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Capitalism
7-1 south carolina standards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the name of the main English colonies | 13 colonies |
| What is capitalism | an economic system that features private ownership and means of production |
| Where are the english colonies located? | Atlantic coast of North America |
| What is another name for capitalism? | Frere enterprise/Free Market |
| What is mercantilism? | A belief in the benefits of profitable trading? |
| What is the Middle Passage? | The sea journey taken by slaves from West Africa to the West Indies |
| What was the result of the Age of exploration? | Transatlantic Slave trade, power, wealth, disease, Christianity Columbian Exchange |
| What effect did the creation of middle class have on Europe? | Created classes, wealth, |
| Which European Country was the first to launch large scale exploration voyages? | Portugal |
| Who discovered the first all water route to Asia? | Vasco De Gama |
| Which colonial power controlled most of the land in the new world? | Spain |
| Who controlled what is now Brazil and what language did they speak? | Portuguese / Dona Maria |
| What is a line of demarcation? | a boundary marking something off from something else |
| Which country created the East India company that controlled the Indian Ocean Trade? | Great Britain |
| What is the Columbian Exchange? | the widespread transfer of goods. (animals, humans, technology) |
| What is astrolabe? | A tool used to make astronomical meausrements |
| What technology helped determine the direction in which a person was traveling? | Compass |
| Why did the Europeans want to explore and colonize Africa, Asia, and the Americas? | to have sea passages to other countries |
| How did the Renaissance affect European Explorations of North America | made people curious, enrich the country |
| Which religion only appeared in Asia after European exploration of North America? | Christianity |
| What effect did the slave trade have on Africa? | broken families |
| What crop wereslaves originally used to grow? | tobacco |
| What colonial power controlled what is now the country of Brazil? | Portugal |
| Why were slaves brought into Southern British colonies in North America? | Farm land/ slave labor |
| What is the triangular trade? | a multilateral system of trading in which a country pays for its imports from one countryby its exports to another |