The first colony organized around slave labor was Portugal's ...

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Question 1

Demographic disaster also struck the populous Inca peoples of the Peruvian Andes.... Demographic refers to
 
  A) population.
  B) epidemic disease.
  C) internal class revolt.
  D) military conquest.

Question 2

Some Taino women married Spanish men and produced the first mestizo society in the Americas. Mestizo refers to a
 
  A) group of people who depend almost exclusively upon maize for their dietary needs.
  B) culture blending Catholicism with Native American beliefs.
  C) new language that combined Spanish with Taino.
  D) person of mixed European and American Indian ancestry.

Question 3

By the early 1700s, the foremost slave-trading nation in the world was
 
  A) India.
  B) England.
  C) Spain.
  D) France.

Question 4

Most African slaves sent to the Americas were
 
  A) criminals.
  B) debtors.
  C) war captives.
  D) the insane.

Question 5

The first colony organized around slave labor was Portugal's
 
  A) Madeira.
  B) Brazil.
  C) Angola.
  D) Gao.

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Answer 1

Answer: A

Answer 2

Answer: D

Answer 3

Answer: B

Answer 4

Answer: C

Answer 5

Answer: A