04 The Atlantic World, 1492-1800

Question 1

Christopher Columbus

Answer 1

Italian explorer who landed in the Americas for Spain

Question 2

colony

Answer 2

land controlled by another nation

Question 3

Hernando Cortés

Answer 3

conquistador who defeated the Aztec

Question 4

conquistadors

Answer 4

Spanish explorers in the Americas

Question 5

Francisco Pizarro

Answer 5

conquistador who defeated the Inca

Question 6

Atahualpa

Answer 6

last Incan emperor

Question 7

mestizo

Answer 7

person with mixed Spanish and Native American blood

Question 8

encomienda

Answer 8

system of mining and farming using natives as slave labor

Question 9

Aztec Empire

Answer 9

great empire in the valley of Mexico that had strong religious beliefs and a powerful army

Question 10

Inca Empire

Answer 10

largest empire ever in the Americas, located in the Andes

Question 11

New France

Answer 11

area of the Americas explored and claimed by France

Question 12

Jamestown

Answer 12

first permanent English settlement in America

Question 13

Pilgrims

Answer 13

group of English people who founded a colony in Plymouth

Question 14

Puritans

Answer 14

people who did not agree with the practices of the Church of England

Question 15

New Netherland

Answer 15

Dutch colony begun in present-day New York City

Question 16

French and Indian War

Answer 16

war between Britain and France over land in North America

Question 17

Metacom

Answer 17

Native American leader who led an attack on the villages of Massachusetts; also called King Philip

Question 18

Atlantic slave trade

Answer 18

buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas

Question 19

triangular trade

Answer 19

European trade between the Americas, Africa, and Europe involving slaves and other goods

Question 20

middle passage

Answer 20

voyage that brought captured Africans to the West Indies and the Americas

Question 21

Columbian Exchange

Answer 21

global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas

Question 22

capitalism

Answer 22

economic system based on private ownership and the investment of wealth for profit

Question 23

joint-stock company

Answer 23

company in which people pooled their wealth for a common purpose

Question 24

mercantilism

Answer 24

economic policy of increasing wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and selling more goods than are bought

Question 25

favorable balance of trade

Answer 25

condition resulting from selling more goods than are bought

Question 26

imported

Answer 26

brought into one country from another