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What enabled the first Americans (American Indians) to come to the Western Hemisphere?
a) Ice Age created a land bridge to America
b) Sextant enable navigation on the open seas
c) The compass
d) Sailing ships

How does the Columbian Exchange impact Europe?
a) Improved their diet
b) Opened a portal for Cartels
c) Invention of coffee
d) Created a new lending house (bank) for Spain

Who were the Conquistadors?
a) Spanish adventurers and conquerors
b) Bullfights
c) Warriors
d) Traders

What area in the New World was claimed by Spain?
a) Colorado to Argentina
b) Canada to Alaska
c) Caribbean
d) Falklands

Who were the Mestizos?
a) Mixed blood; Indians and Spanish
b) Pure blood; Moroccans
c) Pure blood; Mayans
d) Pure blood; Castillions

What are the three (3) G’s?
a) God, gold, glory
b) Greatness, god, goodness
c) Gentleness, goodness, glamour
d) Glory, greatness, goodness

What was the “Black Legend”?
a) writing that creates a biased inhuman portrayal of events
b) stories told at night
c) legends created in Africa
d) stories related to the slave trade

Why did these diseases have such a huge impact on the Americans?
a) isolation
b) poor protoplasm
c) cool weather
d) island environment

Explain the Encomienda system
a) church sanctioned slavery of indians
b) beginning of Triangular Trade
c) Food for gold trading system
d) Gold for food trading system

What was the Columbian Exchange?
a) Trade between the New and Old World
b) Trade between Columbia and the Caribbean
c) Slave trade between Africa and South America
d) Coffee trade

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