Chapter 2 Review

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a passage by water between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the northern coast of North America

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a protection against disease

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a system in Spain's American colonies in which wealthy settlers were given plots of land and allowed to enslave the people who lived there

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a Christian church settlement established to convert Native Americans to Christianity

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the long trip across the Atlantic Ocean by which enslaved Africans were brought to the Americas

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an economic policy that gives a country sole ownership of the trade occurring in its colonies

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a system in which enslaved people have no human rights and are classified as goods

How did mercantilism impact the economy of the colonies established in the Americas?

• It allowed the colonies to freely trade with other nations, creating new markets for their goods and increasing their wealth.

• It encouraged the colonies to produce more goods for themselves, reducing their dependence on the mother country.

• It forced the colonies to provide goods to the mother country, while opening new markets for goods and increasing power.

• It led the colonies to develop industries of their own, reducing the need to trade with the mother country.

How did conquistadors Pizarro and Cortes interact with the Aztec and the Inca?

• They respected both peoples.

• They used both peoples to locate gold.

• They used violence to control both peoples.

• They gave both peoples gifts to pass through their land.

According to the map, John Cabot traveled the farthest in what direction after he arrived in North America?

• east

• north

• northeast

• west