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15 Cards in this Set
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Adam Smith recorded in 1776 that the “two greatest and most important” events in the history of mankind were the:
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discovery of America and the Portuguese sea route around Africa to Asia
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Both the Aztec and Inca empires were:
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large, wealthy, and sophisticated.
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Europeans—particularly the English, French, and Dutch—generally claimed North American Indian land as their own based on:
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their view that Indians did not use the land properly.
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Why did the Portuguese begin exploration to find a water route to India, China, and the East Indies?
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to eliminate the Muslim “middlemen” in the luxury goods trade
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Why did European exploration of the New World proceed so rapidly after Columbus’s discoveries?
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Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press enabled the rapid dissemination of information.
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The Columbian Exchange was:
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the transatlantic flow of plants, animals, and germs that began after Christopher Columbus reached the New World.
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According to Bartolomé de Las Casas:
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Indian slavery needed to be eliminated.
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The Black Legend described:
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Spain as a uniquely brutal colonizer.
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New France was characterized by:
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more-peaceful European-Indian relations than existed in New Spain.
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How did French involvement in the fur trade change life for Native Americans?
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The French quests for beaver pelts virtually destroyed the Native American way of life.
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African society did not practice slavery before Europeans came.
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False
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The catastrophic decline in the native populations of Spanish America was mostly due to the fact that they were not immune to European diseases.
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True
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The Spanish reconquista required that all Muslims and Jews convert to Catholicism or leave Spain immediately.
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True
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The Spanish aim was to exterminate or remove the Indians from the New World.
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False
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Like the Spanish, the French often intermarried with the Indians, resulting in mixed-race children.
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True
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