Exploration and colonization of the new world

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What were the chief motives for European expansion?

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God, glory, and gold

Front

Which country took the lead in European exploration?

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Portugal

Front

Who was the first Portuguese explorer to get to India?

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Vasco da Gama

Front

Which ruler granted encomienda to the Spanish settlers in the Americas?

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Queen Isabella

Front

Which nation controlled most of the eastern seaboard of North America by the end of the 1600s?

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England

Front

The ______ civilization was wiped out by Pizarro.

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Incan

Front

Spanish conquerors of the Americas were known as .

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conquistadors

Front

The system that was used to house or capture natives, but was actually a labor camp

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encomienda

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Which of the following is a true statement about the Columbian Exchange?
Options:
It was trade between North and South America.
It was trading goods between the Old World and the New World.
encouraged a period of exploration.
made Asia rich.

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It was trading goods between the Old World and the New World.

Front

What caused the most deaths in the Native American populations?

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European diseases