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History 9
Ch. 4 Test
Question | Answer |
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a person of mixed European and Native descent; specifically Spanish and Aztec | Mestizo |
The ocean that Columbus sailed across | west across the Atlantic |
Where did Columbus land after sailing | Caribbean San Salvador |
He defeated the Incas | Fransisco Pizzarro |
He conquered the Aztecs | Hernando Cortez |
where the Dutch settled in North America | the area around the Hudson River |
What the Dutch settlement in North America was renamed | New Netherlands/ New York |
Where Columbus first landed in the Americas | The Carribean San Salvador (Holy Savior) |
Three things that helped the Spanish conquer the Aztecs | disease, supreme fire power, native help |
What was the encomienda system | forced labor for landlords |
What the encomienda system was based on | assumption that natives were inferior and European were better |
Who kicked out the Dutch from North America? | The English |
the colony/territory that covered the Midwestern part of the U.S and Canada | New France |
The colony that the Pilgrims found | Plymouth |
Who won the French and Indian War | the British (England) |
How New France made their money | Fur Trade |
The war that cost the French their territory in North America and caused half of it to go the the British | The French and Indian War |
The first English settlement in North America | Jamestown |
The reason that the English wanted to take over New Netherlands | New Netherlands separated England's northern and southern US colonies |
How was Africa affected by the Atlantic Slave Trade? | Introduction of guns, Break up of families, Lose fittest generations |
The 3 continents that were part of the triangular trade system | Europe, Africa, New World |
Goods that were necessary for the triangular trade system | slaves, raw materials, manufactured goods |
The starting point of the middle passage | Africa to West Indies |
The ending point of the middle passage | West Indies to New World |
Why was the middle passage called the middle passage | It was the Middle Leg of the Transatlantic Trade Triangle |
Where manufactured goods/items were made in the triangular trade system | England/Europe |
What was shipped on the middle passage? | slaves |
Things that England exported in the triangular trade system | manufactured goods |
The reason that African slaves were necessary to the triangular trade system | they were needed as a cheap source of labor to produce raw materials and to trade |
Why the system was called the triangular trade system | it was shaped like a triangle |
How a nation could increase wealth according to mercantilism | acquire gold and silver by Favorable Balance of Trade = sell more than you buy |
One effect in Europe of the financial success of the American colonies | rise of merchant class/growth of cities/increased overall wealth of European Nations |
idea within mercantilism where you own a private business and reinvest profit to make more profit | capitalism |
transfer of plants, animals, and disease from Europe to the New World and the New World to Europe | Colombian Exchange |