Question 1

The Spanish who came to the Americas to conquer were known as the

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conquistadors

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matadors

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refugiados

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reconquista

Question 2

A resistance to a disease is a(n)

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immunity

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tendency

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alliance

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susceptibility

Question 3

Tenochtitlan is what Mexican city today?

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Mexico City

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Veracruz

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Jalapa

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Tlaxcala

Question 4

How did Malinche help Cortes?

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She translated for him

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She killed Moctezuma

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she told the Native Americans that he was a god

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She showed him how to get to Tenochtilan

Question 5

What Spaniard invaded the Incan heartland?

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Pizarro

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Columbus

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Cortes

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De Soto

Question 6

A war fought between groups of people in the same nation is a(n)

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civil war

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ethnic war

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coup

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territorial wat

Question 7

Both Cortes and Pizarro encountered

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rival Spanish factions

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Inca warriors

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Aztec warriors

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Tenochtitlan

Question 8

What happened after Inca leader Atahualpa was kidnapped by the Spanish?

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The Inca paid a ransom and he was killed anyway

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The Inca refused to pay a ransom and he was killed

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The Inca refused to pay a ransom and he was freed anyway

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The Inca paid a ransom and he was freed

Question 9

Which of the following diseases was NOT one of the particularly devastating ones for Native Americans

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plague

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measles

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small pox

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influenza

Question 10

How did the Aztecs treat conquered peoples?

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They sacrificed many of them

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They were forced to serve as warriors for the Aztecs

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They were required to marry Aztecs and blend societies

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They allowed conquered peoples to live as they had, as long as they paid tribute

Question 11

representatives in the Americas who ruled in the Spanish king's name were

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viceroys

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enomiendas

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mestizos

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peons

Question 12

The right to land and Native American labor that was granted to a conquistador was a(n)

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encomienda

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reconquista

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casa

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mission

Question 13

Workers forced to work off a debt were known as

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peons

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creoles

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mulattoes

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privateers

Question 14

At the top of Spanish colonial society were people born in Spain called

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peninsulares

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creoles

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mulattoes

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mestizos

Question 15

Pirates who had the approval of European governments were known as

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privateers

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bootlegers

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pirate admirals

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peninsulares

Question 16

The Spanish lawmaking body for the colonies was the

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Council of the indies

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Viceroy Legislature

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provincial Congress

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Audiencia

Question 17

The West Indies became profitable though the production of

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sugar cane

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silver

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lumber

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corn

Question 18

Who urged the importation of workers from Africa and later regretted it?

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Barolome de Las Cassas

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Junipero Serra

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Francisco Pizarro

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Diego de Duran

Question 19

American-born descendants of Spanish settlers were

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creoles

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mulattoes

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mestizos

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peninsulares

Question 20

Portugal claied Brazil through the

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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privateer system

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encomienda system

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Council of the Indies

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