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What is a group of people forming a community?
society
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What means change?
Convert
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What was the Columbian Exchange?
moving people and their ways of life between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
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A friend willing to help in a battle.
Ally
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What is a settlement far from the country that rules it?
A colony
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What is a religious settlement where a missionary group lives and works?
A mission
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What colony was founded after the defeat of the Incan Empire?
Peru
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How did Columbus' Voyages impact the Americas?
Columbus showed Europeans the way to the Americas.
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What is a large farm with workers who live on the land?
A plantation
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What was the 1st thing to happen in Spain's search for gold?
Cabeza de Vaca traveled the American Southwest.
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Who conquered the Incan empire?
Pizarro
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What is the capture or taking of something by force?
Conquest
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Why did Columbus sail west on his first expedition?
to find a shorter route to the Indies.
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What happened after Esteban's death in what is now New Mexico?
Coronado continued the search for Cibola.
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a Spanish conqueror
What is a conquistador
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Why did land owners want to keep slaves?
The slaves made them rich.
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What is a large piece of land usually given to its owners by the king of Spain?
An Encomienda
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What best describes the factors that enabled Cortes to defeat the Aztecs?
Metal Armor, Muskets, Horses, and Allies
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a journey made for a special purpose
expedition
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What was Las Casa's point of view on the Indians in the encomienda system?
He wanted all slavery to end.
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person who lives in a colony
colonist
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Sequence the following groups according to the most powerful to the least powerful. Africans Peninsulares Indians Creoles Mestizos
Peninsulares Creoles Mestizos Africans Indians
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Why did Columbus make more voyages to the West Indies?
Spain wanted him to start a colony because they wanted the riches of the lands. He also had the job of delivering animals and people to the new land.
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Describe an Indian's life on an encomienda.
They worked without pay and were expected to become Christians.
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What happened as a result of the Columbian Exchange?
Europeans brought horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs to the Western Hemisphere. They also enjoyed new things like corn, potatoes, tomatoes, cocoa, and beans. Poor Indians died from overwork and the diseases brought over by the Europeans.