225,000 Spaniards who settled in the colonies between 1492 and 1592?

When Catholic priests complained to the Spanish government about the brutal treatment of Indians, royal officials

Which factor helped the Spaniards conquer the Mexicans?