Chapter 20.1, Spain Builds an American Empire

Question 1

I am the first European to cross through Panama and "see" a new ocean, later named the Pacific.

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Balboa

Question 2

I conquered the Aztec peoples who were in modern day Mexico.

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Cortes

Question 3

In Brazil, there was no gold and no silver but the soil very fertile for growing:

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sugar

Question 4

After the Americas were discovered, Europe became known as the .....

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Old World

Question 5

The capital of the Aztec Empire was called ...

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Tenochtitlan

Question 6

The Spanish gov't abolished the encomienda system, but now Spain looked to enslave people from:

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Africa

Question 7

The system in which Spanish landlord forced Natives to farm, ranch or mine of them was called:

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encomienda

Question 8

Pueblo ruler, Pope, was able to lead a rebellion that pushed the Spanish back into New Spain

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True

Question 9

The Native peoples enslaved and killed by Columbus and his men were the ________ people.

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Taino

Question 10

The moral debate about how the Spanish treated the Native peoples of the Americas was the

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Valladolid debate

Question 11

Spanish settlers in the Americas (usually men) born in Spain but living in the Americas were

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Peninsulares

Question 12

Superior weapons, help from other natives, and disease...

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allowed Cortes to conquer Aztecs

Question 13

Make no mistake, Columbus's #1 priority was to find wealth through ____________ in the "Indies"

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finding gold

Question 14

Once the Americas were "discovered" and settled by Europeans, Europe was referred to as the

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Old World

Question 15

Columbus, Vespucci, Balboa, Magellan all led voyages that gave Europeans new knowledge of world

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True

Question 16

Native peoples, who were at the bottom of social ladder in the Americas, were referred to as:

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Indians

Question 17

Magellan's trip to circle the globe started with 5 ships and ended with...

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1 ship and Magellan's death

Question 18

Upon arriving in the Caribbean, this explorer called the people who greeted him los indios.

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Columbus

Question 19

People of mixed European & Indian ancestry in the Americas were referred to as...

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Mestizo

Question 20

Bartolome de las Casas believed that the Natives couldn't be converted to Christianity.

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False

Question 21

Which group of Native Americans did Pizarro conquer in Peru?

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Inca

Question 22

This is what natives called diseases brought to the Americas by Europeans.

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Invisible warrior

Question 23

My favorite class EVER is

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World History (duh!)

Question 24

The Spanish intended to transform the islands of the Caribbean into ___ that they would control

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colonies

Question 25

Columbus' voyages opened the oportunity for other explorers to also sail West & explore.

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True

Question 26

The first Europeans to settle in the Americas were the...

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Spanish

Question 27

Cortes and others who sought riches in the Americas were known as

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conquistadors.

Chapter 20.1, Spain Builds an American Empire

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Chapter 20.1, Spain Builds an American Empire

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