Unit 4 Transoceanic Interconnections

Front

What are the colonies supposed to provide the mother country under a mercantile system?

Back

A market, precious metals and raw materials

Front

Desire for the colonies cash crops led to an increase in

Back

the slave trade

Front

What was the benefit of creating Joint Stock Companies?

Back

They provided limited liability

Front

The majority of slaves went to __________ to work on _______.

Back

The Caribbean; sugar plantations

Front

What was one social effect of Spanish colonization of the Americas? Options: Encomiendas, The Casta System, Deforestation, Increased global trade

Back

The Casta System

Front

Form of slavery where slaves have no rights and are considered property

Back

Chattel slavery

Front

When a person agreed to work for a period of time in exchange for passage to the New World

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Indentured servitude

Front

System where a conquistador was given land ( and the natives in it) and they were supposed to Christianize and “protect”

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Encomiendas

Front

What was the stance of the Japanese for trade after they allowed Christian missionaries and European Explorers to their country?

Back

Japan became isolated from the rest of the world due to Christian Missionaries destroying Buddhist temples.

Front

What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?

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Split the Americas between Spain and Portugal