Chapter 1: Section 5-Transatlantic Encounters

The main goals of Christopher Columbus's first exploration of the Americas were to find gold, claim lands for Italy, and spread Christianity.

• True 
• False

The Taino were the the first Native Americans with whom Columbus came into contact. 

• True
• False

The European system of colonization was established during the settlement of the Americas. 

• True 
• False

The Treaty of Tordesillas was an agreement established by the pope in an effort to settle disagreements about expansion

• True 
• False

In the 1500s, food was the main contribution of the Americas to the Columbian Exchange

• True 
• False

Christopher Columbus and his crew reached the Americas in

• 1488
• 1492
• 1494
• 1508

 Columbus had embarked on his journey for all of the following reasons except

• to find gold
• to claim land
• to abandon European society
• to spread Christianity

The number of Africans drained from the Atlantic slave trade, carried on between the 1500s and the 1800s, was about

• 2 million
• 7 million
• 12 million
• 20 million

A “New World” item that made its way to Europe as part of the Columbian Exchange was

• corn
• rice
• banana
• the horse

The Treaty of Tordesillas, an agreement to divide the Western Hemisphere, was made between Spain and

• France
• Portugal
• England
• the Netherlands