B.

Short Answers: In 3 sentences, please answer the following

questions. 6 points each.

1.  Describe the circumstances that led to the first epic journey of Cabeza de Vaca.
When and where did he explore and how long did it take him to reach his goal? What
is one way he survived the indians? What is the significance of his first journey?

  

2. Describe Christopher Columbus’s first journey across the Atlantic. What year did it
occur? Who supported his journey and why? What were the names of his ships? What
did he discover? What were the conditions and results of his first return trip?

  

3. Describe the adventures of Francisco de Orellana. What year did it occur? What
were the circumstances regarding the beginning of his long journey? What and where
did he explore? What were some of the hardships he endured? What was the outcome
and significance of his discovery?

  

4. Give 2 pieces of evidence for the miraculous nature of the apparition of Our Lady
of Guadalupe? What is the tilma’s significance in the Catholic history of the
Americas?

  

5. Give 3 reasons, according to the text, why Catholic Spain led the way in the Age of
Exploration.

  

Essay: (10 points) Describe in 8 sentences, with narrative detail, the conquest
of Mexico, beginning with Cortes’ landing in Vera Cruz. Please include one date
(year), name the main actors (or groups of actors) and events in the story. At the end
of the essay, explain the outcome or significance of the Conquest.