Spain & Portugal
Portugal's most important colony and only in the Americas was:
Brazil
What did Europeans trade for Indian spices that caused massive inflation?
Silver
What animal was domesticated by the Inca?
the llama
What type of plantation slavery was the most dangerous and brutal?
Sugar
What is Virginia Dare known for?
Being the first Englishwoman born in the New World
Spain was able to effectively conquer most of the Americas by using what type of soldiers?
Conquistadors
For most of human history, what was the most powerful Empire in the world?
China
In the Triangle Trade, what sorts of things went from the Americas to Europe?
Raw materials and crops; tobacco, timber, rice, indigo, coffee, sugar
The journey in which captive Africans are transported to plantations in the Americas was called:
the Middle Passage
What were the 3 major challenges faced by the Jamestown settlers?
Competition over women, starvation, war with the Powhatan
Ferdinand Magellan is considered the first person to achieve what feat?
To circumnavigate the globe
India was eventually colonized by:
Great Britain/The British Empire
How did the potato revolutionize the food supply in Europe and Asia?
Potatoes are very nutritious and grow in poor soil, so they can feed people more easily than other crops.
According to the Quran, Muslims could not enslave...
Other Muslims
When John White returned to the Roanoke Colony, what evidence of the colonists did he find?
The word "Croatoan" carved into a tree.
Why did Europeans begin to look for sea routes to Asia?
Because the Ottoman Empire had taken over the Silk Road and imposed high taxes.
In Japan, fighting men that owed service to a lord in exchange for protection were called:
Samurai
Which continents are most food crops native to?
the Americas
Which nation of people led a successful slave revolt that resulted in an independent republic?
Haitians
The British East India Company is considered the world's first modern company because they were the first to sell:
Stocks or shares
Which treaty divided the world into Spanish and Portuguese spheres of influence?
the Treaty of Tordesillas
Which pirate Queen singlehandedly caused economic failure in China?
Cheng Yi Sao
On which continents were most animals domesticated?
Europe and Asia (the Old World)
In the Triangle Trade, what was sent from Europe to the rest of the world?
Manufactured goods such as clothes, ships, tools, weapons, rum, pipes
Explain the economic theory of mercantilism.
In mercantilism, European nations completed to hoard as much of the world's wealth as they could for themselves. This is because they believed there was a limited amount of wealth.