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11 Cards in this Set
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Portugal was mostly interested in trade rather than colonization in what two areas of the world?
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Africa & Asia
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Portugese were the first Europeans to reach the
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Indian Ocean
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Controlled _________ in the Indian Ocean
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shipping
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In Brazil, they grew income producing crops such as
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sugarcane, tobacco, coffee, cotton
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conquistadors are _____
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conquerors
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Hernan Cortes
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landed in Mexico in 1519... 600 men, 16 horses, a few cannons,.... travelled to Tenochtitlan (Aztec capital)
Montezuma II thought he might be Quetzalcoatl & brought him presents but then broke out into war... Spanish won Cortes ruled Mexico |
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Francisco Pizarro
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1532... invaded Inca Empire (Peru)
Incan ruler: Atahualpa |
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by the 1600s, Spain's empire included
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North America, South America, West Indes
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Two Spanish goals:
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acquire wealth &to convert Native Americans to Christianity
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What killed the Native Ameriacns?
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enslavement, mistreatment, disease
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Netherlands controlled trade with the
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Spice Islands
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