Vocab Quiz- 3/19/15

Question 0

an agreement among people

Answer 0

Compact

Question 1

money taken in through taxes

Answer 1

Revenue

Question 2

war between Britain and France in the Americas that happened from 1754 to 1763; it was part of a global war called the Seven Years’ War

Answer 2

French and Indian War

Question 3

treaty of 1763 that ended the Seven Years’ War and resulted in British dominance of the Americas

Answer 3

Treaty of Paris

Question 4

the global exchange of goods, ideas, plants and animals, and disease that began with Columbus’ exploration of the Americas.

Answer 4

Colombian Exchange

Question 5

economic cycle that involves a rapid rise in prices linked to a sharp increase in the amount of money available

Answer 5

Inflation

Question 6

economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit.

Answer 6

Capitalism

Question 7

policy by which a nation sought to export more than it imported in order to build its supply of gold and silver.

Answer 7

Mercantilism

Question 8

tax on imported goods.

Answer 8

Tariff

Question 9

person in Spain’s colonies in the Americas who was of Native American and European descent.

Answer 9

Mestizo

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Peninsulares

Question 11

ruler with complete authority over the government and lives of the people he or she governs.

Answer 11

Absolute Monarch

Question 12

belief that a ruler’s authority comes directly from God

Answer 12

Divine right

Question 13

fleet of ships

Answer 13

Armada

Question 14

French Protestants of the 1500s and 1600s

Answer 14

Huguenots

Question 15

official appointed by French king Louis XIV to govern the provinces, collect taxes, and recruit soldiers

Answer 15

Intendant

Question 16

Spanish ruler

Answer 16

Philip II

Question 17

French ruler

Answer 17

Louis XIV