Unit 4 Review (new 2025) quick review Spanish Empire

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Why was the year 1492 significant?

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Columbus brought awareness to a new route to what he thought was Asia that sparked European exploration of the Western Hemisphere.

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Which economic conditions were most important in creating the global trade network illustrated in the diagram showing the spread of silver throughout the world? Options: American demand for labor and African supply of slaves, Japanese supply of silver and Middle Eastern demand for spices, Western European demand for industrial raw materials and American/South Asian cash crops, Chinese & Indian demand for precious metals and European demand for Asian luxury goods

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Chinese & Indian demand for precious metals and European demand for Asian luxury goods

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What was the political system used by the Portuguese and Spanish to govern their new colonies/territories?

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Viceroyalties

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What guaranteed forced labor of the native population in exchange for converting them and teaching them Spanish?

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Encomienda

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What was a common economic effect of colonization on the colonized regions?

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The exploitation of natural resources for the benefit of the colonizing country.

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DOK Level 1: Recall

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Mit'a was a labor system most connected to

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Peruvian Mines

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What changed the demography of Africa by lessening the male population and having women take on more traditionally male family and societal roles? It also led to the introduction of okra and rice to the new world.

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Transatlantic slave trade

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The new Spanish social hierarchical system of the Americas based on skin color and heritage. It determined your political, economic, and social opportunities.

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Casta System

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What led to the increased use of forced labor through the mita system, hyper inflation overtime which led to the Spanish demise (price revolution), and increased trade (think of the trade from the Acapulco to Manilla)?

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Discovery of the mountain in Potosi

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What is one way colonization affected the political structures of indigenous societies?

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It resulted in the imposition of foreign governance systems.

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DOK Level 1: Recall