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| What common treat was Montezuma said to have drunk up to 50 cups a day? |
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| Cacao, choclatl, or chocalate |
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| When did Cortés arrive in Mexico? |
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What motivated Cortés to conquer Mexico?
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| acuiring new lands for Spain and personal glory |
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| What factors helped the Spanish conquer the Aztecs? (two things) |
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| better weapons and horses |
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| What period did the fall of Tenochtitlan begin in 1521? |
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| It marks the beginning of Spanish rule. |
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| What things did the Spanish introduce that changed life in the region of present day Mexico? (Name 3 of the 4 things) |
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| animals, trades, skills, religion |
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| What is one element of a Native American lifestyle that has been blended into Mexican culture? |
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| What name was given to the class of people of both Spanish and Native American ancestry? |
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| How did the criollos differ from the peninsulares? |
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peninsulares were born in Spain;
crillos had parents that were born in Spain |
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| What was the system of encomienda? |
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| Native Americans had to pay tributes of labor or goods to Spanish overseers |
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| What disease did the Europeans bring that killed so many Native Americans? |
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| Which two groups of people benefited least from Mexico´s independence from Spain? |
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| Native Americans and Mestizos |
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| Which states in the current U.S. were once part of Mexico? (Name 4 of the 9) |
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| California, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, part of Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma |
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| What area did the U.S. take control over after the Mexican/American War? |
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| U.S. took control of Northern Mexico |
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| What was the treaty that was signed between Mexico and the U.S. after the war? |
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| The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
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| Who was Father Miguel Hidalgo and how did he change the way the common people thought? |
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| He was a priest who urged the Mexican people to resist Spanish rule and even after his death the idea of revolution was still alive |
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| What challenges did Mexico face due to its natural environment? |
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| It didn´t have a lot of farmable(or arable)land |
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