This Lesson's
logo is a Spanish caravelle
This is Lesson 5, The Encounter of Two Worlds
Multiple choice questions for Lesson 5 (click on the correct answer;
if you are wrong, nothing happens; if you are right you will get a confirmation):
Question MC 5-1: Why did Columbus give the
name "Indies" to the Americas?
Question MC 5-2: What was the reason for
the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Short-answer questions for Lesson 5. Instructions: If you are not sure
about the answer and would like a hint, click on the figure labeled "Hint".
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We may also be discussing these questions orally in class, and similar questions
will appear in unannounced quizes.
Hint Question
SA 5-1: What was the "Reconquista"?
Hint Question
SA 5-2: Why did Spain lose interest in the route to India after the 1520's?
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SA 5-3: Explain the theme of religious conversion of the Indigenous in Columbus'
Diary.
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SA 5-4: The Treaty of Tordesillas gave the Portuguese only a small portion
of what is today Brazil. How do you explain that Brazil today occupies half
of South America?
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SA 5-5: What were some of the implications of the 1469 marriage of Isabel
of Castilla and Fredinand of Aragon?
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SA 5-6 (P34/2) What are some of the implications of the geography of the
Iberian Peninsula?
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SA 5-7: What was the relationship between the Renaissance and exploration?
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SA 5-8: Give at least four reasons why the year 1492 was a key one for Spain.
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SA 5-9: Explain the meaning of the phrase "a line straight from pole
to pole" in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
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SA 5-10: Explain the significance of the phrase "come and see the men
who come from the sky".
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SA 5-11: What was the art of the Encounter like?
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SA 5-12: In the literature of the Encounter, does form or content dominate?
Please explain.
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SA 5-13: Where do you place yourself in the traditionalist/revisionist argument
on Columbus?
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SA 5-14: Who was "Henry the Navigator"?
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SA 5-15: Discuss the statement "Europe begins at the Pyrenees".