The Spanish age of Exploration was motivated by a desire for new territory‚ wealth and trading partners. The colonisation by the Spanish had a detrimental effect on the Aztec and the Inca civilisations. The Aztecs and Incas were a very advanced civilisation that the Spanish had never seen before. When the Spanish first arrived in the Americas‚ they were surprised to see clean‚ ordered and well planned cities with temples and architecture that was unknown to the Spanish. The Aztec Empire particularly
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market had fruit‚ veggies‚ grans‚ and other necessities for sale. 3.What was the main staple of the Aztec diet? The main staple was corn‚ beans and squash. 4.What were some of the reasons that Cortez wanted to conquer the Aztecs? Some reasons Cortez wanted to conquer the Aztecs was because Cortez wanted to conquer the Aztecs so he could become very rich and conquer new land. 5.What were some of the biggest advantages the Spanish had over the Aztecs? Some of the biggest advantages the Spanish
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History Part C: Evaluation of Sources (Source 2) ‘The History of Philippines’ by Kathleen M. Nadeau. This source originates from the United States and was first published on 2008 by Greenwood Publishing. Greenwood specializes in publishing academic and general interest books‚ texts‚ books for librarians and other professionals. We can thus assume that the purpose of the book was for educational purposes‚ where it was written to inform people. The fact that it originated from the United States
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into two teams‚ Agent Pride headed up the rescue and Agent Gregorio arrested the man she was looking for. Then‚ after arriving back in New Orleans‚ it appeared that Gregorio had the unfortunate pleasure of explaining how the directive of picking up a bad guy also was part of an authorized rescue mission. Trying to piece together the protocol of the FBI and the can-do attitude of the New Orleans NCIS office‚ FBI Special Agent Tammy Gregorio started to get settled in her new role with the team on this
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Why the Aztec Empire was defeated Isolation‚ limited technology‚ disease‚ beliefs/religion‚ and allies were all contributing factors which led to Aztec destruction. Isolation‚ due to the fact that the Aztecs thought they were the only people alive apart from the other Indian/Mexican tribes‚ the Aztecs stayed in their city unaware with the world around them. While the Aztecs were staying in their island‚ the Spanish were exploring and trading which allowed them to develop better technology such
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Molly Ball! Period 4! Mr. Rudolph! 25 August‚ 2014! ! Chapter 1: New World Beginnings! ! 1. How did “man” reach the New World? Why did we come?! ! When the Ice Age caused the sea level to drop‚ it exposed a land bridge from Eurasia to North America. Therefore‚ while some nomads took boats to the New World‚ the majority of the first nomadic Asian hunters came to the New World by walking across the land bridge‚ called Bering isthmus. Small bands of these immigrants continued to travel across the
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The Aztecs did many things in their daily life. Such as every kid had to go to school even slave children. The people responsible for running the schools were called priests. The girls mainly learned about marriage in school. Aztecs learned about religion and work skills. The Aztecs also had to learn about warfare‚history and citizenship. Also‚the Aztecs had four leadership and society classes called nobles‚commoners‚serfs and slaves. Something Aztecs enjoyed doing was to play music‚make arts and
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Economic Problem In: Social Issues Economic Problem Topic 2: “The solutions to economic problems are regional rather than global” The topic asks you to debate whether the problems the world faces are better dealt with regionally‚ or globally. It wants you to look at the strengths and weaknesses of global institutions and compare them with the strengths and weaknesses of regional ones. Examples of a regional organization are the European Union‚ NAFTA‚ ASEAN and Mercosur. Examples of global
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Exploration and the New World From Richard Bulliet et al.‚ The Earth and Its Peoples‚ v. 2‚ 5th edn (Wadsworth/Cengage‚ 2012)‚ p. 382 The harsh waters of the Atlantic Ocean kept the Americas isolated from the rest of the world for many years. A few sailing attempts were made were made in Atlantic but none were successful‚ except for the Vikings who first found North America in 986 and Genoese and Portuguese explorers who discovered the islands of Madeira‚ the Azores
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the goddesses. Mortals and gods alike would spawn conflict and wars just to marry her. She did not want this though‚ she desired a simple life of happiness alone. She was truly disgusted by the other gods with their infatuation with her. Her father Cortez didn’t care about her wishes although and wanted her to
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