Economics/Trade
What country valued silver the most?
China
Why were plantations needed?
Plantations were needed to grow crops to sell at market for a profit.
What was the casta system?
The Casta System was created in colonial times to explain mixed race families to those back in Spain.
Which European Explorer is well known for mapping the Americas. (The continents are named after him!)
Amerigo Vespucci
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between two rivers
Why did China have a high value on silver?
China had little amounts of silver therefore they valued it more than gold.
Who was the ideal slave?
The ideal slave was a young (around our age) healthy adult. Both men and women were bought and sold.
What caused the near-elimination of indigenous civilizations?
The great dying
What is a Peninsularés?
Someone of European descent, born in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal), living in the Americas.
Why is Michigan known as the Wolverine State?
Wolverine pelts were sold at the highest price in North America in Detroit.
Why was silver and sugar important in the global economy?
Silver was in abundance in the Americas. Sugar fueled the demand for enslaved Africans for labor.
Why were slaves so valuable?
Slaves were valuable because they were plentiful and cheap, they were used in mines and plantations.
How did the Casta System affect creoles within the casta system?
This system fostered resentment among Creoles and Mestizos, who were often educated yet denied political power and social mobility.
What was the motivation for European Explorers/Conquerors? (3 G's)
God, Gold, and Glory
Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia?
Vladimir Lenin
What is Mercantilism?
It is the promotion of governmental regulation to a nation's economy at the cost of rival nations' powers, which is where a country strives to import goods as little as possible and export large amounts of goods.
Why did plantations need slaves?
Plantations needed slaves to work on plantations and they were a very cheap form of labor that could be found in large amounts. The work was also labor intensive and the owners did not want to do it themselves so slaves were the solution.
What effects came from the near-elimination of indigenous civilizations in the Americas?
It almost wiped out many indigenous civilizations and caused massive social, economic, and cultural difficulties in numerous Amerindian societies, for example the mass population loss meant that the Spanish faced severe shortages of labor and rapidly shrinking taxes.
Who was the first European Explorer (and his crew) that is credited for being the first to circumnavigate the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
What European country joined NATO in 2024?
Sweden
What were the effects of people moving across the Atlantic basin?
The European people moving over to the Americas caused the natives to change daily aspects of their lives, including affecting their diets, giving them new cultural beliefs, and attempting to change their religious beliefs. They also brought over bad things, being multiple diseases and illnesses that killed off many natives.
What impact did the Slave Trade have on African Societies?
The loss of young, working age Africans led to a near collapse of African societies. Examples would include: human sacrifice, cannibalism, loss of artwork, wars, etc.
How did Martin Luther influence Christianity in the Americas?
Martin Luther's Reformation played a key role in the development of the North American colonies because he influenced European countries to become protestant. They would then spread Protestantism to the Americas.
What was the near 800 year long conflict where the Spanish offered land to anyone who could conquer Muslim territories in the Iberian Peninsula?
The Reconquista
After closing its borders in 1639, what was the only country, that happens to be European, that was trade with Japan?
the Netherlands