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What year did Columbus sail across the atlantic?
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1492
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What was the first tribe that he encountered?
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Taino
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They were treated with kindness, and the spanish immediately did what to them?
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Killed | Enslaved | Assaulted
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What is a term for a Spanish conquerer?
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Conquistador
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What wiped out over 90% of indigenous people?
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Disease
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What was this period of time called?
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Great Dying
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What was the name of the civilization established in the Mexico Valley
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Aztec
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What was the name that they called themselves?
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Mexica
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What was their capital
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Tenochtitlan
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What was special about it?
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Built on a lake
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The empire was massive, and it was under the rule of a single _____ emperor.
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Elected
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Who was their emperor when the Spanish came?
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Moctezuma
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Who was the person who conquered them?
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Hernan Cortes
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What did he do with the people of other groups that the Aztecs had conquered?
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He allied with them
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What did Cortes (allegedly) think about him?
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He was a god
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Who was the incan emperor who restructured the government?
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Pachacuti
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Eventually, the empire erupted into a _______.
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Civil war
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Who took power from this?
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Atahualpa
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Who conquered the Incas?
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Francisco Pizarro
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What did he do to the Incan leader?
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Kidnap him
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Many native people are convinced the world is ending and do what in hopes that it will end their suffering.
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Convert to Christianity
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What was the system of keeping records the Inca used?
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Quipu
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The Spanish establish gold and silver _____ and force lots of people to work in them.
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Mines
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What were the three cash crops?
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Sugarcane
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Cotton
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Tobacco
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What is a name for a large farm plot that a lot of people worked on?
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Plantation
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What was the name for the trade of goods between Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
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Triangular Trade
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What is one good that Europe exported to Africa?
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Guns | Cloth | Cash
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What did Africa export to Europe?
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Enslaved Peoples
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What did Africa export to the Americas? (hint: very similar to the above answer)
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Enslaved Peoples
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What did the Americas export to Africa?
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Sugar | Molasses | Cash
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What did the Americas export to Europe?
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Furs | Fish | Rum
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What is one unfortunate trait of slavery that makes it very appealing to the Europeans?
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It is very Profitable
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What was the name of the passage that enslaved peoples traveled on from Africa to the Americas?
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Middle Passage
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What were these ships referred to as?
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Floating Coffins
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On average, what amount of people on these ships died due to the poor conditions?
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50%
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How many people were traveled from Africa to the Americas?
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11 Million
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What is a term for someone on the council that passed laws for the colonies?
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Viceroy
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What very strict restrictions did the Spanish place on the colonies?
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Trade restrictions
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What was the right to demand labor from Native Americans in a particular area?
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Encomienda
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Who sent back vivid reports of the horrors done to native peoples?
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Bartolome De Las Casas
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He believed that Africans were better for enslavement because they were...
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Resistant to tropical disesases
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What was the top of the social pyramid?
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Peninsulares
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Where were these people born?
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Spain
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Who was next?
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Creoles
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Where were they born?
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New Spain
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Where were their parents from?
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Spain
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What was next?
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Mestizos
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They were bᴏrn from bᴏth Native and Spanish parents. (retype this sentence so i know you got it)
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✔
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Who was next?
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Native Americans
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Who was last?
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Enslaved Peoples
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According to the Treaty of Tordesillas, what part of South America does Portugal get?
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Brazil
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What was state sponsored pirates?
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Privateers
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What was the exchange of goods that began with Columbus’ return to Spain in 1493?
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Columbian Exchange
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What were the two important crops introduced to Europe from the Americas?
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Corn
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Potatoes
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Name an animal that Europeans introduced to the Americas.
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Cattle | Pigs | Goats | Chickens | Horses | Donkeys
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What happens in Europe in the 1500s?
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Inflation
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Why did this happen?
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Gold and silver coming from the Americas
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What is an economic system in which businesses are owned privately?
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Capitalism
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Who are people who took on financial risk to make profits?
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Entrepreneurs
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What was a practice that Europeans adopted from Arab cultures?
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Bookkeeping
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What allowed people to “pool” their resources together for overseas ventures?
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Joint-Stock Companies
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What was the belief that you must export more goods than you import?
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Mercantilism
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