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Multiple Choice

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Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
Terms
-The massive transatlantic interaction and exchange between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia that began in the period of European exploration and colonization.

• A)Cortés
• B)Doña Marina
• C)the Great Dying
• D)Little Ice Age and General Crisis
• E)Columbian exchange
• F)peninsulares
• G)mestiz
• H)mulattoes
• I)plantation complex
• J)settler colonies
• K)Siberia
• L)yasak
• M)Qing dynasty empire
• N)Mughal Empire
• O)Akbar
• P)Aurangzeb
• Q)Ottoman Empire
• R)Constantinople
• S)the devshirme

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Definitions:

Melatonin

Hormone (amino acid derivative) secreted by the pineal body; inhibits the secretion of gonadotropin-releasing hormone from the hypothalamus.

Photoperiod

The duration of daylight in a 24-hour period, influencing biological processes in organisms.

Pineal Gland

A small, pine cone–shaped structure that projects from the epiphysis of the diencephalon; produces melatonin; also called pineal body.

Thymosin

A hormone produced by the thymus gland that plays a role in the maturation of T cells involved in the immune response.