Upgrade to remove ads
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

Chapter 2

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Question
Answer
Encomenda   A system in which spainish colonists were given land and Native Americans to care for , in return for the Native Americans labor or tribute  
🗑
Cash Crop   A crop grown mainly to sell not for personal use  
🗑
Viceroy   A governor of several countries or provences who rules as the representitive of a monarch  
🗑
Joint-stock company   A group of investors who share both risk and profit  
🗑
Capitalism   An economic system based on the investment of money in businesses for profit  
🗑
Mercantilism   An economic system that stresses increaseing national wealth by selling more to other nations than buying from them  
🗑
Middle Passage   The second leg of th tiangle trade rout in which slaves where shiped across the alantic  
🗑
Investor   A person who puts money in a company, hoping to make a profit  
🗑
Circumnavigate   To sail completely around a land mass or earth  
🗑
Balance of trade   The difference in value between a countries imports and its exports over a long period of time  
🗑
Indigenous   Occurring naturally in a reagion  
🗑
Triangular trade   A trading system involving a three-way exchange of goods and people amonge Europe, Africa, and the Americas  
🗑
Ambassador   A diplomatic official of the highest rank appointed and accredited as representative in residence by one government or sovereign to another, usually for a specific length of time.  
🗑
Navigation   The theory and practice of navigating, especially the charting of a course for a ship  
🗑
Commodity   An article of trade or commerce, especially an agricultural or mining product that can be processed and resold.  
🗑
Shareholder   An investor who provides a company w/ money  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: ldono11