Columbus Quincentenary

What does this AP Euro question mean?

“Mindful of the quincentenary era (1492-1992) of Columbus’ landing in the Americas, describe the initial contact between the Europeans and the Amer-Indians they encountered. Is there a pattern in these encounters?”

and could someone give me a good website where I can get this info? My textbook is moldy so my mom put it in my backyard. School starts Tuesday and now I’m FREAKING OUT.

basically describe their interactions between the two groups and what happened. as for the pattern question, did you see anything similar as to the encounters of these two groups that you’ve seen before in other groups?

Dreaming of Columbus