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World History
Unit 5 Exploration and Conquest Notes

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European Institutions Change Life in the Americas

As you work through the lesson, reflect on the Essential Question to be prepared to answer
it at the end of the lesson:
Essential Question: How was society and culture of Native American people altered under
European control?
Vocabulary: Bartolome de las Casas, encomienda

1. What role did missions play in the lives of Native Americans?

2. Why was encomienda instituted? What was the outcome?

3. What are plantations? What was the chief planation crop of Brazil?

4. Answer the Essential Question: How was society and culture of Native American people
altered under European control?
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