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1) Thelargest civilizations and political systems of pre-Columbian Native Americans north
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aof Mexico were less elaborate than the largest civilizations of Mexico and further south.
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2) Theeleventh-century explorations and discoveries of Leif Eriksson were common a a a a a a a a
aknowledge in the European world of the fifteenth century.
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3) Portuguese exploration in the late fifteenth century concentrated on finding a route to
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acentral and eastern Asia by sailing around Africa.
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4) Christopher Columbus spent his early seafaring years in the service of the Portuguese.
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5) On his first voyage to the New World, Columbus realized that he discovered an entirely
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anew continent.
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6) By 1550, Spaniards had explored the coast of North America as far north as Oregon in the
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awest.
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,7) Theearly Spanish settlers weresuccessful at establishing plantations, but not at finding
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agold or silver.
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8) Spanish mines in America yielded ten times as much gold and silver as the rest of the
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aworld’s mines together.
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9) Spanish colonists often intermarried with the Pueblo Indians they had colonized.
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10) By the seventeenth century, the Spanish had given up their efforts to assimilate the
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aIndians to Spanish ways.
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11) European life was relatively unchanged bythe biological and cultural exchanges that took
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aplace after discovery of the New World.
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12) The nature in which native cultures in the Americas treated the sick helped spread
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ainfectious diseases brought by European colonists.
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, 13) Owing to their commitment to Catholicism, male Spanish immigrants had very little
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asexual contact with Indian women.
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14) As a result of a constant conflict with the much larger native population, the Spanish
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adecided to allow the Pueblos to own land.
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15) Cattle, sheep, and sugar were three New World products introduced to Europe.
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16) In contrast with the European tradition, African families tended to be matrilineal.
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17) Theinternal African slave trade was not well established until Europeans began to
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ademand slave labor for the New World.
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18) During the sixteenth century, England was experiencing a decline in the food supply and
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apopulation.
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