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This European country established the first global empire, beginning with Prince Henry the Navigator's support for maritime exploration.
What is Portugal?
This social class, made up of Europeans born in the Americas, was below peninsulares in the Spanish colonial social hierarchy.
What is are Creoles?
These are two examples of resources indigenous to the New World that were transferred during the Columbian Exchange.
What is (ex. potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, maize, pumpkins, tobacco, etc.)
This economic system, practiced by European empires, focused on accumulating wealth through trade and colonies.
What is mercantilism?
What is the mitochrondria?
This treaty divided the New World between Spain and Portugal in 1494.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
This term refers to a system of social organization in which some people have more privileges than others.
What is a social hierarchy?
This artistic movement, funded by wealth from global trade, flourished in Europe during the early modern period.
What is the Renaissance?
What is mit'a?
This is the name of the big-mouthed dog plushie next to Kirby.
What is a chain-chomp?
This private company received a charter from the English government to control trade and administer territories in India during the early modern period.
What is the British East India Company?
This is the definition of a mestizo.
What is someone with both European and Native American ancestry?
British colonists in New England were known by this term, known for their strict religious society.
What are the Puritans?
This European company dominated the spice trade in Southeast Asia during the early modern period.
What is the Dutch East India Company?
These are three current NFL teams with a winning record.
What are (ex. STEELERS)?
This ruling power was established in 17th century Japan that banned all foreign influence except for the Dutch.
What is the Tokugawa Shogunate?
This is the name of the rising middle class in Europe.
What is the bourgeoise?
This is the name of the class in the Spanish caste system which refers to people of both European and Native American descent.
What is mestizo?
This labor system used enslaved Africans to work on plantations in the Americas.
This is the name of a poker hand in which all cards are the same suite.
What is a flush?
This African kingdom became a major partner in the Atlantic slave trade, exchanging captives for European goods like firearms.
What is the Kingdom of the Kongo?
This term describes the blending of cultural practices to create new cultural forms.
What is syncretism?
In the Spanish castas system, this class was just beneath peninsulares and refers to those of European descent born in the New World.
What are Creoles?
This economic practice involved shipping goods like guns to Africa, enslaved people to the Americas, and raw materials like sugar and tobacco to Europe.
What is triangular trade?
These are two actors who have portrayed James Bond.
Who are (ex. Sean Connery, Daniel Craig, Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Pierce, etc.)?
This title was given to the Spanish officials who governed large colonial regions, such as New Spain and Peru.
What are viceroys?
This is the name given to the entrenched Russian nobility.
Who are the boyars?
This African religion blended with Catholicism in the Americas, especially in places like Haiti.
What is Voodoo?
This silver mine in modern-day Bolivia became a major source of wealth for the Spanish Empire.
What is Potosi?
This is the name of Nemo's dad in Finding Nemo.
Who is Marlin?