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Aztec emperor

• Moctezuma

• Hernán Cortés

• Jacques Cartier

The Mayflower Compact

• set out guidelines for governing the Plymouth colony.

• was a treaty granting land rights to Native Americans.

• was a trade agreement between France and New York.

Spanish who vanquished the Americas

• Conquistadores

• Entrepreneurs

• Privateers

Through the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494,

• Pizarro made peace with the Incas.

• Cortés made peace with the Aztecs.

• Portugal claimed its empire of Brazil.

The first leg of the triangular trade route sent

• colonial goods to Europe.

• European goods to Africa.

• colonial goods to the West Indies.

explorer who fought and subdued the Aztecs

• Hernán Cortés

• Moctezuma

• Jacques Cartier

To conquer the Aztec empire, Hernán Cortés

• formed alliances with conquered people who hated the Aztecs.

• persuaded the Aztecs that European trade would be beneficial.

• gained control of the Aztecs by converting them to Christianity.

people who take financial risk to make profits

• Entrepreneurs

• Privateers

• Conquistadores

At the top of Spanish colonial society were the

• creoles.

• mestizos.

• peninsulares.

What is true about the economic system of capitalism?

• It encourages tariffs, or taxes on imported goods.

• It measures a nation’s real wealth in gold and silver.

• It encourages private ownership of most businesses.