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Which treaty allowed Spain and Portugal to split the world and decide their speheres of influence?

Treaty of Tordesillas

Treaty of Westphalia

Treaty of Madrid

Treaty of Acoma

Who discovered the Pacific Ocean?

Ponce de Leon

Balbao

Pizarro

Magellan

Who were the Criollos?

African-Spanish

Spanish-Amerindian

Pure Spanish born in the Americas

Pure Spanish born in Spain

Which of these is NOT a reason why the ecomienda system started to fall?

The protest from Catholics on how harsh the natives were being treated

African slave labor was replacing the system

Silver inflation in Spain made it less desirable to make the natives work to find silver

More and more of the population became mestizos and they could not be forced to work

Who rebelled in the Popé's Rebellion?

The Pueblos and other SW tribes against the Spanish

African slaves against the Spanish

Natives in South America against the Spanish

The Aztecs against the Spanish

What was New Mexico's primary purpose?

To make the Spanish rich through its plentiful mines

To be a buffer zone between Spanish and French territories

To be a state where the Spanish can defend their colony of Mexico

To be a missionary state

What was the Black Legend?

The belief that all natives died from disease

The belief that the Mayans, Incas, & Aztecs were just "savages"

The map legend that Magellan made when he circumnavigated the globe

The belief that everything that Spain did was wrong and that there are no positives

What disease did the natives give to the Europeans?

Smallpox

Yellow fever

Syphilis

Malaria

Which of these is not a reason why the Iroquois stood out?

The society was a matriarchy

They had stratification by wealth

They were matrilineal

They made their environment adapt to them

Who defeated the Pueblos?

Balbao

Pizarro

Onate

Bartolome de Las Casas

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