Chapter 2 Flashcards
Which technological advances aided European explorers by 1400?
The compass
How did Ferdinand and Isabella react to Columbus’s first voyage?
They believed Spain could challenge Portuguese dominance of the seas
Which European power dominated the New World during 1500s?
Spain, because it had the most colonial possessions
The distribution of conquered towns, the right to rule the Indians and the land around them, and the right to exact tribute and labor from the Indians was called…
Ecomienda
Portugal’s early interest in exploration and expansion stemmed from its desire to…
Expel Muslims from the Iberian Peninsula
How did Spain benefit from settling Florida in the mid-sixteenth century?
The settlement protected Spanish ships from pirates.
How did the Portuguese adapt to the demands of lengthy ocean voyages in the fifteenth century?
They developed a vessel known as the caravel
How did a sea route to Asia affect Europe?
The route allowed merchants to charge lower prices for imported Eastern goods
How did Malinali provide invaluable assistance to Hernán Cortés?
She served as an interpreter
In 1549, the Spanish government issued the repartimiento, which
limited the amount of labor Indians had to perform
What was the significance of Ferdinand Magellan’s circumnavigation of the globe?
Europeans learned that a westward passage to the East was possible but not feasible
Like many other European colonies in the New World, New Spain developed a pattern of social organization in which
Europeans became a dominant minority
When Columbus first arrived in the New World, he believed he was in
the East Indies
When Catholic priests complained to the Spanish government about the brutal treatment of Indians, royal officials
replaced the cavalier conquistadors with royal bureaucrats
T or F: The Pueblo were the first Native Americans that Columbus encountered after making landfall in the New World.
False, it was the Taino
