The Spanish
Columbus
European Colonies
Columbian Exchange
Vocabulary
100

He conquered the Aztec Empire

Who is Herando Cortes?

100

An island in the Caribbean Sea

What was the first place Columbus landed?

100

New France's main econmic activity

What is fur trading?

100

Europeans saw this group as a better source of labor because they were immune to European diseases.

Who were the Africans?

100

In a favorable balance of trade, a country must sell more goods than it ______________.

What is buys?

200

This provided a cheap labor source

What is the encomienda system?

200

To establish colonies

What was the purpose of Columbus' second voyage?

200

These were formed to fund colonies.

What are joint-stock companies?

200

This country was the first to import enslaved Africans to the Americas.

What is Spain? Portugal is also an acceptable answer.

200

Economic policy based in private ownership of property and the investment of wealth to earn a profit.

What is capitalism?

300

These defeated more Aztecs than Spanish weapons

What are diseases?

300

Columbus' original destination

What is the Indian Ocean/Indies?

300

This prompted a wave of new businesses and trade practices in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries.

What is new wealth from the Americas and the growth in overseas trade?

300

Livestock traveled in this direction to the Americas

What is west?

300

An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought.

What is mercantilism?

400

Name for Cortes' soldiers

What are conquistadors?

400

The year of Columbus' first trip

What is 1492?

400

The Dutch originally settled in this area.

What is New York?

400

Corn and potatoes traveled in this direction

What is east?

400

A land controlled by a distant nation

What is colony?

500

They paid for Columbus' journies

Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?

500

Columbus set off in this direction to find a new route to Asia.

What is west?

500

This country forced the Dutch out of New York without firing a shot.

Who are the English?

500

Tobacco and tomatoes orginiated in this region.

What are the Americas?

500

A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, and socially

What is imperialism?