Unit2 Flashcards
Soviet Union
“Russian Empire” goes down in 1991
Caravel
A big ship from Portugal
“Great dying”
Europeans bring to the Americas diseases.
60 million natives
90 percent died
Worst smallpox
Smallpox
The disease that killed the most natives since no one had the immunities against it.
“Columbian Exchange”
The commerce of new products between Europe and the Americas.
From Europe to the Americas
Wheat, rice, sugarcane, grapes. Horses, pigs, cattle, goats, sheep.
From Americas to Europe
Corn and potatoes- helped the population to grow. (Easy to grow, many calories, different ways, storage)
Peanuts, sweet potato, corn,tobacco, cacao
Mercantilism
Economic policy. More exportation than importations. Accumulated silver and gold.
Encomienda system
Native peoples work
Peninsula res
Spanish settlers who desired self-government apart from Crown.
Creoles
Spanish born in Americas
Mestizos
Product of Spanish man and Native woman
Majority of population of Mexico
3 major social groups- Spain
Spaniards Mestizos Indians
Potosi
Silver mines in South America
Mulattoes
Product of Portuguese and African Union. Mostly in Brazil
