Chapter 16 Student Quiz

. European motivations for exploration included _____.

Accumulating wealth.

Gaining power over their rivals.

Spreading Christianity.

All of the above.

. The Portuguese were driven to expand primarily by the pull of opportunities abroad.

True.

False.

. Bartolome de las Casas fought against _____.

Converting Native Americans to Christianity.

Shipping Native Americans to Europe as slaves.

The indigenous slave trade.

Teaching Native Americans to read.

. The term for the massive interoceanic transfer of animals, plants, and diseases that followed the discovery of the New World is _____.

The slave trade.

The Triangle Trade.

The Columbian Exchange.

The Atlantic economy.

. When Pizarro marched into the Andes, Atawallpa had been Sapa Inca for _____.

Decades.

Most of his life.

Only a few weeks.

A day or two.

. Mining was hard work, and relied primarily on _____.

Native American draft labor.

Technical innovations.

African slaves.

Imported European labor.

. Conversion to Catholicism among Native Americans was limited primarily by _____.

The cruelty of the Inquisition to Native nonbelievers.

The hypocrisy of the Catholic hierarchy.

Their preference for Protestant beliefs.

Long held Native beliefs.

. Brazil's first export was ____.

Silver.

Sugar.

Brazilwood.

Dye.

. Sugar making has been described as an early modern precursor to industrial production because of its _____.

Complexity.

High capital investment.

Careful timing.

All of the above.

. The warlike Mapuche culture played a large part in their resistance to conquest.

True.

False.

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