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HIstory unit 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mestizo | person of mixed spanish and native ameircan ansestory |
| encomienda sysytem | a systemn in which spanish landlords forced antive americans to farm, ranch , or min efor them |
| columbian exchnage | the golbal transfer of foods, plants, and animals durign the colonization of america |
| middle passage | the voyage of captured africans to the west indies and north and south america |
| olaudag equiano | an enslaved person who wrotwe about the inhuman treatment of catured africans |
| Atlantic slave trade | the buying sellign of africans fro work in the americas |
| triangular trade | the transatlantic trading network that transported enslaved people, manufactured goods and raw material |
| capitalism | an economic system based on private ownership and the investment of resources such as money for profit |
| mercantilism | policy where nations increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amount of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought |
| Favorable balance of trade | when you sell more goods than you buy |
| What is the old world? | Europe Africa Asia |
| What is the New world? | The Americas North/South |
| What were the positive effects of the columbian exchange? | -In the old world more foods improved heath and people lived longer (Population growth) -Horses in the Americas made hunting easier for the natives |
| What were the negative effects of the columbian exchange? | -Diseases brought to the new world by the Europeans (natives were not immune) -The slave trade |
| What did people bring from the old world to the new world? | Happy People Can Walk Really Carefully Going over Bridges Horses Pigs Chickens Wheat Rice Coffee Grapes Onions Bananas |
| What did people bring from the new world to the old world? | Tiny Chocolate Corns Talk Politely Passing Tasty Vanilla Beans Tobacco Chocolate Corn Tomatoes Potatoes Peanuts Turkeys Vanilla Beans |
| What was traded on the 1st leg on the triangle of trade? | Weapons guns ammo alcohol |
| What was traded on the 2nd leg on the triangle of trade? | Middle passage -enslaved Africans |
| What was traded on the 3rd leg on the triangle of trade? | corn molasses tobacco cotton |
| How many people were brought from Africa to the Americas as slaves. | 11 million |
| what were the conditions on the ship? | -4 and a half foot ceilings below the ships deck -segregated by age and gender -Disease was always present -forced exercise -danced and entertained the ships crew -could be tourched or beaten -forced to eat -nets on sides to prevent suicide |
| other conditins ont he slave ships | -women could be sexually abused(some came pregnate to the new world) -sick people were thrown over board to stop the spread of germs |
| what is tight packing? | when they put a lot of slaves ona shop so its very very full. (more $$$) |
| what is loose packing | when they put less epole on a ship (helps with spread of sickness) |
| Encomienda sysytem | why -spain needed a workforce -used antive americans as slaves |
| Encomienda system | ended -mestisos deseent mestisos can be slaves -needed a new work force |
| indentured servants | why -people who wanted to coem to the new world, but had no $ -voyage paid by people in america in exchange for labor -usually lasted 5-7 years untill dept was paid -people free |
| indentured servants | ended -people needed a new long term labor force |
| Slaves from Africa | why -one time perchase -slaves were their owners proprty -complete control over their slaves -owners chose their slaves fate |
| Slaves from Africa | ended 13th 14th 15th amendments |
| 13th amendment | freed slaves |
| 14th amendemt | made them citizens |
| 15th amendment | black men could vote |
| how did Europeans get slaves to trade? | -leaders in africa would sell them -they kidnapped epople in africa -they woudl threaten african leaders for slaves |
| what happend befroe they got on the ships fo rthe slaves | they were put in cages or cells untill the ships came |