Definition
A politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory. Also known as a country or nation-state.
A. Age of Exploration B. State C. The Encounter
B. State
An economic condition where a country's exports exceed its imports, resulting in a trade surplus.
A. Imports B. Favorable balance of trade C. Compass
B. Favorable balance of trade
An instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.
A. Crusades B. Compass C. Christopher Columbus
B. Compass
North and South America
A. New World B. Old World C. Cash crops
A. New World
The devastation of Native American populations by diseases brought over from Europe through the Columbian Exchange
A. Columbian Exchange B. Atlantic Slave Trade C. Great Dying
C. Great Dying
Time period during the 15th and 16th centuries when Europeans searched for new sources of wealth and for easier trade routes to China and India. Resulted in the discovery of North and South America by the Europeans.
A. The Encounter B. Exports C. Age of Exploration
C. Age of Exploration
Definition.1 Goods or services sold to other countries.
A. Caravel B. Astrolabe C. Exports
Definition.2 British colonies located along the Atlantic Ocean in North America.
A. Cash crops B. Exports C. 13 Colonies
1. C. Exports
2. 13 Colonies
An instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the position of the stars and planets.
A. Astrolabe B. Gunpowder C. Mercantilism
A. Astrolabe
Europe, Asia, Africa
A. New World B. Columbian Exchange C. Old World
C. Old World
A. Cash crops B. Pantations C. 13 Colonies
A. Cash crops
The first contact between Columbus and his peoples in the Americas.
A. The Encounter B. Mercantilism C. 13 Colonies
A. The Encounter
Goods or services brought into a country from abroad, typically for sale.
A. Exports B. Imports C. Cartography
B. Imports
Definition.1 Science or art of making maps
A. New World B. Great Dying C. Cartography
Definition.2 Refers to the brutal sea voyage taken by enslaved Africans being transported to the Americas as part of the transatlantic slave trade.
A. Triangular Trade Network B. Middle Passage C. Cash Crops
1. C. Cartography
2. B. Middle Passage
Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world.
A. Christopher Columbus B. Ferdinand Magellan C. Great Dying
B. Ferdinand Magellan
A large farm when cash crops were grown. These were often worked by slaves.
A. Plantations B. Triangular Trade Network C. Colonies
An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by selling more goods than they bought and obtaining large amount of gold and silver.
A. Favorable balance of trade B. Imports
C. Mercantilism
C. Mercantilism
A long series of wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest Asia.
A. Crusades B. Gunpowder C. Imports
A. Crusades
A mixture of powders used in guns and explosives
A. Imports B. Gunpowder C. Cash crops
A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent.
A. Colonies B. Cash crops C. Plantations
A. Colonies
A historical trade system involving Europe, Africa, and the Americans where goods like sugar, tobacco, and enslaved people were exchanged.
A. 13 Colonies B. Middle Passage C. Triangular Trade Network
C. Triangular Trade Network
Muslim Empire that conquered Constantinople in 1453 and shut down many land trade routes between Europe and Asia to Christians, leading to increased maritime exploration and trade.
A. The Ottoman Empire B. Crusades C. Exports
A. The Ottoman Empire
A small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.
A. Caravel B. Crusades C. Astrolabe
A. Caravel
An Italian explorer who was paid by Spain to discover a faster sea route to Asia. In 1492 he inadvertently "discovered" the New World.
A. New World B. Christopher Columbus C. Colonies
B. Christopher Columbus
The exchange of diseases, ideas, food, crops, and populations between the New World and the Old World that occured after 1492.
A. Cash crops B. Columbian Exchange C. Plantations
B. Columbian Exchange
The system used to trade African slave across the Atlantic oceans to the Americas.
A. Cash Crops B. Atlantic Slave Trade C. Middle Passage
B. Atlantic Slave Trade