AP European History

Which Maritime Empire was the first to establish large-scale slave-trading operations on the African continent for the purposes of export to plantations in the Americas?

• Spain

• England

• France

• Portugal

What was the Encomienda System?

• System of labor that enslaved Natives in exchange of food and shelter

• System of labor that used serfs to tend the field

• System of labor in which natives where granted land and money in exchange of gold.

• System of labor that gave jobs to thousands of Africans coming to the Americas.

The accumulation of capital allowed for...

• the economy of Western Europe to grow as entrepreneurs entered long-distance markets

• the lower class citizens in Western Europe become more wealthy

• the Americas to profit as more gold was extracted from mines

• ships and other technology to grow

Why were joint-stock companies such as the East India Company or the Dutch East Indian Company the driving force behind the development of maritime empires?

• they allowed continued exploration/ventures to colonize with limited risk to investors

• they helped governments fund public journeys

• they gave explorers the navigational tools they needed to succeed on their journeys

• all of the above

Which economic system was in place when the exchange of goods in 1450-1750 arose?

• European mercantilist laws

• Laissez-faire principles

• Renaissance guild bylaws

• Medieval manorialism

Lateen sail, compass, astronomical charts were all influences from

• Interaction between Native Americans and Europeans

• Interaction along the Trans-Saharan trade route

• interaction with East Asia and South Asia and the Middle East

• all of the above

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

• coerced labor and manufactured goods

• A market, precious metals and raw materials

• coerced labor and gold

• raw materials only

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

• The Caribbean; sugar plantations

• Mexico; gold mines

• The US; cotton plantations

• Chile; silver mines

What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?

• Split the Americas between England and France

• Split the Americas between Spain and Portugal

• Split the Americas between Belgium and China

• Split the Americas between the Dutch and Spain

The Pueblo Revolt (1680) could be considered successful because...

• the Pueblo and Apache fought off Spanish colonizers trying to force religious conversions, and kept their influence away until 1692.

• the Spanish and Pueblo worked together to kick the French out of their native lands

• the Pueblo and Apache fought off the British forever and established a maroon society

• the revolt was the biggest native American-colonizer conflict of the 17th century