Question 1
One hundred years after Columbus' first voyage to the New World, the majority of the population of Spanish America was:
A) white European.
B) Native American.
C) African.
D) of mixed race.
Question 2
An important consequence of Coronado's expedition was that:
A) Spain established agricultural settlements in the Southwest.
B) Spanish cattle herders settled in Colorado.
C) Spain lost interest in settling the Southwest for fifty years.
D) poor Spanish peasants were encouraged to settle in the Southwest.
Question 3
Between 1500 and 1600, what was the most valuable American export to Europe?
A) sugar
B) tobacco
C) silver
D) spices
Question 4
Which European element of the Columbian Exchange had the greatest long term impact on the Americas?
A) old world foodstuffs
B) sugar
C) tobacco
D) domesticated animals and livestock
Question 5
The smallpox epidemic that began in the New World in 1518 followed which pattern?
A) Spain to the Caribbean to Mexico to the Andes
B) Mexico to the Andes to the Caribbean to Spain
C) Spain to the Andes
D) Spain to Mexico via the Andes