Chapter 1- Matching Cause and Effect
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 The Great Ice Age | Exposure of a land bridge between Asia and North America |
| Cultivation of corn (maize) | The formation of large, sophisticated civilizations in Mexico and South America. |
| New sailing technology and desire for spices | European voyages around Africa and across the Atlantic attempting to reach Asia |
| Portugal's creation of sugar plantations on Atlantic coastal islands | The rapid expansion of the African slave trade |
| Columbus's first encounter with the New World | A global exchange of animals, plants and diseases |
| Native Americans' lack of immunity to smallpox, malaria, and yellow fever | A decline of 90 percent in the New World Indian population |
| The Spanish conquest of large quantities of New World gold and silver | Rapid expansion of global economic commerce and manufacturing |
| Aztec legends of a returning god, Quetzalcoatl | Cortex's relatively easy conquest of Tenochtitlan |
| The Spanish need to protect Mexico against French and English encroachment | Establishment of Spanish settlements in Florida and new Mexico |
| Franciscan friars' desire to convert Pacific coast Indians to Catholicism | Formation of a chain of mission settlements in California |
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