Historical Process

Question 1

What are systems of production?

Answer 1

The way in which an economy is organized in order to produce commodities to sustain society

Question 2

What are the types of systems of production?

Answer 2

Slash and burn, encomienda, slavery, the plantation system and indentureship

Question 3

What is slash and burn?

Answer 3

Technique of agriculture used by the Tainos and the Mayans to grow crops

Question 4

What was the method used in slash and burn?

Answer 4

Clearing land by burning to remove the vegetation and pests

Question 5

What is the Encomienda System?

Answer 5

System established as a means of Christianizing and obtaining labour from the indigenous people

Question 6

What was the purpose of the encomienda system?

Answer 6

• to gain gold for Spain
• to spread Christianity
• to gain more Spanish territories
• to control the natives
• to provide food for the settlers

Question 7

What are the negative impacts of the encomienda system?

Answer 7

• Death of several native Indians
• Deculturalization/ removal of indigenous material and non-material culture
• Suicide and infanticide
• Genocide
• Began a pattern of forced labour in the Caribbean

Question 8

What are positive impacts of the encomienda system?

Answer 8

• The encomenderos got work completed at a faster rate
• The Spanish colony earned an income
• Christianity was spread
• The encomenderos got land
• Spanish culture was spread

Question 9

What happened in the first leg of the triangular trade?

Answer 9

Ships carried European goods to Africa to be exchanged for slaves

Question 10

What happened in the second leg of the triangular trade?

Answer 10

Africans were brought to the Americas to be sold

Question 11

What happened in the third leg of the triangular trade?

Answer 11

American products were carried to Europe