The trade route that transported African slaves to the Americas

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The trade route that transported African slaves
to the Americas

• Middle Passage

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An Aztec emperor .

• Moctezuma

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People who take financial risk to make profits

• entrepreneurs

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the Spanish who vanquished the Americas

• conquistadors

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A system used to force Native Americans to labor
under brutal conditions?

• encomiendas

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Those who ruled Spains colonies in the name of
the spanish monarchs

• Viceroys

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An economic policy based on a nation exporting
more goods than imports

• mercantilism

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An explorer who fought and subdued the Aztec

• Hernan Cortes

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Claimed much of present-day eastern Canada for
France

• Jacques Cartier

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Pirates who operated with the approval of
European governments

• Privateers

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To conquer the Aztecs empire, Hernan Cortes

• Formed alliances with conquered people who hated
  the Aztecs

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The conquistador who added the lands of the
present-day countries of Peru, Ecuador, and Chile
to the Spanish empire was

• Francisco Pizarro

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At the top of Spanish colonial society were the.

• peninsulares

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Through the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494.

• Portugal claimed its empire of brazil.

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The population of New France grew slowly because.

• The harsh winters kept many French from settling
  there

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The English colonies of Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania, and Maryland were mainly set up as

• Havens for persecuted religious groups.

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The first leg of the triangular trade route..

• Brought Europeans goods to Africa

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What is an estimate of the number of Africans
that probably died in passage to the Americas
during the Atlantic slave trade

• 2 million

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Widespread inflation struck Europe in the
mid-1500s due to the increasing amounts of

• Silver and gold from the Americans

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What mercantilism policy was designed to protect
local industries from foreign competition

• Tariffs increased the price of imported goods

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When he encountered the Taino people in the West
Indies , Christopher Columbus

• Claimed their land for the Spanish King

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When the Aztec emperor first heard about the
arrival of Spanish explorers, he sent them gifts
because

• He thought they might have been gods

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The Spanish king maintained strict control over
his empire through

• His council of Indies in Spain that monitored
  colonial officials

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In Spanish colonial society, creoles were

• Native-born descendant of Spanish settlers

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To ensure that its colonies would be profitable,
Spain

• Established strict trade laws for its colonial

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In 1607, the English established their first
permanent colony in the Americas at

• Jamestown, Virginia

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What lands did Britain gain as a result of the
Treaty of Paris in 1763?

• Dutch sugar-producing islands in the caribbean

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Which foods were first introduced to the Americas
by Europeans through the Columbian Exchange?

• Wheat and grapes

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How did Spain try to change its American colonies
with the New Laws of the Indies in 1542?

• The laws forbade inslavement and abuse of Native
  Americans.

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What is true about the economic system of
capitalism?

• It encourages private ownership of most
  businesses.

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The establishment of the putting-out system
would later lead to

• Capitalist-owned factories of the Industrial
  Revolution

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The Mayflower Compact

• Set out guidelines for governing the Plymouth
  colony.

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What did the Spanish do in their effort to gain
control of the Incas?

• They captured the Inca ruler Atahualpa.

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Joint stock companies allowed early European
capitalists to .

• Raise large amounts of capital

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The period in European history in the 1500s when
rising inflation rose rapidly is known as

• The price revolution