Chapter 22. Reflections on a Surprising New World in the Western Atlantic, Chapter 2

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Correct. The answer is a. The author’s main point in this section is that Columbus’s so-called discovery of the Americas spurred a momentous geographic revolution that transformed virtually every element of both the Old World and the New.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author’s main point in this section is that Columbus’s so-called discovery of the Americas spurred a momentous geographic revolution that transformed virtually every element of both the Old World and the New.

Correct. The answer is c. The author acknowledges that it took decades to convince Europeans that the Americas were not close to Asia, but suggests that they recognized immediately that Columbus’s discovery changed their understanding of the world. After Columbus returned to Spain with information about his findings, both Spanish and Portuguese monarchs rushed to negotiate the Treaty of Tordesillas, which drew an imaginary line 1100 miles west of the Canary Islands, in order to divide their land claims in the newly discovered territory.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author acknowledges that it took decades to convince Europeans that the Americas were not close to Asia, but suggests that they recognized immediately that Columbus’s discovery changed their understanding of the world. After Columbus returned to Spain with information about his findings, both Spanish and Portuguese monarchs rushed to negotiate the Treaty of Tordesillas, which drew an imaginary line 1100 miles west of the Canary Islands, in order to divide their land claims in the newly discovered territory.

Correct. The answer is b. In order to substantiate his claim that Columbus’s findings in 1492 inaugurated a geographic revolution, the author cites the publication of Martin Waldseemüller’s new world map in 1507, which showed the New World as a land mass separate from both Europe and Asia.

Incorrect. The answer is b. In order to substantiate his claim that Columbus’s findings in 1492 inaugurated a geographic revolution, the author cites the publication of Martin Waldseemüller’s new world map in 1507, which showed the New World as a land mass separate from both Europe and Asia.

Correct. The answer is a. The author argues that Balboa’s journey across the Isthmus of Panama and arrival in the Pacific Ocean in 1513 confirmed Waldseemüller’s speculation that the New World was separate from Asia.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author argues that Balboa’s journey across the Isthmus of Panama and arrival in the Pacific Ocean in 1513 confirmed Waldseemüller’s speculation that the New World was separate from Asia.

Correct. The answer is c. In order to back up his argument that the Columbian Exchange transformed the New World, the author points to the fact that European diseases such as smallpox, measles, and influenza killed the majority of Indians during the sixteenth century and continued to decimate survivors in later centuries.

Incorrect. The answer is c. In order to back up his argument that the Columbian Exchange transformed the New World, the author points to the fact that European diseases such as smallpox, measles, and influenza killed the majority of Indians during the sixteenth century and continued to decimate survivors in later centuries.

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