Chapter 24. Reflections on the New World and Sixteenth-Century Europe, Chapter 2

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Correct. The answer is c. The author’s main point in this section has two parts. He suggests that Spain’s conquest of the New World expanded its political power and funded its efforts to defend the Catholic Church, but that its actions also spurred other countries to emulate and challenge its power in Europe and its dominance of the Americas.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author’s main point in this section has two parts. He suggests that Spain’s conquest of the New World expanded its political power and funded its efforts to defend the Catholic Church, but that its actions also spurred other countries to emulate and challenge its power in Europe and its dominance of the Americas.

Correct. The answer is b. The author supports his argument that Spain used its new wealth to promote its interests in Europe by describing Charles V’s pledge to defend the Catholic Church by exterminating Protestantism and the resulting wars he fought against every European country that challenged his power.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The author supports his argument that Spain used its new wealth to promote its interests in Europe by describing Charles V’s pledge to defend the Catholic Church by exterminating Protestantism and the resulting wars he fought against every European country that challenged his power.

Correct. The answer is a. The author describes Giovanni da Verrazano’s search along the North American coast for a Northwest Passage to Asia as an example of France’s efforts to emulate Spain and develop its wealth using opportunities in the New World.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author describes Giovanni da Verrazano’s search along the North American coast for a Northwest Passage to Asia as an example of France’s efforts to emulate Spain and develop its wealth using opportunities in the New World.

Correct. The answer is d. The author argues that, by engaging in constant warfare with the European nations that challenged its dominance, Spain spent more money than it was taking in. When taxes failed to increase its revenue, Spanish monarchs borrowed from European banks and incurred interest that diminished their wealth significantly.

Incorrect. The answer is d. The author argues that, by engaging in constant warfare with the European nations that challenged its dominance, Spain spent more money than it was taking in. When taxes failed to increase its revenue, Spanish monarchs borrowed from European banks and incurred interest that diminished their wealth significantly.

Correct. The answer is c. The author suggests England unsuccessfully tried to establish settlements in North America in the sixteenth century. He mentions the feeble colonies Sir Humphrey Gilbert founded in Newfoundland in 1578 and 1583 and emphasizes the disappearance of Sir Walter Raleigh’s Roanoke colonists in 1590.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author suggests England unsuccessfully tried to establish settlements in North America in the sixteenth century. He mentions the feeble colonies Sir Humphrey Gilbert founded in Newfoundland in 1578 and 1583, and emphasizes the disappearance of Sir Walter Raleigh’s Roanoke colonists in 1590.

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