HIS 104 Week 3 Quiz, Latest Summer 2020 Solution A+

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HIS 104 Week 3 quiz On which modern-day location did Christopher Columbus's fleet first land in the New World? • the Bahamas - • the Yucatan Peninsula - • the Dominican Republic - Where... did Christopher Columbus first land? • Hispaniola • the Bahamas • Jamestown – Which country established the first colonies in the Americas? • England - • Portugal - • Spain – Which country initiated the era of Atlantic exploration? • France - • Spain • Portugal What was the chief goal of the Puritans? • to achieve a lasting peace with the Catholic nations of Spain and France - • to eliminate any traces of Catholicism from the Church of England – correct • to assist Henry VIII in his quest for an annulment to his marriage Where did the Protestant Reformation begin • Northern Europe - correct • Spain - • England - Which of the following most drove the governments of European nation states in colonizing the Americas? • economic opportunities - • competition with each other - correct • political and religious liberty Why did diseases like smallpox affect Indians so badly? • Indians were less robust than Europeans. • Europeans deliberately infected Indians. • Indians had no immunity to European diseases. - correct Which of the following best describes the Columbian Exchange? • the letters Columbus and other conquistadors exchanged with the Spanish crown • an exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between Europe and the Americas - correct • a form of trade between the Spanish and natives - How could Spaniards obtain encomiendas? • by serving the Spanish crown - correct • by buying them from other Spaniards - • by buying them from native chiefs - What was the main goal of the French in colonizing the Americas? • establishing a colony with French subjects - • trading, especially for furs • gaining control of shipping lanes [Show More]

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