Question

Read each statement about the colonization of the Americas. Select all the statements that are true.

Bartolome de Las Casas was a Spanish explorer who defeated the Aztecs at Tenochtitlan.

Infectious disease was the number one killer of Native Americans after the arrival of the Spanish.

To meet the European desire for free labor, millions of Africans were kidnapped and shipped to the Americas via the Middle Passage.

When Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas, he found the land largely unpopulated.

England and France settled mainly in South America, while Spain and Portugal colonized most of North America. Spanish missionaries came to the Americas to convert the American Indians to Christianity.

Europeans brought flour, apples, and horses to the Americas.

Under the system of encomienda, Spanish conquistadors profited from the forced labor of Native Americans.

Answer 1

The statements that are true are:

-Infectious disease was the number one killer of Native Americans after the arrival of the Spanish.

-To meet the European desire for free labor, millions of Africans were kidnapped and shipped to the Americas via the Middle Passage.

-When Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas, he found the land largely unpopulated.

-Spain and Portugal colonized most of North America. Spanish missionaries came to the Americas to convert the American Indians to Christianity.

-Europeans brought flour, apples, and horses to the Americas.

-Under the system of encomienda, Spanish conquistadors profited from the forced labor of Native Americans.