3.3-3.5 Mexican Independence and Caribbean History

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Which of the following details shows the impact of resources on Mexico's history? Spanish conquistadors came to Mexico to find gold. Spanish conquistadors came to Mexico to find oil. Early Mexican civilizations traded crops for gold. Mexico’s climate made it difficult to build large farms.

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Spanish conquistadors came to Mexico to find gold.

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What happened when Cortés and his soldiers first arrived in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán?

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The Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomed them as guests at first.

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In Spanish colonial society, the group in the highest position were the

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peninsulares.

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What happened to American Indians as a result of the Spanish conquest of the Americas?

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Many died from disease and mistreatment.

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What was the main result of the encomienda system?

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Native people were forced to work for Spanish colonists.

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Which of the following laid the groundwork for the revolt that led to Mexico's independence from Spain? Options: the election of Juárez, the expansion of trade, the Mexican Cession, the conquest of Spain by Napoleon Bonaparte

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the conquest of Spain by Napoleon Bonaparte

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In the late 1900s, conflict broke out in Central American countries such as Guatemala and Nicaragua as people fought to overthrow

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dictatorships.

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How did the Mexico’s new constitution in 1917 aim to change Mexican life?

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It gave more land to farmers and more rights to workers.

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Which of the following best describes most of today's Central American countries in the 1820s?
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They became colonies of the United States.
They established stable democratic governments.
They won independence from Spain.
They broke away from Mexico.

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They won independence from Spain.

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Which of the following was an immediate cause of the Mexican Revolution of 1910? Spanish domination, the overthrow of Maximilian, widespread poverty, the building of the Panama Canal

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widespread poverty