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The Emerging Atlantic World Quiz

Unit 5, all info is notes from history class
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What year did Columbus sail across the atlantic?
1492
What was the first tribe that he encountered?
Taino
They were treated with kindness, and the spanish immediately did what to them?
Killed | Enslaved | Assaulted
What is a term for a Spanish conquerer?
Conquistador
What wiped out over 90% of indigenous people?
Disease
What was this period of time called?
Great Dying
What was the name of the civilization established in the Mexico Valley
Aztec
What was the name that they called themselves?
Mexica
What was their capital
Tenochtitlan
What was special about it?
Built on a lake
The empire was massive, and it was under the rule of a single _____ emperor.
Elected
Who was their emperor when the Spanish came?
Moctezuma
Who was the person who conquered them?
Hernan Cortes
What did he do with the people of other groups that the Aztecs had conquered?
He allied with them
What did Cortes (allegedly) think about him?
He was a god
Who was the incan emperor who restructured the government?
Pachacuti
Eventually, the empire erupted into a _______.
Civil war
Who took power from this?
Atahualpa
Who conquered the Incas?
Francisco Pizarro
What did he do to the Incan leader?
Kidnap him
Many native people are convinced the world is ending and do what in hopes that it will end their suffering.
Convert to Christianity
What was the system of keeping records the Inca used?
Quipu
The Spanish establish gold and silver _____ and force lots of people to work in them.
Mines
What were the three cash crops?
Sugarcane
Cotton
Tobacco
What is a name for a large farm plot that a lot of people worked on?
Plantation
What was the name for the trade of goods between Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
Triangular Trade
What is one good that Europe exported to Africa?
Guns | Cloth | Cash
What did Africa export to Europe?
Enslaved Peoples
What did Africa export to the Americas? (hint: very similar to the above answer)
Enslaved Peoples
What did the Americas export to Africa?
Sugar | Molasses | Cash
What did the Americas export to Europe?
Furs | Fish | Rum
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What is one unfortunate trait of slavery that makes it very appealing to the Europeans?
It is very Profitable
What was the name of the passage that enslaved peoples traveled on from Africa to the Americas?
Middle Passage
What were these ships referred to as?
Floating Coffins
On average, what amount of people on these ships died due to the poor conditions?
50%
How many people were traveled from Africa to the Americas?
11 Million
What is a term for someone on the council that passed laws for the colonies?
Viceroy
What very strict restrictions did the Spanish place on the colonies?
Trade restrictions
What was the right to demand labor from Native Americans in a particular area?
Encomienda
Who sent back vivid reports of the horrors done to native peoples?
Bartolome De Las Casas
He believed that Africans were better for enslavement because they were...
Resistant to tropical disesases
What was the top of the social pyramid?
Peninsulares
Where were these people born?
Spain
Who was next?
Creoles
Where were they born?
New Spain
Where were their parents from?
Spain
What was next?
Mestizos
They were bᴏrn from bᴏth Native and Spanish parents. (retype this sentence so i know you got it)
✔
Who was next?
Native Americans
Who was last?
Enslaved Peoples
According to the Treaty of Tordesillas, what part of South America does Portugal get?
Brazil
What was state sponsored pirates?
Privateers
What was the exchange of goods that began with Columbus’ return to Spain in 1493?
Columbian Exchange
What were the two important crops introduced to Europe from the Americas?
Corn
Potatoes
Name an animal that Europeans introduced to the Americas.
Cattle | Pigs | Goats | Chickens | Horses | Donkeys
What happens in Europe in the 1500s?
Inflation
Why did this happen?
Gold and silver coming from the Americas
What is an economic system in which businesses are owned privately?
Capitalism
Who are people who took on financial risk to make profits?
Entrepreneurs
What was a practice that Europeans adopted from Arab cultures?
Bookkeeping
What allowed people to “pool” their resources together for overseas ventures?
Joint-Stock Companies
What was the belief that you must export more goods than you import?
Mercantilism
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2 Comments
Changeling
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Level 44
Dec 12, 2024
About time
loldallas
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Level 67
Dec 12, 2024
sry i forgot to do this until almost done with 2nd hr
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