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Doria marina was
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A mexican women who aided cortes in his conquest of the aztecs
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The term mestizo refers to
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An individual of indigenous and European percentage
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The most important factor in explaining the Spanish victory over the Aztecs and incas was the
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Devastating loss of life caused by European borne disease
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The first people of the Americans to come into contact with the Spanish wise
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Taino
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Christopher Columbus's first plan was to
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Build trading post where merchants could trade with the local population
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The encomenderos were
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Aztec priest who viewed the Spanish as visiting gods
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The population of the Caribbean Went from 4 million in 1492 to _________ in the 1500's
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A few thousand
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Hernan Cortes was responsible for the conquest of the
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Aztecs
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The last emperor of the Aztec empire was
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Motecuzoma ll
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The conquistador who conquered the inca was
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Pizzaro
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The last emperor of the inca empire was
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Atahaulpa
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The conquistadores
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Eventually lost control and was replaced with formal rule by Spanish crown
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The two centers of Spanish royal authority in the Americas was
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Lima and Mexico City
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The chief Spanish Royal administrators in the Americas were
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The viceroys
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The power of viceroys checked by reviews conducted by the
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Audiencias
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The treaty of tordeaillas
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Spilt central and South America between Spain and Portugal
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The Portuguese began to show how munch more interest in Brazil after
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The establishment of profitable sugar plantations
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The English Spain and Dutch
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We're more interested inserting up permanent colonies than were the Spanish
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Which of the following sites in North America was originally a Dutch company
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New York
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The English company of Jamestown
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Was nearly destroyed due to mass starvation
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Which of the following was not true of the native Americans that the English and French came into context with
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The Native Americans guarded their claims to private ownership of land even more jealousy than the Europeans
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The native Population in what is now the United States stood 5 million to 10 million in 1592 ______ in 1800
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600 thousand
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Spanish migrants who were born in Europe were known as
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Peninsulares
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The metis were
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Individuals of French and indigenous parentage
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For the Spanish the fm greatest attraction of the Americas was
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Precious metals
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By the 17th century the most prominent site of agriculture in Spanish America was
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Hecienda
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To provide labor for their sugar plantations the Portuguese
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Relied on imported African slaves as laborers
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In North America the Europeans initially found profitable commodity when they bartered for
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Tobacco
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Plantations creating a high demand for
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Cheap labor
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The 1st plentiful labor force for North America was
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Indentured servant
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The virgin of Guadalupe essentially became a national symbol for
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Mexico
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The first reported European sighting of Australia was made by then
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Dutch
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Which of the following countries established the first permanent settlement in Australia
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England
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The British initially made use of Australia
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As a Penelope colony
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In the 1670s and 1680s the Spanish were interested in consolidating control in which area bc it layer directly on the route from Acapulco to Manila
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Guam
