Motivation & Exploration
Colonial Latin America
Vocabulary
The Atlantic Slave Trade
French, English, and Dutch Colonization of America
100
What was the main motivation for Europeans to explore Asia?
Marco Polo wrote a book about his experiences in Asia, hooking Europeans to start exploring asia
100
What system did the Spanish use for labor work granted by Queen Isabella?
Encomienda
100
A crop that is used for sale.
Cash crop
100
Why was the triangular trade called what it is now?
It has three vertices that make a triangle.
100
The act of converting people to Christianity.
Evangalization
200
What was the Portuguese's main objective arriving back in Asia.
To take over the spice trade
200
Who was at the top of the social classes?
Peninsulares
200
A company mutually connected and owned by shareholders.
joint-stock company
200
the forced voyage of enslaved Africans traveling from the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas
Middle passage
200
Where did the French settle in the Americas?
Quebec, St.Lawrence River
300
What year did the Portuguese exploration begin?
1415
300
What factors determined social status in colonial Latin America?
Race, gender, nationality, origin or birth
300
A set of principles held that the nation's wealth and power relied on a large supply of resources.
Mercantilism
300
What did Europeans mainly trade for enslaved Africans?
Gold, guns, or other European goods
300
What kind of colonies did the English establish?
Charter colonies and Royal colonies
400
What waterway did Christopher Columbus and his ships pass through?
The Strait of Magellan
400
Who spoke up about the encomienda system and its effects?
bartolome de las casas
400
A corporation formed by special permission from the sovereign.
Chartered company
400
The Atlantic Slave trade led to the rise of what?
Slave Kingdoms
400
The first settlers arrived in 1624, and by the 1650s many settlements were created by the Hudson River, together they are now known as...
New Netherland
500
What did the Treaty of Tordesillas give Portugal the most control of.
The easternmost part of the South American continent
500
Which group of people grew status due to increase of population?
Mestizos
500
A payment made to support an enterprise that a government thinks is beneficial.
subsidy
500
Who was concerned about the slave trade in the fifteen century.
King Alfonso of Congo in Central Africa
500
How did new France develop economically?
Fishing and the fur trade.