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Which European country started the "Age of Expansion" by searching for sea routes to Asia? |
Portugal |
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Which one of the following best explains the majority of the decline in the indian population in the Americas. |
New diseases |
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All of the following are reasons that the Spanish Isabella and Ferdinand were receptive to Columbus' idea of sailing west EXCEPT for |
Spain's Established / Asian cities |
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Which country had a culture of exclusion with its colonies? |
England |
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Bartolome de Las Casas' responses to the enslavement of the Native Americans were all of the following EXCEPT for |
He asked the crown to imprison Spaniards who exploited Native People |
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The exchange of diseases, crops and animals after the Spanish encounter with the Indians is called |
The Columbian Exchange |
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What invention is considered the most important for the spread of ideas in the 15th century? |
Printing with movable type |
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Which of the following was NOT a significant motivation behind European colonization in the New World? |
The spread of democracy to the Americas |
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What is the oldest continuously occupied European founded city in the present day US? |
St. Augustine |
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Which European country did not have a presence in the present day US by the 17th century? |
Portugal |
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At the time of first contact between Europeans and people of the Americas, Native Americans had NOT developed: |
Wheeled Transportation |
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John Cabot claimed much of North America for which country? |
England |
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100 years after Columbus, the largest number of new people to the Americas were |
Spanish and African |
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Which treaty was negotiated between Spain and Portugal in order to avoid war over the right to colonize the New World? |
Treaty of Tordesillas |
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The first Europeans to arrive in the New World were |
Vikings |
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Who was the first conquistador to encounter a major urban civilization in the Americas? |
Cortes |
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What is the "Black Legend" |
The perception that Spain was brutal and an exploitative colonizer |
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The Spanish monarchy states their primary goal of colonization of the New World was |
Convert the Native people to Catholicism. |
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Mestizos are people born of |
European and Indian ancestry |
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Which colony was known for religious toleration? |
New Amsterdam |
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Which country's colony had an economic base of fur? |
France |
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The French brought all of the following changes to Native Americans EXCEPT for |
They forced Native American women to marry French men |
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Which explorer claimed Quebec for France |
De Champlain |
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Which group of people were atop the social hierarchy of the Spanish colonies? |
Peninsulares |
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The first inhabitants of the Americas were from which continent? |
Asia |
