Americas Colonialism

Mexico received their independence from ______, who had the most land of any European country.

• Spain
• The United Kingdom
• Portugal 
• Brazil

Because ______ colonized Brazil people in this country mostly speak _______.

• Spain; Spanish 
• Portugal; Portuguese 
• Native; Native Amazonian
• Latin America; Spanish 

During Spanish Colonialism this was the group the held most important roles in society because they were born in Spain and came to the Americas:

• Peninsulares 
• Creoles
• Mestizos
• Lords

Practice of a country directly ruling/developing trade in foreign territory for its own
benefit.

• Influence
• Colonize (Colonialism)
• Missionary
• Assimilation

The exchange of plants, animals, and disease across the Atlantic beginning in the 1500s

• Cultural Borrowing
• Columbian Exchange
• Colonize (Colonialism)
• Influence

The role of colonies under the economic system of mercantilism was to --

• provide the "mother country" with raw materials.
• promote the economy of individual colonies.
• establish trade with foreign countries.
• establish trade with other colonies.

Captured Africans, travelling across the Atlantic to the New World, would travel in this section of the journey.

• The part crossing the Pacific.
• The "Middle Passage"
• The part from the New World to Europe.
• The part from England to Africa.

Colonists who received passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a period of time are called _______________

• slaves
• indentured servant
• Protestants
• gentlemen

What is one things slaves were traded for? 

• Alcohol 
• Sea Shells 
• Guns
• All of the Answers are Correct 

Where was the biggest demand for slave labor? 

• The United States
• Canada 
• Europe 
• The Caribbean Islands and Brazil