| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What enabled the Europeans to conquer the Native American people? | The Europeans had advanced military technology and also brought with them diseases which ravaged native populations. | 94%
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| Which of the following statements correctly describes the consequences of European colonization? | Colonization brought wealth to European imperial powers which resulted in political and economic innovations at home. | 86%
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| Which of the following answers correctly describes the social hierarchy of the Spanish empire in the New World? | Spanish officials created a strict caste based on racial categories that placed native Spaniards at the top. | 86%
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| Why did the Native American people lack immunity to European diseases? | Most Indigenous peoples did not live in urban areas and had few domesticated animals, which meant they did not develop a resistance to animal-borne illnesses. | 82%
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| Large numbers of Indians could be utilized for work in mines and fields in a pattern of Spanish settlement known as? | The creation of the encomienda system. | 78%
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| Which answer best describes the lives of Native Americans immediately preceding the moment of European contact? | Native peoples created different types of settlements, engaged in long-distance trade, practiced religion, and supported social hierachies. | 77%
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| Which of the following is true about the Treaty of Tordesillas? | It created a boundary line to divide the land discovered in the New World between Spain and Portugal. | 70%
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| Which of the following would most directly lead to the importation of African slaves into the Spanish colonies? | A decline in the native population due to European diseases. | 68%
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| Which of the following was a major contrast between Europeans and tribal groups? | Beliefs about nature. | 46%
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