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Ethnic groups in Latin America

Traditions and Encounters Chapter 25 Test Bank

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CHAPTER 25 TEST QUESTIONS MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Do?a Marina was a. the first viceroy of the Spanish colonies in the Americas. b. the leading Spanish banker who funded exploration. c. the Portuguese explorer who first sighted Australia. d. a Mexican woman who aided Cort?s in his conquest of the Aztecs. * e. the nautical term for the dominant westerly wind that made voyages to the Americas faster. (p. 665) 2. When the Spanish invaded the Aztec empire, a. the subject tribes of the empire remained faithful to the Aztecs. b. the subject tribes fled south for Inca protection. c. they were emboldened by their previous easy conquest of the Inca. d. they were interested in gaining control of tobacco as a profitable cash crop.

The Earth and its Peoples: 5th Edition - Chapter 17 Notes

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Chapter 17 Notes The Columbian Exchange Demographic Changes The Columbian Exchange ? The exchange of plants, animals, technologies, diseases between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus?s voyages Smallpox was the most deadly early epidemic Malaria and yellow fever also were present. Malaria came w/ the African slave trade Smallpox arrived in the Caribbean and in Mexico and Central America from EU Disease was an early result of the Columbian Exchange and caused high death rates among many indigenous peoples. Transfer of Plants and Animals The New and Old Worlds continued to exchange these two in mass despite new epidemics Maize, potatoes, manioc revolutionized agriculture in Europe, Africa, and Asia

The Earth And Its Peoples, 3rd Edition Vocabulary Flashcards for Chapters 15-18

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Arawak Amerindian peoples who inhabited the Greater Antilles of the Carribean at the time of Columbus Atahualpa Last ruling Inca emperor of Peru, executed by the Spanish Atlantic Circuit the network of trade routes connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas; underlay the Atlantic system Atlantic system network of trade links after 1500 that moved goods, wealth, people and cultures around the Atlantic Ocean basin balance of power policy in international relations in which the major European states acted together to prevent any one of them from becoming too powerful Bartolome de Las Casas First bishop of Chiapas, Mexico; protected Amerindian peoples from exploitation and helped establish the New Laws of 1542, which limited the ability of

AP World History Chapter 17

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Chapter 17 Outline CHAPTER OUTLINE I. The Columbian Exchange A. Demographic Changes 1. The peoples of the New World lacked immunity to diseases from the Old World. Smallpox, measles, diphtheria, typhus, influenza, malaria, yellow fever, and maybe pulmonary plague caused severe declines in the population of native peoples in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies. 2. Similar patterns of contagion and mortality may be observed in the English and French colonies in North America. Europeans did not use disease as a tool of empire, but the spread of Old World diseases clearly undermined the ability of native peoples to resist settlement and accelerated cultural change. B. Transfer of Plants and Animals

Colombian Exchange

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Colombian exchange- The term used to describe the enormous widespread exchange of plants, animals, foods, slaves, communicable diseases, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres. destructive diseases, like smallpox depopulated many cultures, but new foods like corn boosted world populations. the council of the indies- the most important administrative section of the?Spanish Empire. it supervised all government ecclestical, , and commercial activity in the spanish colonies. The?encomienda system- a grant of authority over a population of amerindiands in spanish colonies. until the 1540s amerindian people in the spanish colonies were divided among the settlers and forced to provide them with labor or with textiles foods or other goods.

capitalism

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Capitalism- An economic system Caravel- A small Spanish sailing vessel Confederacy- A combination of people for unlawful purposes Conquistador- one of the Spanish conquerors Demographic- social statistic of a human population, as the number of births or deaths Ecosystem- Interaction of people in a community Encomienda- the land or village and its inhabitants Inflation ? Rise in general level of prices Matrilineal- inheriting through the female line Mestizo- a person of racially mixed ancestry Middleman- a person who plays an economic role Nation-State- a group of people who feel they share a common nationality Plantation- a large farm or estate Province- parts of a country outside of the capital Columbus- Italian navigator in Spanish service Pizarro- Spanish conqueror of Peru
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