Chapter 1- New World Beginnings

Question 1

Canadian Shield

Answer 1

Zone undergirded by ancient rock- the NE corner forming North American land bridge.

Question 2

Maize

Answer 2

Staple crop of the Americas

Question 3

Columbian Exchange

Answer 3

Exchange of goods, slaves and diseases between the New and Old Worlds.

Question 4

Treaty of Tordesillas

Answer 4

Treaty stating that Portugal would receive Brazil territory as well as some territories in Africa and Asia if Spain got most of the Americas.

Question 5

Encomienda

Answer 5

Agreement that conquistadors would supply colonizers with slaves if they promised to convert them to Christianity.

Question 6

Pope’s Rebellion

Answer 6

Native American revolt when Spanish conquistadors started to move North to New Mexico in 1680.

Question 7

Black Legend

Answer 7

Idea that conquistadors did nothing but kill, enslave and infect the Native Americans.

Question 8

Three sisters farming

Answer 8

Beans on trellises of cornstalk, squash covering planting mounds.

Question 9

Incans & Aztecs

Answer 9

Early Americans that had maize as a staple crop and had highly advanced math, astronomy and agricultural practices.

Question 10

Black Legend

Answer 10

Idea that all the conquistadors did was kill, enslave and infect.

Question 11

Arawaks

Answer 11

Indian tribe- the first to be exploited by Americans, with Columbus.

Question 12

Bartolomé de las Casas

Answer 12

Young priest accompanying Columbus- ridiculed Spanish cruelty.