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| 1. What civilizations existed in pre-Columbian America? |
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| 2. Why were European countries, such as Spain and Portugal, prepared to embark on voyages of discovery by the sixteenth century? |
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| 3. How did contact between the Western Hemisphere and the "Old World" change through the exchange of plants, animals, and pathogens? |
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| 4. What were the Europeans' reasons for establishing colonies in America? |
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| 5. What is the legacy of the Spanish presence in North America? |
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| 6. What effect did the Protestant Reformation have on the colonization of the New World? |
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