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Match the terms with their definitions:(5 points)
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Great Dying
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Columbian Exchange
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Codices
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Quipus
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Encomiendas
Currently contains Land granted by the Spanish crown, including the Indigenous populations already living there.
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Answer 1

Encomiendas — Land granted by the Spanish crown, including control over the Indigenous populations already living there (right to extract labor/tribute).

Great Dying — Massive Indigenous population collapse in the Americas after European contact, caused largely by Old World diseases.

Columbian Exchange — The widespread transfer of plants, animals, people, technologies and diseases between the Old and New Worlds after 1492.

Codices — Mesoamerican pictorial manuscripts/books (e.g., Aztec, Maya) used to record history, rituals, tribute, etc.

Quipus — Andean (Inca) knotted-cord system used for record-keeping and accounting.