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Ch. 2 Sect. 1
Review - US History - WBHS
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History
11th Grade
09/01/2008

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Where did Hernan Cortes go? Whom did he conquer?

Definition
Cuba, Mexico; Aztecs
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Where did Francisco Pizzaro go? Whom did he conquer?
Definition
Peru; Incas
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Where did Coronado go?
Definition
north to Kansas
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Where did deSoto go? For how long?
Definition
wanders 4 years; North Carolina to Texas
Term
What was Spain looking for?
Definition
gold and workers
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What religion were the Spanish trying to spread?
Definition
Christianity (Catholicism)
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What is the class system in Spain from top to bottom?
Definition
1.) peninsulares
2.) criollos
3.) mestizos
4.) Native Americans and Blacks
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What is a penisulare?
Definition
born in Spain; got the top jobs
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What is a criollo?
Definition
born in New Spain; Spanish parents
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What is a mestizo?
Definition
mixed Spanish and Native American; were the merchants and artisans
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What jobs did the Native Americans and Blacks do?
Definition
they were the laborers
Term
What did the Spanish end up finding?
Definition
silver and land
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The French were known for what two things?
Definition
fishing and fur trading
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Who did France send to found New France? What places are New France today?
Definition
Champlain; Nova Scotia and Quebec
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Who discovered the Mississippi River?
Definition
Louis Joliet and Father Marquette
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La Salle sailed down what river? Where did he end up? What did he claim?
Definition
Mississippi River; The Gulf of Mexico; Louisiana
Term
Louisiana was a good place to grow what four things?
Definition
sugar, rice, tobacco and indigo
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