1.5 Quiz

Short answer- Columbus was mostly motivated by the phrase "Gold, Glory and God". Which one of the three aspects of that phrase do you think he accomplished the most? Explain your stance with a few sentences.

Columbus eventually died in Spain, disappointed he did not reach which country? _______

• China
• Argentina
• Korea
• South Indies

Which area of the Caribbean did the Taino people not inhabit?

• Puerto Rico
• Cuba
• Turks and Caicos
• Trinidad and Tobago

Within the British colonies would emerge a new society- and a new nation- based on the idea of _____ and ______

• representative government, religious tolerance
• monarchy, absolute rule
• self determination, suffrage

Jan 1492, Christopher Columbus proposed a daring plan to the Spanish monarchs King _____ and Queen ______

• Ferdinand, Isabella
• James, Bethany
• Alfonso, Joanna
• Amadeo, Maria

Columbus predicted natives would not be easily converted to Christianity.

• True
• False

Within the Treaty of _____, an imaginary vertical line drawn in the Atlantic to divide the world. The Spanish would claim all lands to the ______ of the line and the Portuguese would claim all lands _______ of the line.

• Tordesillas, West, East
• Tordesillas, East, West
• Versailles, West, East
• Paris, East, West

The Columbian exchange had a massive impact on trade between the Americas and Europe. What was a negative impact that Europeans brought to the New World?

• disease
• high tarrifs
• war
• narcotics

True or False- The European system of colonization was established long before Columbus set sail for Hispaniola

• True
• False

During Columbus's last voyage to the Americas, ironically he almost made it to which Central American country which would later connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?

• Panama
• Guatemala
• New Zealand
• Brazil