Chapter 1- Atlantic World

Question 1

Christopher Columbus

Answer 1

Sailed the ocean blue in 1492. Created the foundation for the interaction between Europe and the americas

Question 2

Atlantic world

Answer 2

The relationship between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

Question 3

The Renaissance

Answer 3

The rebirth of European culture and life. Europe goes big brain time.

Question 4

Joint-stock corporation

Answer 4

A business corporation that amassed capital through sales of stock to investors.

Question 5

Protestant Reformation

Answer 5

Martin Luther and his cohorts’ revolt against papal authority and the perceived corruption of the Catholic Church.

Question 6

The Counter-reformation

Answer 6

The stately of torture and forced conversion enacted by the catholic monarchs of Europe against protestants during the 15th and 16th centuries.

Question 7

Church of England

Answer 7

A church created to give the Monarch of England primacy over religious matters within their realm.

Question 8

Puritans

Answer 8

Extreme Protestants who went by a literal interpretation of the Bible and advocated for a purification of the catholic and Anglican churches.

Question 9

Kongo

Answer 9

A kingdom in Africa which was the origin of a lot of American slaves. Raided and conquered by European slavers.

Question 10

New slavery

Answer 10

This term, as opposed to the “normal” slavery of the ancient world, describes slavery which dehumanized and discriminated against black Africans.

Question 11

Treaty of Tordesillas

Answer 11

This treaty drew a line in the mid-Atlantic which divided Portugal and Spain’s colonial holdings in the americas.

Question 12

Conquistador

Answer 12

The term for European adventurers who subjugated and converted the americas.

Question 13

Encomienda System

Answer 13

A system created by Spain which exploited labor and tribute from the native peoples of South America

Question 14

Columbian exchange

Answer 14

The exchange of goods, peoples, religions, and ideas that took place between the Atlantic continents.

Question 15

St. Augustine, Florida

Answer 15

First European port in North America

Question 16

New Mexico

Answer 16

The Spanish colony that later became the state of New Mexico. Spain’s first foothold in the Southwest.

Question 17

New France

Answer 17

The colony that would later become the French speaking part of Canada.

Question 18

Virginia

Answer 18

England’s first colony in North America.

Question 19

Indentured servants

Answer 19

A system where people would receive passage across the Atlantic and basic needs such as food, shelter, and clothing. In exchange they agreed to work as servants for a fixed amount of time.

Question 20

Plymouth

Answer 20

The Puritan colony in Massachusetts. The people who founded it would later become known as the pilgrims

Question 21

New Netherlands

Answer 21

The Dutch colony that would later become New York.