Spanish empire - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

APUSH Review (2023/2024) Already Graded A Great Columbian / Biological Exchange Exchange of plants and animals between the New World and Europe following the discovery of America in 1492. Christopher Columbus Italian explorer, sailed from Spain in 1492 and reached Americas, greatly increased European awareness of the North American Continent Bartolomeo de las Casas 16th Century Spanish Historian, Dominican Friar, "Protector of the Indians;" opposed atrocities by colonizers on Indigenous peop...

Canadian Shield - First part of the North American landmass to emerge above sea level. (4) (Chapter 1) Incas - Highly advanced South American civilization that occupied present-day Peru until they were conquered by Spanish forces under Francisco Pizarro in 1532. The Incas developed sophisticated agricultural techniques, such as terrace farming, in order to sustain large, complex societies in the unforgiving Andes Mountains. (8) (Chapter 1) Nation-States - Form of political society that co...

New Mexico History Chapter 3 100% Correct Conquistador A Spanish conqueror of the Americas Encomienda A grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it epidemic A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease. Small pox virus Disease that killed many Natives brought to the Americas by the Europeans. tribute (n.) something done or given to show thanks or respect; a payment Christopher Columbus He mistaken...

Greater Antillies - ANSWER-Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico Panama Capital & currency - ANSWER-Ciudad de Panama, Balboa Dominican Republic - ANSWER-Island of Santo Domingo Agriculture: sugarcane Capital is Santo Domingo $ - Domincan Peso Cuba - ANSWER-Capital is Havana, last Spanish Colony in the new world, $ Peso Dictator: Fidel Castro Puerto Rico - ANSWER-unincoproraged US, Capital - San Juan Us Dollar Guatemala - ANSWER-Ciudad de Guatemala Agricultu...

Why is the U.S. interested in Pacific island possessions during this period of American Empire building in the early 20th century? ○ Think: What role(s) does Hawaiʻi, American Sāmoa, Guam, and Micronesia play in regards to the U.S. military? - strategic military purposes Why do many regard the US treatment of residents within its island territories as unjust and unethical? - - no full rights to native people - social and environmental impacts Identity: Insular Cases - insular: island ...

Complete Test Bank for Of the People, Volume I: To 1877 with Sources, 5e 5th Edition by Michael McGerr, Camilla Townsend, Karen M. Dunak, Mark Summers, and Jan Ellen Lewis. Full Chapters test bank are included - Chapter 1 to 15 Chapter 1. Worlds in Motion, AMERICAN PORTRAIT: Malinche, Cultural Translator The Worlds of Indian Peoples Great Migrations The Emergence of Farming The Cradle of the Americas AMERICAN LANDSCAPE: Tenochtitlan The Northern World Takes Shape The Worlds of Christ...

The seventeenth-century medical practice of deliberately bleeding a person was based on the belief that a person needed to maintain a balance of different bodily fluids. Which statement about Spanish settlements in the New World is FALSE? a. Spanish gold and silver mines were enormously productive. b. Spanish colonies would form one of the largest empires in the history of the world. c. The Catholic Church was very interested in spreading Christianity in Mexico. d. The first Spanis...

approximately how many natives resided in America by 1492? correct answers 58 - 113 Million people Which of the following cultures flourished during the pre-Columbian era in the lands of the present day United States? correct answers Anasazi and Mississippi River Valley Cultures What did the Treaty of Tordesillas determine in 1494? correct answers It divided newly discovered lands between the Portuguese and Spanish and was arbitrated by the Pope Prince Henry the Navigator set up navigat...

CSET Spanish Subtest 2 | Questions and Correct Solutions Latest Spain today (politics, economy, geography, culture) - Answer --*Democracy under parliamentary constitutional monarchy* -*Member of EU* -*Majority Roman Catholic* (religious freedom) -*Tourism* is one of the main sources of income. -Important developers/producers of *renewable energy*, in particular *solar power*. -*strong economy, high quality of life* -*SW Europe, Iberian Peninsula to the south of France and Andorra and to...

CSET Spanish Subtest IV-with 100% verified solutions 2024/2025 Greater Antillies - ANSWER-Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico Panama Capital & currency - ANSWER-Ciudad de Panama, Balboa Dominican Republic - ANSWER-Island of Santo Domingo Agriculture: sugarcane Capital is Santo Domingo $ - Domincan Peso Cuba - ANSWER-Capital is Havana, last Spanish Colony in the new world, $ Peso Dictator: Fidel Castro Puerto Rico - ANSWER-unincoproraged US, Capital - San Juan ...