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For what reason did the "first Americans" most likely migrate to the Americas?

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to search for food & shelter

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How did the ¨first Americans¨ most likely reach the Americas?

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crossing a land bridge between Siberia & Alaska

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Major advantages of complex societies:

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large labor force

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Which type of society built towns or villages but moved them every few years?

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semisedentary societies

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What does the system of irrigation tell us about early American societies?

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They used technology to adapt to their environment

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Which society built towns with wide streets, large fams, markets, and hundreds of dwellings?

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sedentary societies

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Why did many Central and Western African kings in the 1400s prefer to capture rather than kill their enemies?

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to use them as slaves

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What describes a way in which the natural environment greatly influenced African socitey:

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Some people lived in relative isolation to the rest of the world

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How did the Sahara influence African society?

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people created extensive trade routes through a series of ports on the Mediterranean Sea

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Which of the following was a result of the Reformation?

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Many people were upset over the corrupt practices among the clergy

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A devestating food shortage in Europe during the early 1300s:

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Great Famine

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A conflict between England & France in the 1300s (14th century) that killed thousands of people:

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Hundred Years War

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A (14th Century) widespread Cultural Revival of Classical Art, Architecture, Learning, and Literature:

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Renaissance

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Corrupt practices within the priesthood caused DisContent about the role of Church in Society & led to the Reform Movement:

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Reformation

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Around 1440, Johannes Gutenburg invented the ______ which allowed many Europeans to read and learn about the world.

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Printing Press

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During the Reformation, a group of _____ broke away from the Catholic Church

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Protestants

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The savanna of _______ is a long and flat grassland with abundant wildlife, thorny bushes, and scattered trees:

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Southern Africa

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A large desert in northern Africa that limited trade to central and south Africa:

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Sahara Desert

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Followers of the religion of Islam:

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Muslums

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A long and flat grassland with wildlife, bushes, and scattered trees:

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savanna

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People who are captured for use in forced, unpaid labor:

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slaves

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Columbus reached what would become known as the Americas in:

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1492

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The present-day Aztec location:

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Mexico

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The present-day Inca location:

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Peru

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In what part of Africa is the Sahara?

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Northern Africa

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Who led his men into Peru & conquered the Inca Empire?

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Francisco Pizarro

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Spain's hope of restoring Catholocism to ENGLAND ended in 1588 when the ______ was defeated:

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Spanish Armada

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The Dutch colony of _____ was located along the Hudson River.

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New Netherland

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Over time, Europeans came to associate slavery with Africans, which led to:

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racism

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Spanish explorers in America also conquered land, which is why they are called:

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conquistadors

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Some ________ were designed to soften the conditions of slavery, but most punished slaves and kept them in bondage.

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slave codes

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This person thought it was wrong to enslave Native Americans, and became known as the "Protector of the Indians":

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Bartolome de Las Casas

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This person was an Italian explorer whose name became famous because of a German mapmaker:

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Amerigo Vespucci

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On a voyage to find a Northwest passage, the crew rebelled and set me adrift in a small boat:

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Henry Hudson

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The Aztec emperor Montezuma welcomed him with great ceremony, but was then taken captive by:

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Hernando Cortes

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The Spanish marched into Mexico and made ________ with native people who hated Aztec rule.

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alliances

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The Caribbean Islands had an ideal climate for growing:

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sugar

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Spanish _____ wanted to convert Native Americans to Catholicism.

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missionaries

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Columbian Exchange included:

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plants, animals, disease

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What did Spanish colonists receive to help make the colonies productive?

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encomiendas

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What did the Spanish create to provide food for the colony?

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haciendas

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What did the Spanish build to convert Native Americans to Christianity?

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missions

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Belief that some people are inferior because of their ethnicity/race/culture:

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racism

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Person who had escaped slavery:

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maroon

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Practice of one person being owned by another

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slavery

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Leg of the Triangular Trade from Africa to the Americas

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Middle Passage

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Regulated the Treatment of Slaves

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Slave Codes

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Spanish explorer who crossed the jungles of Panama and claimed the Pacific Ocean for Spain

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Vaco Nunez de Balboa

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The Portugese sailor who was killed in the Phillipines while leading the first expedition to sail around the world:

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Ferdinand Magellan

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The conquistador who conquered the mighty Aztec Empire in Mexico:

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Hernando Cortes

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The emperor of the Aztec people when the Spaniards arrived:

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Montezuma II

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The conquistador who led an expidition to what is now Peru & eventually conquered the Inca Empire

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Francisco Pizarro

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The Italian sailor who described his voyage and had a continent named after him:

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Amerigo Vespucci

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Gave the Spanish a treasure of gold to free himself but the Spaniards killed him anyway:

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Atahualpa

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The practice of one person being owned by another person:

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slavery

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European traders provided goods such as (4) ____ to the rulers of West African kingdoms:

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textiles, ironware, wine, and guns

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The voyage from Africa to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean was known as ______ because it was Part of the Triangular Trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

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Middle Passage

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Upon reaching the colonies, slaves were sold at:

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auctions

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Some slaves were able to run away and were called:

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maroons

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Slave rebellions led the Spanish government to pass ____, laws to regulate the treatment of slaves.

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Slave Codes

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Over time, Europeans began to associate the practice of slavery with African slaves, which led to the growth of ____, or the belief that some people are inferior because of their race.

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racism

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The Treaty of Tordesillas allowed the _______ to claim eastern South America.

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Portuguese

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The efforts of _______ led the Spanish king to order the gradual freeing of enslaved Native Americans.

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Bartolome de Las Casas

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The main goal of _____ was to increase the moneuy in a nation's treasury by creating a favorable balance of trade.

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Mercantilism

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Spanish rule in Mexico was established by the arrival of:

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Hernando Cortes

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Corn and potatoes were brought to Europe as part of the:

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Columbian Exchange

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The _____ colony of New Netherland was located in present-day New York.

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Dutch

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The brutal voyage that brought enslaved Africans to the Americas was called the:

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Middle Passage

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The Spanish forced Native Americans to work on plantations through:

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encomiendas

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One goal of European explorers in the 1500s was to find a ______, or a water route through North America to Asia.

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Northwest Passage

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The fur-trading post at Quebec became the first permanent ______ settlement in Canada:

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French

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What helped the Spanish defeat the Aztec & Inca?

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Natives were weakened by European diseases

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Why was the Treaty of Tordesillas important?

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It allowed Portugal to claim lands east and Spain to claim lands to the west of a specific line of longitude.

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What was the goal of the missions in Spanish colonial society?

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to convert Native Americans to Christianity

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What was the Columbian Exchange?

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the movement of plants, animals, and diseases between hemispheres

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What regulated the Spanish treatment of slaves?

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Slave Codes

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As a result of the English victory over the Spanish Armada:

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The world saw Spain could be beaten.

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Why did so many explorers look for a Northwest Passage?

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They wanted to find an easier way to trade with Asia

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What was an important effect of the defeat of the Spanish Armada

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Spain would never again be as powerful as it was in 1588

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How did the slave trade increase in the 1500s?

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Sugar plantations in the colonies came to depend on slave labor.

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Which explorers crew came to be the first to sail around the world?

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Ferdinand Magellan

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What is the term for travelling around the world?

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circumnavigate

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What year did Columbus first sail west?

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1492

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Queen of Spain in 1492

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Queen Isabella I

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