WH - Chapter 20 - The Atlantic World

Where did Columbus actually land?

• Bahamas
• India
• Portugal

A Spanish soldier or conqueror is a 

• Conquistador
• Mestizo
• Montezuma

He took over the Aztec empire and claimed it for Spain

• Christopher Columbus
• Hernando Cortes
• Amerigo Vespucci

The biggest threat that the Europeans brought to the new world was

• Disease
• Drugs
• Slaves

What was it called when the Spanish landlords forced the natives to work on their land?

• Peninsulares
• Slave trade
• Encomienda system

What was one result of the loss of native lives to disease?

• the ruin of several tobacco and sugar cane plantations
• a growing tolerance between the colonists and the natives
• fewer battles between the colonists and the natives over land
• a severe shortage of labor in the colonies

How was Africa affected by the Atlantic slave trade?

• Many cultures lost their fittest members, and families were torn apart. 
• All african countries prospered from the trade and grew to be world powers
• kings were able to stop rebellion with the firearms they received in trade
• african civilizations became safer because they captured and traded away their criminals.  

What was the main economic activity in New France?

• finding gold and spices
• building a fur trade
• finding religious freedom 
• creating long-term colonial investments

According to the policy of mercantilism, how could a nation increase its wealth?

• it should center its wealth and power in its government
• it should spread its wealth and power in its government
• it should sell more goods than it buys from other countries
• it should buy more goods than its sells to other countries

What is a mixed race made up of Spanish settlers and natives?

• Mestizo
• Peninsulares
• Conquistador