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15 Cards in this Set
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Why did Columbus sail west on his first expedition?
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to find a shorter route to the Indies
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What are 3 reasons Columbus made more voyages to the West Indies?
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start a colony, deliver people and animals to the new land, and bring riches to the new land.
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What was the Columbian Exchange?
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moving people and their ways of life between Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
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How did Columbus's voyages impact the Americas?
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Columbus showed the Europeans the way to the Americas.
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Which best describes the factors that enabled Cortes to defeat the Aztecs?
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metal armor, muskets, horses and allies
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Who conquered the Incan Empire after Cortes conquered the Aztecs?
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Pizarro
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What colony was founded after the defeat of the Incan Empire?
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Peru
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What happen after Estebans death?
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Coronado continued the search for Cibola
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What happened first in Spain's search for gold?
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Cabeza de Vaca traveled to the American Southwest
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Name the most to least powerful in New Spain's colonial society.
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pennisulares, creoles, mestizos, African and Indians
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Describe the Indian's life on an encomeinda.
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They often worked without pay and were expected to become Christians
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Why did the Spanish landowners want to keep slaves?
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the slaves made them rich
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What was Las Casa's point of view on Indians in the encomienda system?
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he wanted all slavery to end
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Name the imaginary paralled lines that run in a north-south direction
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lines of longitude or meridians
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What happened as a result of the Columbian Exchange?
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Europeans brought back horses, cattle, and pigs, to the Western Hemisphere. Europeans enjoyed corn, potaotes, tomatoes, cocoa and beans from the Americas, Indians died from being overworked and diseases.
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