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8900684216MercantilismPolitical/economical philosophy. Creates competition between other countries. Mother country benefits the most thanks to colonies0
8900684217The Americas offered settlers:Silver, gold, sugarcanes, cocoa, land (timber), new foods, and people1
8900684218The Spanish role in settling the AmericasExtract natural resources, invest in farming, enslave local population, and spread Catholicism. Property of the king2
8900684219The central power in AmericasAztecs3
8900684220Spanish build fragmented and manipulativeAlliances with the Aztecs4
8900684221Aztecs diminish due toDisease and Spanish alliance betrayal5
8900684222European men and native women make up a new race:Creole (Spanish caste in which they were born "taken" in the New World)6
8900684223MetizosNative + Spanish7
8900684224MulattoesSpanish + African8
8900684225Columbian ExchangeGlobal trade of food, animals, plants, slaves (people), products, language, religion, disease9
8900684226Disease brought to the New World(Lack of immunity) smallpox, common cold10
8900684227Disease brought to the Old WorldSTD's, sphilus11
8900684228Food items brought to the Old WorldCorn, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, some beans12
8900684229Europeans bring what products to the new world?Glass, gunpowder, horses, iron for armor, weapons and ships. Cloth (silk wool)13
8900684230British were the only ones who grew tobacco on the East Coast resulting inRaising price and need for laborers14
8900684231Spanish colonizedMost of South and Central America15
8900684232Portugal colonizedBrazil16
8900684233French colonizedMost of North America17
8900684234British colonizedU.S. east coast18
8900684235Russian EmpireStarts in Kiev and moves to Moscow and expands borders. Pushes into Asia and takes over smaller neighbors to expand19
8900684236British empire expands ________ to weaker states while Russia __________Outward, conquers neighbors20
8900684237Ottoman EmpireSubdues neighbors to expand and is influenced by Europe (gov., religion being separate from gov.) Turkey becomes more tolerant21

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