Colonization
Which country did the most colonization in South America?
Who is Spain
What economic philosophy developed alongside European Expansion?
What is mercantilism?
What was the Enlightenment?
A new movement calling for rationalism, individualism, skepticism, limited democracy, and capitalistic economic systems.
A theory developed that states that the sun is at the center of the solar system
What is the heliocentric theory
Two major civilizations in the Americas
Who are the Incas and Aztecs?
What effect did colonization have on Native Americans?
What is caused lots of death due to smallpox
What was the exchange between the Old Word and New World called?
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The Social Contract Theory holds this idea
What is giving up part of our freedom in exchange for protection from the government?
Who is Isaac Newton?
Human sacrifices were a large part of this Latin American indigenous group
Who are the Aztecs
What technologies did Europeans use to reach the Americas?
Compass, Sails, caravel ship
Which of the following are prioritized in mercantilism: imports or exports
what are exports
The creator of the Social Contract Theory
Who is Rousseau
Method of verifying a scientific hypothesis
What is the scientific method?
Disease that wiped out a majority of native americans
What is smallpox?
Western African rulers sold off their slaves to Europeans. What did they want in return?
What are manufactured goods?
What is Mercantilism?
What is an economic theory that maximizes exports while minimizing imports
Kings holding complete and total control over the decisions of a nation/kingdom
What is absolutism?
Man responsible for the idea of eliptical orbits
A staple crop for Native groups in the Americas
What is corn?
List what was transferred in the Columbian Exchange (3 for each side)
America: Corn, Potatoes, Tomatoes, Pumpkins
Europe: Wheat, Livestock, Disease, Slavery
Define Triangle Trade?
What is the exchange of European manufactured goods for enslaved people in Africa, who were then transported to the Americas for labor, and the Americas would send raw materials back to Europe to complete the cycle
The Enlightenment led to the following
What are political and economic revolution
Institution that opposed the developments of the Scientific Revolution, putting Galileo on trial for his support of heliocentrism
Two countries responsible for colonizing most of the Americas
Who are Spain and Portugal?