A) It divided the Americas, giving Spain everything south of the Caribbean and England everything north of the Caribbean.
B) It divided the Pacific Ocean, giving Spain everything east of India and Portugal everything west of India.
C) It divided the Atlantic Ocean, giving Spain control of everything west of an imaginary line and Portugal everything east of the line.
D) It divided the Americas, giving Portugal all of the sugar-producing regions and Spain all of the silver-producing regions.
F) All of the above
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A) A system whereby the Spanish crown granted the conquerors the right to forcibly employ groups of Indians; it was a disguised form of slavery.
B) A second-century work that synthesized the classical knowledge of geography and introduced the concepts of longitude and latitude. Reintroduced to Europeans in 1410 by Arab scholars, its ideas allowed cartographers to create more accurate maps.
C) Also known as the Mexica Empire, a large and complex Native American civilization in modern Mexico and Central America that possessed advanced mathematical, astronomical, and engineering technology.
D) The exchange of animals, plants, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds.
E) The vast and sophisticated Peruvian empire centered at the capital city of Cuzco that was at its peak from 1438 until 1532.
F) Spanish for "conqueror"; Spanish soldier-explorers, such as Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro, who sought to conquer the New World for the Spanish crown.
G) The 1494 agreement giving Spain everything to the west of an imaginary line drawn down the Atlantic and giving Portugal everything to the east.
H) A small, maneuverable, three-mast sailing ship developed by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century that gave the Portuguese a distinct advantage in exploration and trade.
I) The name for the four administrative units of Spanish possessions in the Americas: New Spain, Peru, New Granada, and La Plata.
J) The notion that the Spanish were uniquely brutal and cruel in their conquest and settlement of the Americas.
L) H) and J)
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A) hoped to visit the Americas someday.
B) did everything they could to end contact with Europe.
C) encouraged trade with Europe.
D) saw themselves as Chinese.
F) A) and D)
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A) A system whereby the Spanish crown granted the conquerors the right to forcibly employ groups of Indians; it was a disguised form of slavery.
B) A second-century work that synthesized the classical knowledge of geography and introduced the concepts of longitude and latitude. Reintroduced to Europeans in 1410 by Arab scholars, its ideas allowed cartographers to create more accurate maps.
C) Also known as the Mexica Empire, a large and complex Native American civilization in modern Mexico and Central America that possessed advanced mathematical, astronomical, and engineering technology.
D) The exchange of animals, plants, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds.
E) The vast and sophisticated Peruvian empire centered at the capital city of Cuzco that was at its peak from 1438 until 1532.
F) Spanish for "conqueror"; Spanish soldier-explorers, such as Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro, who sought to conquer the New World for the Spanish crown.
G) The 1494 agreement giving Spain everything to the west of an imaginary line drawn down the Atlantic and giving Portugal everything to the east.
H) A small, maneuverable, three-mast sailing ship developed by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century that gave the Portuguese a distinct advantage in exploration and trade.
I) The name for the four administrative units of Spanish possessions in the Americas: New Spain, Peru, New Granada, and La Plata.
J) The notion that the Spanish were uniquely brutal and cruel in their conquest and settlement of the Americas.
L) G) and I)
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A) established outposts in New York (New Amsterdam) and elsewhere in the Americas.
B) handled the shipment of gold and silver bullion from Spanish America to Spain.
C) established bases in the Caribbean.
D) took over much of the East Indies from Portugal.
F) A) and C)
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A) The possibility of Asian trade led the Spanish to focus on developing its western colonies in the Americas so that it would be easy to travel on to Asia.
B) The great distance of the Pacific convinced the Spanish to abandon efforts to trade in Asia and develop their American colonies instead.
C) The difficult waters of the Straights of Magellan led Spain to focus on developing its colonies in the eastern parts of the Americas.
D) The greater wealth in Asian trade led the Spanish to give little attention to the Americas until after Asian trade collapsed in the 1580s.
F) B) and C)
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A) The Mexica were awed by the Spanish technology and submitted to Cortés's will.
B) The Mexica mistakenly believed that Cortés was a god.
C) Cortés had a large, well-trained Spanish army against the untrained and poorly organized Mexica forces.
D) Cortés was able to exploit internal dissention within the Mexica Empire.
F) A) and B)
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A) South Asian nations
B) Slavic eastern European nations
C) Mediterranean European nations
D) Atlantic coastal European nations
F) B) and D)
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A) Othello
B) Romeo and Juliet
C) Much Ado About Nothing
D) Henry IV
F) B) and C)
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A) A system whereby the Spanish crown granted the conquerors the right to forcibly employ groups of Indians; it was a disguised form of slavery.
B) A second-century work that synthesized the classical knowledge of geography and introduced the concepts of longitude and latitude. Reintroduced to Europeans in 1410 by Arab scholars, its ideas allowed cartographers to create more accurate maps.
C) Also known as the Mexica Empire, a large and complex Native American civilization in modern Mexico and Central America that possessed advanced mathematical, astronomical, and engineering technology.
D) The exchange of animals, plants, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds.
E) The vast and sophisticated Peruvian empire centered at the capital city of Cuzco that was at its peak from 1438 until 1532.
F) Spanish for "conqueror"; Spanish soldier-explorers, such as Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro, who sought to conquer the New World for the Spanish crown.
G) The 1494 agreement giving Spain everything to the west of an imaginary line drawn down the Atlantic and giving Portugal everything to the east.
H) A small, maneuverable, three-mast sailing ship developed by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century that gave the Portuguese a distinct advantage in exploration and trade.
I) The name for the four administrative units of Spanish possessions in the Americas: New Spain, Peru, New Granada, and La Plata.
J) The notion that the Spanish were uniquely brutal and cruel in their conquest and settlement of the Americas.
L) A) and B)
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A) the English government tried to keep colonies small so that colonists would be dependent on the crown.
B) they were searching for good agricultural land.
C) there was a planned development to drive the Indians out of the region.
D) there were religious disputes among the colonists.
F) All of the above
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A) Princely kingdoms in India
B) Muslim-controlled port cities
C) Chinese merchants
D) The Hindu priestly class
F) B) and D)
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A) Europe was the major western node of the trading system that produced high-quality textiles and metalwork desired by others.
B) Europe provided the banking and financial services that sustained the world trading system.
C) Europe served as the most important market for products because it produced few goods.
D) Europe was a minor trading power that produced few products desired by other civilizations.
F) A) and B)
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