Unit 4 Vocab Quiz

Question 1

Caravel

Answer 1

A small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic; used for long voyages at great speed from 15th to 17th centuries; used for exploration, not trade

Question 2

Carrack

Answer 2

a large trading merchant ship operating in European waters (especially by the Portuguese) in the 14th to the 17th century.

Question 3

Fluyt

Answer 3

Dutch sailing vessel that allowed them to control the Baltic trade; designed to facilitate transoceanic delivery with max space and crew efficiency; used from 16th to 17th centuries

Question 4

Henry the Navigator

Answer 4

(1394-1460) Portuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation and directed voyages of exploration down the western coast of Africa; sponsored seafaring expeditions to search for an all-water route to the east; imported enslaved Africans via the sea

Question 5

Vasco da Gama

Answer 5

Portuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route for Europeans

Question 6

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer 6

Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world.

Question 7

Trading Post Empire

Answer 7

Form of imperial dominance based on control of trade rather than on control of subject peoples; practiced by Europeans in the Indian Ocean as they took over trade from Arab and Muslim merchants

Question 8

Christopher Columbus

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Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)

Question 9

Columbian Exchange

Answer 9

The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus’ voyages.

Question 10

Mercantilism

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An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought; colonies were crucial in the accumulation of wealth

Question 11

The Great Dying

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Term used to describe the devastating demographic impact of European-borne epidemic diseases on the Americas.

Question 12

Chattel Slavery

Answer 12

Absolute legal ownership of another person, including the right to buy or sell that person; the form of slavery utilized in the Americas during the trans-Atlantic slave trade

Question 13

Mita System

Answer 13

Economic system in Inca society where people paid taxes with their labor and what they produced; later exploited by the Spanish as they forced Incas to mine silver

Question 14

Indentured Servitude

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A worker bound by a voluntary agreement to work for a specified period of years often in return for free passage to an overseas destination. Before 1800 most were Europeans; after 1800 most indentured laborers were Asians.

Question 15

Encomienda

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A grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it

Question 16

Hacienda

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Spanish estates in the Americas that were often plantations. They often represent the gradual removal of land from peasant ownership and a type of feudalistic order where the owners of would have agreements of loyalty but would retain control over the actual land. This continued into the 20th century.

Question 17

Joint-Stock Company

Answer 17

A company made up of a group of shareholders. Each shareholder contributes some money to the company and receives some share of the company’s profits and debts; used by European rulers to finance exploration and were used by rulers to compete against one another in global trade

Question 18

Royal Chartered Monopoly Companies

Answer 18

Groups of private investors who paid an annual fee to France and England in exchange for a monopoly over trade to Indian Ocean colonies

Question 19

Vodun

Answer 19

Or voodoo is a New World syncretic faith that combines the animist faiths of West Africa with Roman Catholic Christianity; evidence of the syncretism created when European and African beliefs merged in the Americas

Question 20

Santeria

Answer 20

Originating in Cuba, a religion that blends African traditions and Christian beliefs

Question 21

Casta Paintings

Answer 21

Paintings that show the racial mixing of a family. Shows hierarchy of society.

Question 22

Mestizo

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The term used by Spanish authorities to describe someone of mixed native American and European descent.

Question 23

Mulatto

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The term used in Spanish and Portuguese colonies to describe someone of mixed African and European descent.

Question 24

Creoles

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Descendants of Spanish-born but born in Latin America; resented inferior social, political, economic status.

Question 25

Peninsulares

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Spanish-born, came to Latin America; ruled, highest social class.

Question 26

Fronde

Answer 26

A series of violent uprisings during the early reign of Louis XIV triggered by growing royal control and increased taxation

Question 27

British East India Company

Answer 27

A British joint stock company that controlled most of India during the period of imperialism. This company controlled the political, social, and economic life in India for more than 200 years.

Question 28

Dutch East India Company

Answer 28

Government Dutch-chartered joint-stock company that controlled the spice trade in the East Indies.

Question 29

Triangular Trade

Answer 29

A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s whereby Africa sent slaves to the Americas, the Americas sent raw materials to Europe, and Europe sent guns and rum to Africa in exchange for slaves