In the Late Empire, cities
a. were deserted.
b. saw populations decline.
c. were the primary location of monasteries.
d. were crucial centers of economic and political functioning.
e. were prestigious centers of learning.
b
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The Spanish conquest of South America was achieved thousands of miles from home, with relatively primitive technology, few resources, and privately recruited bands of only a few hundred men
What are the different theories as to why the Spanish were successful?
The reason most Americans took up arms in 1775 was to
a. establish a republican regime. b. avoid paying taxes. c. restore the empire to what it had been before 1763. d. establish a radically new vision of the future. e. fight the Indians.
Western historians customarily regard this as the crucial point in opening the trade routes to the East
a. the travels of Marco Polo b. the voyages of Vasco de Gama c. the discovery of the New World by Columbus d. Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe e. Prince Henry, the Navigator's establishment of a school for navigators
The principal institution used by the Spanish to incorporate natives into colonial society was the
A. mission. B. presidio. C. vaquero. D. hacienda.