Question

After you study the chart below answer the following question: Which of the following would be the best title for the chart?
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Aztec and Incan empires before and after Spanish conquest.
Impact of the Portuguese Empire expansion.
Cause and effect of colonialism in Mesoamerica and the Andes.
What 2 things did Native Americans use horses for?
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Use horses for hunting.
Use of horses as transportation.
Native Americans became wealthy selling horses to European Colonists.
Use of horses for warfare.
What are the 2 reasons that North & South America are considered the most mixed societies in the world today?
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Migration included people from Europe, Asians, and enslaved Africans.
Lack of interactions.
Interactions with Native Cultures.
Which is the correct order for the social pyramid of Spanish Colonial Society? From the top to the bottom.
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Creoles, Africans/Native Americans, Peninsulares, Mestizos/Mulattoes
Peninsulares, Creoles, Mestizos/Mulattoes, Africans/Native Americans,
Africans/Native Americans, Creoles, Penisulares, Mestizos/Mulattoes
How did Vasco da Gama help the Portuguese Empire grow?
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He established the Line of Demarcation.
He led the 1st European expedition to reach India by the sea.
He claimed the east coast of Africa for Portugal.
Why did the Dutch colonies in the Americas not attract settlers?
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Fewer people were dissatisfied with life in the Netherlands.
Dutch colonies had fewer natural resources
Dutch colonies were harder to reach.
What was the most valuable item for trade between French colonists and Native Americans?
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Slaves
Furs
Sugar
In the mid-1500s there was a huge increase in the slave trade. What valuable export caused this?
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Sugar
Coffee
Gold
How did illegal smuggling impact Portugal?
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The Portuguese rulers profitted from it.
It caused economic hardship.
It caused war between Spain and Portugal.
How was Magellan's voyage different from Columbus?
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Magellan sailed south down the coast of South America.
Magellan sailed North around Europe to reach the Pacific Ocean
Magellan sailed west across the Atlantic to reach the Caribbean
Why was the expedition led by Bartolomeu Dias important?
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It proved it was possible to sail from Europe to the Indian Ocean.
It paved the way for the 1st European voyage to the Americas
It established a trade network between Portugal and India.
How were Portuguese explorers able to set up trading posts in India, Persia and Southeast Asia?
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They allied with Muslim Arabs.
They seized existing trading posts.
They worked with the Natives.
Why did the Puritans come to North America?
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To escape war.
To conquer the same as the Spanish.
For religious freedom.
What was the main reason for millions of people in the Americas dying after they had contact with Europeans?
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European Weapons
Influenza and Smallpox
How did the Spanish defeat the Inca?
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lack of an Incan army.
refusual of the Incan emperor to cooperate with the Spanish.
appointment of an Incan emperor by Pizarro.
Choose the 4 hardships Africans faced from their time of capture to their lives in the Americas.
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Shipped to Americas in tight spaces and chained together.
Many died on the voyages from disease.
Able to find their own jobs in the Americas.
Frequently beaten and punished harshly for resisting or trying to escape.
Inspected and sold like property to highest bidder.
Which technology required the measurement of stars for navigation?
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Mercator
Lateen
Compass
Astrolabe
How did the Spanish monarchy get richer after the defeat of the Aztec and Incan empires?
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Spain began to levy taxes on its American colonists.
Spain took control of the slave trade between Africa and the Americas.
The Monarchy received a portion of all treasures taken by the conquistadors.
Which continent led the world during the 1500s and 1600s in agriculture and manufacturing?
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North America
Europe
South America
Asia

Answer 1

1) Aztec and Incan empires before and after Spanish conquest.

2) Use horses for hunting; Use of horses for warfare.

3) Migration included people from Europe, Asians, and enslaved Africans; Interactions with Native Cultures.

4) Peninsulares, Creoles, Mestizos/Mulattoes, Africans/Native Americans.

5) He led the 1st European expedition to reach India by sea.

6) Fewer people were dissatisfied with life in the Netherlands.

7) Furs.

8) Sugar.

9) It caused economic hardship.

10) Magellan sailed south down the coast of South America.

11) It proved it was possible to sail from Europe to the Indian Ocean.

12) They seized existing trading posts.

13) For religious freedom.

14) Influenza and Smallpox.

15) Refusal of the Incan emperor to cooperate with the Spanish.

16) - Shipped to Americas in tight spaces and chained together.
- Many died on the voyages from disease.
- Frequently beaten and punished harshly for resisting or trying to escape.
- Inspected and sold like property to highest bidder.

17) Astrolabe.

18) The Monarchy received a portion of all treasures taken by the conquistadors.

19) Europe.