english
vocabulary pt.1
vocabulary pt.2
vocabulary pt.3
silly fun time :D
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What did the English colonial administration look like?
The English had royal colonies, proprietary colonies, and had a joint-stock colony
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Define encomienda
A system of labor the Spanish used in the Americas; Spanish landowners had the right, as granted by Queen Isabella, to use Native Americans as laborers
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Define maritime
Seafaring or oceangoing; relating to the sea or ocean
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Define joint-stock company
A company jointly owned by shareholders
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Who is the 44th president?
Barrack Obama
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What role did companies play in European expansion into Asia?
The English formed many new trading posts. Creating competition for the East India Company. During the Seven Years War, the English forced the French into withdrawing.
200
Define mita
A labor system that the Spanish administrators in Peru used to draft indigenous people to work
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Define mercantilism
A set of principles that held that the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver
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Define plantation
A large agricultural esate
200
Who is the 46th president?
Joe Biden
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Where were the earliest English settlements in the Americas?
Earliest English settlements were in Virginia.
300
Define peninsular
a person born on the Iberian Peninsula; typically, a Spanish or Portuguese official; who resided temporarily in Latin American for political and economic gain and then returned to Europe
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Define circumnavigate
Travel completely around the world
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Define galleon
Spanish trading ship larger and heavier than a caravel
300
Who is the 45th president?
Donald Trump
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Why was the British East India Company considered a joint-stock company?
Their joint-stock company shared ownership. Shareholders own it. They had a goal of earning profit through the Asia spice trade.
400
Define creole
A person of European descent of European and Native American decent
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Define colony
A settlement of people living in a new territory, linked with the parent country by trade and direct government control
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Define a multinational corporation
A company operating in many countries
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Who is the 1st president?
George Washington
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How did the introduction of European livestock, foods,& diseases affect people in the Americas?
They had no way to defend from the sickness. The Aztec and Inca had a smallpox epidemic.
500
Define mestizo
A person of mixed European and Native American descent
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Define evangelization
The act of converting people to Christianity
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Define conquistadors
Soldiers and explorers who led the Spanish conquest to the Americas
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Who is the 16th president?
Abraham Lincoln
