What was the Columbian Exchange? How did it change the Americas? ...

[Beheh]

Question 1

Will Adams helped the __________ make contact with Japans Tokugawa dynasty.
 
  A) Spanish
  B) French
  C) English
  D) Dutch

Question 2

In 1580, Spains Philip II laid claim to the throne of __________.
 
  A) Portugal
  B) France
  C) England
  D) Holland

Question 3

Who was John Calvin and what did he believe?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

What were the three main consequences of the near-extinction of the native West Indian population in the wake of contact with Europeans?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 5

What was the Columbian Exchange? How did it change the Americas? How did it change the rest of the world?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[brbarasa]

Answer 1

Answer: D

Answer 2

Answer: A

Answer 3

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  John Calvin was a French Protestant who helped make the Swiss city of Geneva a church-centered state.
  


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  Calvin believed in a simple, austere form of Christianity.
  


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  He argued that faith, not good works, would lead Christians to be saved.
  


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  Calvin believed that only a small number of people were among Gods elect.
  


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  Calvinist doctrine helped shape Protestant communities across northern Europe.
  

Answer 4

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  After the arrival of the Spanish, 95 percent of the West Indian population was wiped out within a generation.
  


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  Spanish missionaries denounced the brutality of the Spanish conquest.
  


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  In response to the steep drop in population, Spanish colonizers began importing slaves from Africa.
  


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  Decimation in the islands prompted the Spanish to intensify their explorations.
  

Answer 5

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  The Columbian Exchange was the transfer of people, animals, plants, and diseases that took place after European contact with the Americas.
  


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  The term emphasizes the two-way nature of the flow.
  


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  Europeans brought domesticated animals, new crops, and deadly diseases to the Americas.
  


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  A host of important New World crops were taken to Europe, Africa, and Asia.
  


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  The exchange had a profound impact on global populations, changing the planet and its inhabitants forever.
  

[Beheh]

Excellent

[daiying98]

Great answer, keep it coming