unit 1 ss test

Question 1

the Protestant Reformation

Answer 1

religious movement in Europe that wanted to reform or replace the Catholic Church

Question 2

nationalism

Answer 2

a pride for one’s nation (group) can lead to a dislike or competition with other nations

Question 3

imperialism

Answer 3

nation or countries expansion for the sake of expansion to get more power and influence

Question 4

colony

Answer 4

a territory controlled by the “mother country”

Question 5

colonialism

Answer 5

the practice of establishing colonies in other lands to control those lands, people, and resources

Question 6

mercantilism

Answer 6

economic policy where a country wants to maximize how much it owns/sells and minimize how much it needs to buy from other countries

Question 7

Santo Domingo

Answer 7

first permanent European settlement in the New World founded by the Spanish

Question 8

conquistadors

Answer 8

Spanish explorers and conquerers

Question 9

northwest passage

Answer 9

a fantasized all-water route across North America that leads to Asia (does NOT really exist)

Question 10

Quebec

Answer 10

first permanent French settlement in the New World

Question 11

Jamestown

Answer 11

first permanent English settlement in the New World

Question 12

Virginia company

Answer 12

investment company that helped fund voyages to the New World

Question 13

cash crop

Answer 13

crops that are grown with the intention of selling them for a profit; examples including tobacco and sugar

Question 14

triangular slave trade

Answer 14

trade patterns that developed between the Old and New Worlds; an exchange of slaves, raw materials, and manufactured goods

Question 15

middle passage

Answer 15

the stage of triangular slave trade where enslaved Africans get sent to the New World

Question 16

indentured servant

Answer 16

one who works without pay in order to pay off some kind of debt

Question 17

chattel slavery

Answer 17

a type of slavery in which slaves are not considered people; they are considered property

Question 18

Columbian Exchange

Answer 18

exchange of resources, cultural practices, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds

Question 19

first nations

Answer 19

Indigenous and Native nations like Mound Builders (Ohio), Pueblos (u.s. southwest), Aztecs (mexico), Incans (south America)