Unit 3 review (formativa 2)

The European expansion led to the discovery of America.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Mapuches put up the greatest resistance against Spanish conquistadors.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Spread of diseases did not affect the native population at all.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Columbian Exchange was the huge swap of plants, animals, foods, and ideas between the Americas and Europe after Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492, which changed how people lived.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Main motivations for the conquest of America:

• wealth (riches)

• fame and glory

• new trade routes

• expand social practices

What did Cortés and Pizarro have in common in regards to the fall of the Aztecs and Inca Empires?

• Both conquered the territory and came back to Spain.

• Both led military campaigns to defeat the natives.

• The natives expelled them from America.

Choose 2 purposes of founding cities:

• Create a strategic military place.

• Create a center for Spanish control.

• Create a center for natives so they could live together with Spanish settlers.

Almagro's expedition to Chile was a complete failure, while Pedro de Valdivia's successfully conquered and founded cities in the Chilean territory.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Check all that apply. Consequences of the Conquest:

• Racial intermingling (different groups mixed together)

• Resources extracted from America.

• Decrease in the native population.

• Increase in the native population.

Reasons for the decrease of native population during the 15th and 16th centuries:

• Diseases (smallpox, flu, etc).

• War and conflict

• Enslavement

• Good working conditions