World History Unit 13 Lesson 3 (answers)

Question

1. Why did Cortes want to conquer the Aztecs?
Answer - He wanted Aztec land and riches

2. How were the Aztec and Inca empires impacted by Spanish conquistadors and European colonization?
Answer - Conquistadors destroyed the empires, and then Europeans built new settlements

3. What was one of the impacts of Spanish colonization on Native Americans?
Answer - Tens of thousands of Native Americans died from disease, war, and forced labor

4. How did Portugal and other European nations challenge Spanish power?
Answer - Portugal colonized Brazil, and other nations backed privateers and explorers

5. Which of the following was an effect of Spain's regulation of trade in its American colonies?
Answer - Colonists could export raw materials only to Spain

6. Which geographic feature most likely made European colonization of the interior difficult for Spanish and the Portuguese?
Answer - Amazon rain forest

7. Which of the following did Spanish colonies have that French, British, and Portuguese colonies did not?
Answer - The encomienda system

8. How did the English colonies differ from Spanish and French colonies?
Answer - They elected their own representative assemblies

9. New France might have grown larger if which of the following occurred?
Answer - If they settled in a more moderate climate

10. How did England's political traditions affect the types of government established in England's American colonies?
Answer - English colonists had some limited representative self-government

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