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AP US History Ch. 2
Enduring Visions Chapter 2 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Separatist Puritans | Sub-group of the Puritans who vowed to break completely with the Church of England because they disagreed with it, also known as pilgrims |
| 2. joint-stock company | A company made up of a group of shareholders. Each shareholder contributes some money to the company and receives some share of the company's profits and debts./ A business corporation that amassed capitol through sales of stock to investors |
| 3. the Northwest Passage- | The supposed "all water" route that cut across North America and connected the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. |
| 4. conversion experience | Protestant Christianity experience of being reborn/An experience to turn one towards God and away from sin, to search to understand and to do what God desires. |
| 6. the Gold Coast | region of the Atlantic coast of West Africa occupied by modern Ghana, named for it’s gold exports to Europe from the 1470s onward. |
| 11. Church of England | Church created in England as a result of a political dispute between Henry VIII and the Pope, Pope would not let Henry divorce his wife |
| 13. the "new slavery" | Form of slavery initiated by Portugal where African slaves were forced to work on sugar plantations and were subjected to new extremes of dehumanization |