Author Question: Within a single generation of Columbus's death, Spanish conquistadores A) failed to expand beyond ... (Read 65 times)

Mr3Hunna · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

All of the following are true regarding the potato's role in the Columbian Exchange EXCEPT the

A) New World sweet potato made its entry into China in the 1500s.
B) potato strengthened Europeans' diet.
C) potato led to population growth.
D) potato vastly increased crop yields per acre.

Question 2

Europeans brought which of the following animals to the New World?

A) cattle
B) pigs
C) goats
D) All of the above.

Question 3

The population of the Americas dramatically declined following the arrival of Europeans primarily because of the

A) policy of systematic genocide employed by European explorers toward Native Americans.
B) enslavement and brutal treatment of Native Americans by Europeans.
C) lack of natural immunity among Native Americans to European diseases.
D) loss of morale and sense of hopelessness that pervaded Native American societies.

Question 4

Within a single generation of Columbus's death, Spanish conquistadores

A) failed to expand beyond the Caribbean.
B) explored, claimed, and conquered most of South America and Central America, but had not yet reached North America.
C) explored, claimed, and conquered most of South America, Central America, and parts of North America.
D) conquered and claimed Central America.