Chapter 1
The Reconquista was the centuries long conflict to drive out Muslims and Islam from what country?
Spain
The exchange of diseases, ideas, food, crops, and populations between the New World and the Old-World was called what?
Columbian Exchange
What was the name given to the journey from Africa across the Atlantic for Africans forced onto Slave Ships?
Middle Passage
What is the name of an imaginary line that separates one area or region from another. It is often a geopolitical border often agreed to.
Line of Demarcation
What was the period of economic and cultural prosperity in England? During this time, England began venturing out in search of land.
"Golden Age"
The Treaty of Tordesillas split the world between what two European powers?
Spain and Portugal
Fur
What was one of the three key factors that played a role in creating and prolonging the Salem Witch Trials?
Political Turmoil and Rivalries
Trauma of Recent Conflicts
Accusing Others in Self Defense
Hernan Cortes
England in the 1500s tried to set up a permanent colony in North America before Jamestown. What was the name of this "Lost Colony?"
Roanoke
What was the name given to military commanders and explorers who claimed land and riches in the name of their respective monarchs?
Conquistadors
The introduction of Tobacco played a role in saving Jamestown physically and economically. What is the name given to a resource or product that is cultivated and sold for profit?
Cash Crop
What was the name of the impromptu barrier constructed to separate male and females aboard the slave ship?
Barricado
What is the name of the military settlements designed to protect and secure Spanish territories?
Presidios
Punishment handed out by Puritan society in Massachusetts in which a person was forced to leave the colony in exile and never return.
Banishment
Many historians and scientists believe that early migrants to North America crossed a now extinct land bridge between Asia and North America over what modern day body of water?
Bering Strait/Bearing Sea
What colony was founded by the Puritans in New England?
Massachusetts Bay Colony
What colony founded by Roger Williams became a haven for exiles from Massachusetts?
Rhode Island
What was the name of the French Merchants and Traders who worked in the fur trade?
Voyageurs
The slave law that outlined that children born into slavery were considered slaves for life.
1662 Virginia Slave Law
What was the name given to the forced resettlement of Native Populations by the Spanish in the Americas?
Congraeciones
Name 2 of the 4 Reasons for English Colonization in the Americas.
Internal Social Unrest
Spread Christianity
Increased Wealth in the Nobility (to fund ventures)
Rivalry with Spain
Who was the governor of the Virginia Colony at the time of Bacon's Rebellion?
William Berkeley
What was the name of the legislative body of Jamestown and the Virginia Colony?
House of Burgesses
System of slavery that treats humans as property or goods that can be bought and sold and forced to work without pay.
Chattel Slavery