AP European History Flashcards: Technological Advances And Age Of Exploration

Study Technological Advances And Age Of Exploration in AP European History with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

What was the main goal of the Spanish encomienda system?

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ANSWER

To control and exploit Indigenous labor and resources. Forced labor system extracting wealth from indigenous peoples.

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European rulers in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries increasingly sponsored voyages that sought sea routes to Asian luxury goods, partly to bypass intermediaries in the eastern Mediterranean. These voyages relied on improved cartography, knowledge of winds and currents, and new shipbuilding techniques. Which factor most directly motivated this search for alternative routes?

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