HST 201 Exam 1 questions with verified
answers graded A+ passed
Christopher Columbus - correct answer ✔✔Italian navigator funded by the Spanish Government
to find a passage to the Far East, discovered the "New World," in 1492 even though he believed
he made it to India
Columbian Exchange - correct answer ✔✔exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and
technologies between Americas and Europe after Columbus's voyages.
corn = staple crop in europe
Hernan Cortez - correct answer ✔✔Spanish conquistador who teamed with Malinche, defeated
the Aztecs, and conquered Mexico in 1519 (lived 1485-1547)
Bartolome de las Casas - correct answer ✔✔16th century Spanish scholar and historian who
spoke out against mistreatment of Native Americans
Francisco Pizarro - correct answer ✔✔Spanish explorer who conquered Incas in 1531 in what is
now Peru and founded Lima city, ensuring Spanish authority through Chile and Colombia (lived
1475-1541)
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado - correct answer ✔✔(c. 1510-1554) Leader of Spanish
expedition into northern frontier region of New Spain; entered what is now United States in
search of mythical cities of gold
Virginia Company - correct answer ✔✔English joint-stock company that received a charter from
King James I, allowing it to found the Virginia colony.
answers graded A+ passed
Christopher Columbus - correct answer ✔✔Italian navigator funded by the Spanish Government
to find a passage to the Far East, discovered the "New World," in 1492 even though he believed
he made it to India
Columbian Exchange - correct answer ✔✔exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and
technologies between Americas and Europe after Columbus's voyages.
corn = staple crop in europe
Hernan Cortez - correct answer ✔✔Spanish conquistador who teamed with Malinche, defeated
the Aztecs, and conquered Mexico in 1519 (lived 1485-1547)
Bartolome de las Casas - correct answer ✔✔16th century Spanish scholar and historian who
spoke out against mistreatment of Native Americans
Francisco Pizarro - correct answer ✔✔Spanish explorer who conquered Incas in 1531 in what is
now Peru and founded Lima city, ensuring Spanish authority through Chile and Colombia (lived
1475-1541)
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado - correct answer ✔✔(c. 1510-1554) Leader of Spanish
expedition into northern frontier region of New Spain; entered what is now United States in
search of mythical cities of gold
Virginia Company - correct answer ✔✔English joint-stock company that received a charter from
King James I, allowing it to found the Virginia colony.
