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H.World History Exam
Chapter 16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The carolina colonies were named for this person. | King Charles II |
| Discovered/named the Pacific Ocean. | Vasco Nunez da Balboa |
| Claimed land from present day Carolinas to Canada for England. | John Cabot |
| Ruler of the Incas. | Atahualpa |
| African who described the horrors of a slave trade. | Olaudah Equiano |
| Took the first settlers to Canada; began a settlement called Montreal. | Samuel Champlain |
| Second person to circumnavigate the globe. | Francis Drake |
| First European to reach the southern tip of Africa. | Bartolomeu Dias |
| Began the English colony of Georgia as a penal colony. | James Oglethorpe |
| First to attempt circumnavigation and died. | Ferdinand Magellan |
| Ruler of the Aztecs. | Moctezuma II |
| Began the English colony of Connecticut. | Roger Williams |
| First European to round Africa and reach India. | Vasco da Gama |
| Began a sailing school at Sagres. | Prince Henry |
| First English colony named for this ruler. | Elizabeth I |
| Spanish governor | Viceroy |
| An economic system in which money is earned, spent, saved, and invested. | Capitalism |
| A trading network that carried goods and slaves between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. | Triangular trade |
| Large, self-sufficient farms that specialize in growing one crop for a profit. | Plantations |
| Three diseases that were transferred from Europe to the New World-part of the Colombian Exchange. | Measles, Tuberculosis, and Smallpox |
| A person who was a risk taker and started a new business. | Entrepreneur |
| Businesses formed by groups of people who together made an investment and shared in profits/losses. | Joint-Stock (ex. Virginia Company) |
| The spread of African people throughout the Americas and Europe. | African Diaspora |