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European exploration of the Americas was greatly assisted by:
New sailing technologies
In the exchange of plant life, Europeans gained from the New World ___
corn and potatoes
Food crops from the Americas:
allowed a population explosion
True or False: The Spanish Empire stretched into South America with Francisco Pizarro’s conquest of the Mayan Empire
False
New Spain included _____
From Mexico to Alaska to Florida and Tennessee
In 1565, the first European town was established in the current—day United States at ____
St. Augustine
Europeans dreamed of a water route to East Asia because ____
Muslims blocked the overland route
True or False: The Spanish Empire stretched into South America with Francisco Pizarro’s conquest of the Mayan Empire
False
True or False: Moorish Muslims defeated Spanish Christians at Granada in 1492
False
