Chapter 16 VTP

Question 1

Cortes

Answer 1

One of the earliest conquistadors. he landed on the coast of Mexico in 1519

Question 2

Colony

Answer 2

A territory settled and ruled by people from another land

Question 3

Mercantilism

Answer 3

A policy in which a nation sought to export more than it imported

The goal was to build its supply of gold and silver

Question 4

Immunity

Answer 4

Natural protection

Question 5

Capitalism

Answer 5

An economic system in which money is invested to make profit

Question 6

Peninsular

Answer 6

A member of the highest class in Spain’s colonies in the Americas

Question 7

Pizarro

Answer 7

A Spanish conquistador who arrived in Peru in 1532. He captured Atahualpa, an Incan ruler, and then killed him.

Question 8

Tariff

Answer 8

A tax on imported goods

Question 9

Conquistador

Answer 9

Spanish explorers who claimed lands in the Americas for Spain in the 1500s and 1600s

Question 10

Entrepreneurs

Answer 10

A person in business for himself

This person assumes financial risks in the hope of making a profit

Question 11

Viceroy

Answer 11

A representative who ruled one of Spains provinces in the Americas

Question 12

Triangular slave trade

Answer 12

A colonial trade route among Europe and its colonies, the west Indies, and Africa in which goods were exchanged for slaves