The Spanish
He conquered the Aztec Empire
Who is Herando Cortes?
An island in the Caribbean Sea
What was the first place Columbus landed?
New France's main econmic activity
What is fur trading?
Europeans saw this group as a better source of labor because they were immune to European diseases.
Who were the Africans?
In a favorable balance of trade, a country must sell more goods than it ______________.
What is buys?
This provided a cheap labor source
What is the encomienda system?
To establish colonies
What was the purpose of Columbus' second voyage?
These were formed to fund colonies.
What are joint-stock companies?
This country was the first to import enslaved Africans to the Americas.
What is Spain? Portugal is also an acceptable answer.
Economic policy based in private ownership of property and the investment of wealth to earn a profit.
What is capitalism?
These defeated more Aztecs than Spanish weapons
What are diseases?
Columbus' original destination
What is the Indian Ocean/Indies?
This prompted a wave of new businesses and trade practices in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries.
What is new wealth from the Americas and the growth in overseas trade?
Livestock traveled in this direction to the Americas
What is west?
An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought.
What is mercantilism?
Name for Cortes' soldiers
What are conquistadors?
The year of Columbus' first trip
What is 1492?
The Dutch originally settled in this area.
What is New York?
Corn and potatoes traveled in this direction
What is east?
A land controlled by a distant nation
What is colony?
They paid for Columbus' journies
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
Columbus set off in this direction to find a new route to Asia.
What is west?
This country forced the Dutch out of New York without firing a shot.
Who are the English?
Tobacco and tomatoes orginiated in this region.
What are the Americas?
A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, and socially
What is imperialism?