Worlds
Horses were a new object for the Old World or New
World?
New World
What year did Columbus set sail?
1492
What impact did corn have on Native American societies?
Transformed nomadic hunters into settled agricultural villagers
What was the ideal Western religion?
Christianity
Did the New or Old World benefit from new animals?
New World
Which country sent Christopher Columbus to explore?
Spain
Where was the first permanent settlement in North America?
St. Augustine, FL
What was the only religion allowed from Mexico south in the new territories?
Catholicism
Corn was a new object for the Old World or New World?
Old World
Which explorer wanted to establish a Christian empire in Africa?
Prince Henry
Who created a written language, a numerical system, and an accurate calendar?
Mayans
Which country originally spread Catholicism to the New World?
Spain
What is one disease Europeans may have contracted from Native Americans?
Syphilis
Which explorer has a strait on the southern end of South America named after him?
Ferdinand Magellan
Who did the Spanish put at the bottom of their caste system?
Africans
Which two groups merged their traditional religious practices with Christianity?
Africans and Native Americans
Potatoes were a new object for the Old World or New World?
Old World
Which conqueror met a strong resistance from the Aztecs?
Hernando Cortes
Who are the people in today’s Mexico and Central America?
Meso-Americans
Which system was designed to force Natives to embrace Christianity and to serve as unpaid laborers for the Spanish?
The encomienda system