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pt.2 of the study guide

LARGE AND COMPLEX EMPIRES
big cities filled with riches
populations of many millions of people
traditional religions
impressive architecture and arts


BLENDING OF CULTURES
Destroyed cities; the construction of Mexico City
Millions of deaths due to disease
The destruction of religious artifacts and temples; forced
conversion to Catholicism
Spanish language, laws, architecture, and food

7. The correct order of _______ _______of Spanish colonial society places the
highest class at the top and the lowest class at the bottom as shown below:
 Peninsulares
 Creoles
 Mestizos and mulattoes
 Africans and Native Americans

8. The most valuable item traded between French colonists and Native Americans
was _____.

9. The slave trade grew dramatically in the Americas in the mid-1500s mainly due to
_______ becoming an important export.

10. _______ ___________affected the Portuguese empire because it caused
economic hardship in the empire.

11. Magellan's voyage different from that of Columbus in that Magellan sailed south
down the coast of _______ America.

12. Asia led the world in _____________ and _________________during the 1500s
and 1600s.

13. _____________ was a tool of technology that required the measurement of the
stars for navigation.

14. Portuguese explorer’s _________ existing trading posts in India, Persia, and
Southeast Asia.

15. Soon after contact with Europeans, millions of people in the Americas died,
mainly due to _________ to ____________from Europe such as influenza and
smallpox.

16. The _______________ of an Incan emperor by Pizarro is a factor that contributed
to the defeat of the Inca by the Spanish.

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