Chapter 1- Natives/European Explorations/Slavery

The first people arrived in the Americas _______years ago.

• 1 million

• 10,000

• 15,000

• 50,000

When the first Europeans arrived in the Americas, there were _______inhabitants.

• 15 million

• 15 thousand

• 150 thousand

• 150 million

_________was the most important factor in the natives' ability to form large settlements.

• hunting

• fishing

• farming

• marriage

Sister crops consist of....

• potatoes, corn, and tomatoes

• peppers, beans, and peas

• lettuce, alfalfa, and soy

• corn, beans, and squash

The desire to find new trade routes to Asia for new goods came directly from the ideas of the .....

• Reformation

• Renaissance

• inquisition

• Crusades

Columbus dreamt of finding a route to ________and Cipango.

• Columbia

• California

• Carthage

• Cathay

When Columbus landed in the Bahamas, he believed he had landed in the.....

• West Indies

• East Indies

• Coast of Africa

• Americas

This Spanish Conquistador conquered the _________

• Aztecs

• Incas

• Mayans

• Olmecs

Spanish Conquistador Francisco Pizarro conquered the ___________

• Aztecs

• Incas

• Mayans

• Olmecs

One of the most devastating diseases spread to the natives in the Americas by the Spanish was....

• chicken pox

• syphilis

• Covid 1

• smallpox