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The Atlantic World
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1. How were the Spanish able to
conquer the Aztec Empire?
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The Aztecs thought he was a god
They were afraid of his horses
He managed to ally the native peoples who
hated the Aztecs; with the help of his
interpreter, Maliche
Cortes and his men had guns
2. What did the encomienda
system provide for New Spain?
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More settlers
3. Who urged better treatment for
native peoples and proposed
using African laborers?
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Bartoleme de Las Casas
4. Who sought religious freedom
and founded Plymouth in 1620?
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pilgrims
5. What cased a shortage of labor in the
American colonies?
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Loss of native lives to disease
6. What “companies” funded
explorations and the extraction of
riches from the colonies?
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Joint stock companies
7. Lands that are controlled by another nation…
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colonies
8. He conquered the Incan Empire
without a struggle…
Who conquered the Aztec Empire?
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Francisco Pizarro
Hernando Cortes
9. Why were African slaves used
by the Spanish?
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Knew how to plant and raise crops
Better able to resist disease than natives
Already an existing slave trade
10. Which European country imported
African slaves to the New World 1st?
What was the voyage to the New World for
slaves called?
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Spain
Middle passage
11. Where did Columbus land 1st?
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Island in the Caribbean Sea; probably the
Bahamas
12. England’s 1st permanent
settlement in North America was…
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Jamestown
13. New World country that
received the largest % of slaves
from Africa…
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Brazil
14. Spanish conquerors were called…
He made 4 voyages to the New World and
contributed to global exchange…
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Conquistadors
Christopher Columbus
15. Economic policy where a nation seeks
to export more than they import; power of
the nation is based on its’ wealth…
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mercantilism
16. He made known the horrors of
the middle passage…
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Olaudah Equiano
17. How was Africa affected by
the Atlantic Slave Trade?
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Lost fittest members of society, families torn
18. Global transfer of foods,
plants, animals, disease during
colonization of the Americas…
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Columbian Exchange
19. Main economic activity in New France…
Economic model based on private
ownership and the investment of money for
profit…
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Fur trade
Capitalism
20. Native leader during one of the bloodiest
conflicts between English settlers and
Natives in Massachusetts
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Metacom