The Emerging Atlantic World Quiz - Statistics

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On average, what amount of people on these ships died due to the poor conditions? 50%
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What was the name of the civilization established in the Mexico Valley Aztec
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According to the Treaty of Tordesillas, what part of South America does Portugal get? Brazil
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What was special about it? Built on a {lake}
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What is an economic system in which businesses are owned privately? Capitalism
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Name an animal that Europeans introduced to the Americas. Cattle | Pigs | Goats | Chickens | Horses | Donkeys
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Eventually, the empire erupted into a _______. {Civil} war
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What is a term for a Spanish conquerer? Conquistador
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What were the two important crops introduced to Europe from the Americas? C{orn}
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C{otton}
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What wiped out over 90% of indigenous people? Disease
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Who was last? Enslaved Peoples
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They were treated with kindness, and the spanish immediately did what to them? Killed | Enslaved | Assaulted
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P{otatoes}
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What was state sponsored pirates? Privateers
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T{obacco}
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How many people were traveled from Africa to the Americas? {11} Million
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What year did Columbus sail across the atlantic? 1492
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What was the exchange of goods that began with Columbus’ return to Spain in 1493? Columbian Exchange
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Who was next? Creoles
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What was the right to demand labor from Native Americans in a particular area? Encomienda
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Who conquered the Incas? Francisco Pizarro
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Why did this happen? {Gold and silver} coming from the Americas
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What was this period of time called? Great {Dying}
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Who was the person who conquered them? Hernan Cortes
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What was the belief that you must export more goods than you import? Mercantilism
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What was the name that they called themselves? Mexica
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What was the name of the passage that enslaved peoples traveled on from Africa to the Americas? {Middle} Passage
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The Spanish establish gold and silver _____ and force lots of people to work in them. Mines
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Who was next? Native Americans
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Where were they born? New Spain
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Where were these people born? Spain
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Where were their parents from? Spain
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What were the three cash crops? S{ugarcane}
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What was their capital Tenochtitlan
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What very strict restrictions did the Spanish place on the colonies? {Trade} restrictions
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What was the name for the trade of goods between Europe, Africa, and the Americas? {Triangular} Trade
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Who took power from this? Atahualpa
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Many native people are convinced the world is ending and do what in hopes that it will end their suffering. Convert to Christianity
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Who are people who took on financial risk to make profits? Entrepreneurs
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What were these ships referred to as? Floating {Coffins}
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What did he do with the people of other groups that the Aztecs had conquered? He {allied} with them
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What did Cortes (allegedly) think about him? He was a {god}
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What happens in Europe in the 1500s? Inflation
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What did he do to the Incan leader? Kidnap him
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What was the top of the social pyramid? Peninsulares
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What is a name for a large farm plot that a lot of people worked on? Plantation
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What was the first tribe that he encountered? Taino
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What is a term for someone on the council that passed laws for the colonies? Viceroy
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They were bᴏrn from bᴏth Native and Spanish parents. (retype this sentence so i know you got it)
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The empire was massive, and it was under the rule of a single _____ emperor. Elected
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What is one unfortunate trait of slavery that makes it very appealing to the Europeans? It is very {Profitable}
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What allowed people to “pool” their resources together for overseas ventures? {Joint-Stock} Companies
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Who was the incan emperor who restructured the government? Pachacuti
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What was the system of keeping records the Inca used? Quipu
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He believed that Africans were better for enslavement because they were... Resistant to {tropical disesases}
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Who sent back vivid reports of the horrors done to native peoples? Bartolome De Las Casas
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What was a practice that Europeans adopted from Arab cultures? Bookkeeping
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What was next? Mestizos
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Who was their emperor when the Spanish came? Moctezuma
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