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US History 1491 - 1607
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- Which Native American group built large earthen mounds and had a major urban center at Cahokia near present-day St. Louis?
- Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage was sponsored by which European nation?
- The Columbian Exchange refers to the transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas between the Americas and Europe, Africa, and Asia after 1492.
- Which disease introduced by Europeans had the most devastating impact on Native American populations after contact?
- The encomienda system, used by Spanish colonizers in the Americas, granted colonists the right to demand labor and tribute from Native Americans.
- Which Spanish priest became a vocal critic of the mistreatment of Native Americans in the early 1500s?
- Portugal was the first European nation to establish a sea route around Africa to reach Asia.
- Which Native American confederacy, located in present-day New York, united five nations — the Mohawk, Onondaga, Cayuga, Oneida, and Seneca?
- What term describes the network of trade routes connecting Europe, Africa, and Asia before European contact with the Americas?
- The Spanish system of forced Native American labor in mines and on plantations was called the encomienda system.
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