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WGU IOC4 - Social

European Exploration, Conflict and Colonization

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When Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztec, he took their leader, ____________, captive. Moctezuma
____________, founded in 1565, is the oldest city established by Europeans in the present-day United States. St. Augustine
Which early Spanish colonist to the New World wrote Apologetic History of the Indies ? Bartolomé de Las Casas
Under the ____________, a colonist received 50 acres of land for every person whose passage he paid to the colony. headright system
Christopher Columbus grew up in what city? Genoa, Italy
The first two English attempts at settling North America were organized by: Sir Walter Raleigh
When Columbus reached the New World, he named his first landfall ____________. San Salvador
Francisco Pizarro ambushed and later killed the Inca leader ________________. Atahualpa
In 1606, King James I authorized groups set up as ____________ to colonize North America. joint-stock companies
The island of Hispaniola is shared by the present-day countries of: Haiti and the Dominican Republic
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