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18 Cards in this Set
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In the year 1600, ___________ was the king of Spain.
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Philip
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________ was the king of the Holy Roman Empire.
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Ferdinand I
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______ was the king who brought peace to France many years earlier.
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Charlemagne
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Spanish adventurers who sailed to South America were known as ____________.
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conquistadores
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The king of Spain issued special contracts called _____________, that gave these adventurers permission to sail to South America and take all its gold.
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encomiendas
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When Charles was born, he had ____ kings in his family.
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three
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By the time Charles was nineteen, he had inherited the thrones of _________.
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The Netherlands, Spain and Germany
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What title did Charles want?
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Holy Roman Emperor
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Who fought against Charles to keep him from gaining this title?
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the king of France, the princes of Italy, and the Pope
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Charles hired a group of _____ to attack Rome.
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German Protestants
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Christopher Columbus was looking for ______ when he sailed west from Europe.
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India
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Who did the Spanish get to work in their mines in South America?
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native South Americans
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TRUE OR FALSE: When Charles died, his son inherited all of his lands.
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false
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TRUE OR FALSE: The Spanish took five hundred billion dollars' worth of gold and silver out of South America.
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true
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TRUE OR FALSE: Spanish law declared that the Pope got a share of every load of gold brought from the New World.
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false
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TRUE OR FALSE: Because so many Spanish people moved to South America, parts of it became known as "New Spain."
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true
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TRUE OR FALSE: Trading gold with the Spanish helped the natives of South America to become rich.
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false
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Describe some of the ways the Spanish took gold from South America.
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- the Spanish took jewelry away from the native tribes.
- They panned for gold in the streams - They dug mines into the ground (worked by native slaves) |
