Spanish/portuguese Exploration Quiz

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Were religion were both Spain and Portugal?

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Roman Catholix

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The Treaty of Tordesillas

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A meeting in 1494 in Northwest Spain that decided which parts of the world each country would get to explore

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Line of Demarcation

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Portugal go to discover everything east for 180 degrees and Spain got to discover everything west for 180 degrees

Was at 55 degrees west Longitude

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Vasco da Gama

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Discovered the all-water route to India that joined the East and West, was Porteguese

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Pedro Alvarez Cabral

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Veered off course and discovered Brazil

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What things in Latin America made Spain the world leader?

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Minerals and natural resources

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What does Brazil's language and culture reflect?

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Their Portuguese heritage

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How many Native Americans died in Mexico between 1519 and 1568?

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27 million

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Which two diseases were most devastating to the Indians?

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Smallpox and measles

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What happens when a new germ first invades a population? What happens as time passes?

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The disease kills off most of the population and the survivors pass it on to the next generations causing it to become a common childhood illness

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How did the epidemics affect the slave trade?

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It increased the African slave trade

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Where is Portobello located?

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Panama

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What was carried by mule trains from Peru?

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Gold and silver

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Bartolome de Las Cases

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The famous "Protector" of the Indians

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Juan Gines de Sepulveda

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Defended the Spanish conquest, opposed Las Casas

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According to Las Casas, the Indians were entitled to keep their land and property. Why?

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Because they never had the opportunity to learn about Jesus

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Which of the debaters—Las Casas and/or Sepulveda—demonstrated an ethnocentric position?

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Sepulveda

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Why didn't the treatment of the Indians improve after the monarchy passed laws to control abuses by the colonists?

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Because the colonists were controlled by the Indians instead of the king

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Who were the first to develop the plantation type economy?

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The Portuguese-Brazilians

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What was something that grew a lot along the Brazilian coast?

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Sugar

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What were some plantation crops exported to Europe from the Latin American colonies?

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Tobacco, cacao, wood, indigo, cotton, and sugar

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Mercantilism

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A belief in the benefits of profitable trading

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If you were Spanish or Portuguese what religion were you considered to be?

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Roman Catholic

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List two reasons why the Catholic Church became wealthy and powerful during the colonial period in Latin America:

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The church had ties with the government and created businesses.

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Explain the following statement: “Many consider the colonial period in Latin America as one of the noblest chapters of the history of the Roman Catholic Church.”

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This statement is talking about the church’s reform of education, charity, and social assistance

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Who set up a school as a technology exchange?

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Prince Henry of portugal

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Examples of new technology from China:

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Compass, astrolabe, gunpowder, fire-arms, and cross-staff

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Examples of new technology from Muslim Empires:

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Cartography, sails, rudders, and caravels

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When the Portuguese were seeking the all-water route to Asia (spice trade), who was the first to attempt this and how far did he get?

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Dias, to the tip of Africa

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When the Portuguese were seeking the all-water route to Asia (spice trade), who was the second to attempt this and how far did he get?

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Vasco da Gama, India

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Who conquered Spain in the 700s?

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The Muslim Moors

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Magellan's voyage gave Spain claim to which country?

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The Philippines

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Gold and silver were found where?

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In Mexico and Peru

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Cortes conquered who?

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the Aztecs in Mexico

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Pizarro conquered who?

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The Incas in Peru

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Indians performed forced labor in mines

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Mita

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Indians performed forced labor on plantations

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Encomienda

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What were Encomenderos supposed to do?

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Convert the Indians to Christianity

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Columbian Exchange (Transfer)

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Not trade, one time transfer