How did the Spanish treatment of Indigenous people improve over time?(1 point)
Responses
The king reformed the encomienda system and the Dominicans changed how they spread Christianity in Central America.
The king reformed the encomienda system and the Dominicans changed how they spread Christianity in Central America.
The Spanish became more convinced that they could treat the Indigenous people any way they wanted.
The Spanish became more convinced that they could treat the Indigenous people any way they wanted.
The Spanish increased the number of missionaries in the Americas.
The Spanish increased the number of missionaries in the Americas.
Spanish settlers with encomiendas began to treat the Indigenous people better because they thought it was the right thing to do.
Spanish settlers with encomiendas began to treat the Indigenous people better because they thought it was the right thing to do.
Which of the following best suggests why the Portuguese did not try to make as many colonies in Asia as the Spanish did in the Western Hemisphere?(1 point)
Responses
The Portuguese did not believe in taking things by force.
The Portuguese did not believe in taking things by force.
The Roman Catholic Church told Europeans not to make colonies.
The Roman Catholic Church told Europeans not to make colonies.
Because of their experiences with the Silk Road, the Portuguese knew Asia had many places they wanted to trade with, which was one of their main goals.
Because of their experiences with the Silk Road, the Portuguese knew Asia had many places they wanted to trade with, which was one of their main goals.
The Portuguese saw the people in Asia as their equals.
The Portuguese saw the people in Asia as their equals.
Because of their experiences with the Silk Road, the Portuguese knew Asia had many places they wanted to trade with, which was one of their main goals.
How is the spread of the potato related to an increase in population in the Old World?(1 point)
Responses
The potato grows easily in warm, comfortable climates. This means that it grew well everywhere except northern Europe, leading to an increase in population.
The potato grows easily in warm, comfortable climates. This means that it grew well everywhere except northern Europe, leading to an increase in population.
The potato does not grow easily outside of the Andes. This means that it did not lead to an increase in population in the Old World.
The potato does not grow easily outside of the Andes. This means that it did not lead to an increase in population in the Old World.
The potato grows easily in cold, harsh climates. This means that it grew well in northern Europe, providing a dependable food source that led to an increase in population.
The potato grows easily in cold, harsh climates. This means that it grew well in northern Europe, providing a dependable food source that led to an increase in population.
The potato does not correlate with an increase in population in the Old World.
The potato grows easily in cold, harsh climates. This means that it grew well in northern Europe, providing a dependable food source that led to an increase in population.
Which of the following best describes the Commercial Revolution?(1 point)
Responses
the influx of silver that resulted in economic turmoil for European nations
the influx of silver that resulted in economic turmoil for European nations
the “discovery” of the New World that prompted European nations to establish territories
the “discovery” of the New World that prompted European nations to establish territories
the establishment of new economic, political, and social systems as well as banking and a futures market
the establishment of new economic, political, and social systems as well as banking and a futures market
the exchange of goods, diseases, and ideas that resulted from contact between the New World and Old World
the exchange of goods, diseases, and ideas that resulted from contact between the New World and Old World
The establishment of new economic, political, and social systems as well as banking and a futures market.
Greater amounts of food, crops, livestock, and other commodities traded on the Columbian Exchange caused a major increase in which population?(1 point)
Responses
Europeans
Europeans
South Americans
South Americans
Latin Americans
Latin Americans
Indigenous Americans
Europeans
What was implied by mercantilism, which grew with the transatlantic trade route?(1 point)
Responses
It was implied that an African diaspora would occur.
It was implied that an African diaspora would occur.
It was implied that Africans were inferior to Europeans.
It was implied that Africans were inferior to Europeans.
It was implied that the colonists were inferior to their mother country.
It was implied that the colonists were inferior to their mother country.
It was implied that nationalism was an important idea.