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European in America

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Who conquered the Aztec and Inca empires in the 16th century?

the Spanish

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What was the purpose of Christopher Columbus’s voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492?

to find a western route to Asia

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What was the Northwest Passage?

a supposed water route to Asia through the Western Hemisphere

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Which country challenged Spain’s position as the dominant world power by defeating the Spanish Armada in 1588?

England

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Who provided the labor on Spanish haciendas and plantations in the Americas?

unpaid Native Americans and enslaved Africans

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What was the Middle Passage?

the voyage of ships carrying enslaved Africans to the Americas

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Where did the use of enslaved Africans as a labor force initially begin in the Americas?

on sugar plantations in the Caribbean

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What was the Line of Demarcation?

a vertical boundary through the Atlantic and present-day Brazil

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What did Amerigo Vespucci’s explorations reveal?

The Americas were not Asia

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What were the conquistadors looking for in North America?

cities of gold

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Why did the Spanish appoint viceroys?

to rule the territories claimed by Spain

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Who were the Sea Dogs?

English sailors licensed by the monarch to attack enemy ships

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What are watershed lands?

areas drained by rivers

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What was the Columbian Exchange?

a period when the Old World and the New World exchanged plants and animals

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What were haciendas?

tracts of farmland given to wealthy colonists

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Why was quinine so important for Europe, Africa, and Asia?

It was the only effective malaria remedy for 300 years

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