Age of Exploration TEST Review

The more that European countries expanded in the Americas, the more they increased the

Country #6

Which of the following was once a Portuguese colony?

According to the policy of mercantilism, how could a nation increase its wealth?

Spain passed laws banning the mistreatment of Native Americans, but could not enforce them

A contributing factor to the defeat of both the Aztec and the Inca was

The group of people that Columbus came upon during his visit to the Caribbean

Country #4

Economic system of private business ownership & free competition with limited gov't regulation

A settlement of people living in a new territory linked with a parent country

inflation was caused by a drastic increase in precious metals

Slavery is as old as

What was the starting point and what were the ending points of the Middle Passage?

Mercantilism was consistent with capitalist principles

European culture replaced existing N.W. cultures through social & physical domination

What disease went from the New World to the Old World

A favorable balance of trade is where a nation imports more than it exports

The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed in 1494

He is credited with having circumnavigated the world

Why might mercantilist policies be a reason for colonies to rebel against mother countries?

Country #8

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Europeans began to explore in the 1500s because they wanted to

Country #2

A tax on a foreign good is a

Which of the following best describes the economic policy of mercantilism?

Country #3

The global transfer of foods, plants, animals, and diseases during colonization of Americas

Country #1

He conquered the Aztecs

Spanish and Portuguese appointed _______to govern their colonies in Latin America

One result of the loss of native lives to disease that contributed to the Atl. Slave Trade was

The main purpose of a ___was to share the risks & profits of colonial investments

The exchange of enslaved Africans for guns and for molasses in the New World was

A Spanish colonialist who is the offspring of a European and a Native American

Country 11

Carried west to the New World during the C.E. Helps explain stronger Euro immune systems

How did Europeans get African slaves? Who did they have to interact with to get access to them?

Country #5

He conquered the Incas

Country #7

The majority of slaves in the New World worked as