Spain & Portugal
What cash crop did the Portuguese grow in Brazil?
sugar
Name the main economic activity of New France.
Fur trade
What Chinese invention helps sailors navigate by pointing north?
compass
Columbus
European exploration had the deadliest impact on which group?
Native Americans
What was the global transfer of foods, plants, animals, etc between the Old World and the New World ?
Colombian Exchange
Which Muslim empire declined due to alternate trade routes to Asia?
Which company dominated the Indian Ocean trade, conquering almost all of Indonesia, Malaysia, known as the "spice islands" ?
Dutch East India Company
This is the study of maps, which improved significantly following the Renaissance.
2x points
cartography
Which Spanish explorer conquered the Aztecs?
Cortes
What is the name of the economic theory that equates high wealth with power?
mercantilism
The African slave trade
Who sponsored a school for mapmakers, ship builders, and sailors allowing them to learn new technology and sailing techniques?
Prince Henry "The Navigator"
What British company had their own military, could write their own treaties, and dominated trade?
British East India Company
What is the name of the new ship that will has triangle sails, allowing sailors to stay on course and arrive faster?
Caravel
Which Spanish explorer conquered the Incas?
Pizarro
Name 1 country who wanted to convert Native Americans to Christianity, and name 1 country who did not.
Spain and Portugal
-Not convert to Christianity-
France and Dutch
What is the name of people from Spanish parents, born in the Americas. These people can never work in government.
Creoles
In the Spanish American colonies who were the group of people coming directly from Spain who worked as government officials in the colonies?
Penninsulares
What war was started over land disputes in the Ohio River Valley?
French and Indian War
What was Portugal's primary reason for naval exploration?
direct trade route to Asia
Which Portuguese explorer established the first sea route to Asia from Europe?
Name two roles colonies play in mercantilism.
- exporting raw materials
- market (purchasing products from mother country)
What determines your place in Spanish Colonial society?
your parents /
how Spanish you are
Spanish heritage
What imaginary line divided the world in half, giving Spain territory to the west, and Portugal territory to the east of the line?
Line of Demarcation
What present day city was New Amsterdam?
New York
What new instrument measures latitude?
Astrolabe
Which Spanish explorer is credited with being the first to sail around the world?
Magellan
What was the name for the one person who ruled the Spanish American colonies in the name of the king?
Viceroy
What is the name of the trade network, which slaves and other goods were carried across the Atlantic, in exchange for rum, guns going to Africa?
Triangle Trade network