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| 1731198766 | What were three major civilizations of Southern America? | The Incas, Mayans and Aztecs | 0 | |
| 1731198767 | Where were the Incas and what were some of their accomplishments? | Peru; paved roads and tribes | 1 | |
| 1731198768 | Where were the Mayans and what were some of their accomplishments? | Central America, Yucatán; written language, numeral system | 2 | |
| 1731198769 | Where were the Aztecs and what were some of their accomplishments? | Mexico; developed a religion, and educational and medical systems | 3 | |
| 1731198770 | What did the population increase after the black plague in Europe lead to? | -A rise in land values -A reawakening of commerce -Prosperity -A merchant class eager to please their customers with new goods | 4 | |
| 1731198771 | Who financed Christopher Columbus' first voyage? | Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain | 5 | |
| 1731198772 | Where was Columbus trying to go? | The Far East | 6 | |
| 1731198773 | What was one of Columbus' major motivations for exploration? | Religion | 7 | |
| 1731198774 | What did Cortés do? (conquistador) | Conquered the Aztecs, accidentally gave them smallpox, ruthlessly surpressed natives | 8 | |
| 1731198775 | What did Francisco Pizzaro do? (conquistador) | Conquered Peru | 9 | |
| 1731198776 | What did Hernando de Soto do? (conquistador) | Searched for gold, silver and jewels through Florida and into the continent, was first white man to cross the Mississippi | 10 | |
| 1731198777 | What were some general characteristics of conquistadors? | They were brave and daring, but also brutal and greedy | 11 | |
| 1731198778 | What was an ecomienda? | A license from the Spanish queen in order to be able to launch an expedition to America | 12 | |
| 1731198779 | What were the three periods of the Spanish empire? | -Discovery and exploration -Conquistadors -Spanish began to colonize | 13 | |
| 1731198780 | What were the motives for Spanish exploration? | Wealth, the desire to create an agricultural economy, and religion | 14 | |
| 1731198781 | What were presidios? | Military bases for Spanish missionaries | 15 | |
| 1731198782 | What was the first permanent Spanish settlement/ | St. Augustine, Florida | 16 | |
| 1731198783 | What did the Spanish bring to the natives? | -Smallpox, measles and influenza -Sugar and bananas -Cattle, pigs and sheep -HORSES | 17 | |
| 1731198784 | What did the Natives give to the Spanish? | -Farming technique -Corn, squash, pumpkin, beans, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and potatoes | 18 | |
| 1731198785 | What was a chartered company? | Groups of merchant capitalists joined in order to make a profit | 19 | |
| 1731198786 | What was mercantilism? | The goal of economic activity would be to increase the nation's wealth (colonies would make money to increase the general wealth of England) | 20 | |
| 1731198787 | What was the belief of predestination? | The idea that your fate had already been decided | 21 | |
| 1731198788 | Who were Puritan seperatists? | Those who wanted purification of the church were known as Puritans-Puritans seperatists left the church and disobeyed the government | 22 | |
| 1731198789 | Where was England's first colony and what model did they follow? | Ireland, the plantation model | 23 | |
| 1731198790 | Who was Henry Hudson? | Found the Hudson River, gave the Dutch a claim on America, created New Netherland and New Amsterdam | 24 | |
| 1731198791 | Where was the first English Settlement? | Jamestown | 25 | |
| 1731198792 | What was the Spanish Armada? | The largest naval fleet almost ever tried to cross into England but a much smaller English force stopped them | 26 | |
| 1731198793 | Who was Virginia named after? | The "virgin" queen Elizabeth | 27 | |
| 1731198794 | What happened to Roanoke? | It disappeared | 28 | |
| 1731198795 | What were some problems with colony of Jamestown? | Disease, especially malaria Colonists spent their time searching for gold There weren't enough women | 29 | |
| 1731198796 | What was the first marketable crop in the Americas? | Tobacco | 30 | |
| 1731198797 | What was Bacon's rebellion? | In order to increase representation for everyone, Bacon stormed the capitol twice, burned Jamestown, almost took over Virginia but died unexpectedly | 31 | |
| 1731309062 | Where did the puritans move to before going to North America? | Holland | 32 | |
| 1731320311 | What was the mayflower compact? | The pilgrims realized that they were not on their allotted land so they wrote a constitution and pledged allegiance to England before landing | 33 | |
| 1731325037 | What was the Massachusetts bay experiment? | Puritans sent 1000 people to Massachusetts where they created a strong theocracy | 34 | |
| 1731329593 | What is a theocracy? | A government where religion is involved | 35 | |
| 1731332205 | Who was Roger Williams? | Created Providence, called for separation of church and station | 36 | |
| 1731342293 | Who was Anne Hutchinson? | Challenged the authority of the clergy, challenged norms of social behavior | 37 |
