(a) Recall: What items does Columbus trade with the natives? (b) Generalize: According to Columbus, how does this trade affect the success of the first meeting with the natives?

Words like afflict, conflict, and inflict build on the Latin root -flict-, meaning "to strike." The following words contain the root -flict-. Using the definitions, explain how the root contributes to the meaning of this word: affliction: the condition of pain or suffering.

In the sentence below, ascertain whether the italicized words are action or linking verbs: This other island they name Bosio.

(a) What appears to have been Columbus's primary consideration in choosing "specimens" to send back to Spain? (b) What does this consideration divulge about his priorities?

Determine the word whose meaning does not match the other two: deliberation, consideration, and commotion.