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| Brazil was a colony of Spain |
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| Prince Henry, who helped launch England's era of expansion, was member of the royal family of England |
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| The Chinese voyages of Cheng Ho predated the circumnavigation of Africa by the Portuguese. |
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| None of the empires of ancient Meso-America developed a system of writing. |
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| Pre-Columbian Native-Americans did not use horses. |
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| temporary land bridge across the Bering Strait between Siberia and Alaska. |
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| The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the world between: |
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| Which explorer thought he could find a route to East Asia by sailing west? |
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| Westerners were primarily interested in China to acquire: |
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| the marriage of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella helped unite the country of: |
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| Which of the following explored what is now the American southeast, encountering the Mississippi River in the early 1540s? |
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| Which of the following led the Spanish forces that conquered the Aztecs? |
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| Which of the following Native-American civilizations was located south of the Isthmus of Panama? |
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| Which of the following led the Spanish forces that conquered the Incas? |
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| Which European country first dominated the slave trade with Africa? |
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| Four distinct pre Columbian waves of immigrants swept over the Americas. Three groups came from Asia and one group came from |
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| What was the forerunner of the vast majority of Indian languages on both continents? |
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| China under the Ming dynasty was the world’s most complex culture. The Chinese invented the compass, gunpowder, and early forms of printing. However, most foreigners were interested in their teas, silks, and other fine products. Most of what Europe knew about China came from a Venetian merchant named? |
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| In 1348, Europe was devastated by the Black Death, which is also known as? |
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| The enslavement of Africans by Europeans differed from the enslavement of Africans by Africans in all of the following was except in Africa |
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| Slaves were allowed to buy their freedom |
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| Which explorer opened the way for Portugal’s empire in the East by sailing his fleet around the Cape of Good Hope and on the Malibar Coast of southwestern India? |
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| An important difference between Europeans and Indians in the purpose for waging war was? |
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| Indians waged war primarily for the purpose of taking captives. |
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| Most Indian converts to Christianity |
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| Continued many of their old rituals in secret |
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| Women farmed and controlled movable property. |
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