Historical and Economic Terms Quiz

Portuguese prince who started a sailing school and funded many expeditions

• Henry the navigator

• Francis drake

• John cabot

Spanish priest who opposed harsh treatment of the Indians and wanted to bring slaves from Africa to work the plantations

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Henry the navigator

• Bartolomé de las Casas

Huge fleet of Spanish ships defeated during an attack on England in 1588

• Glorious Revolution

• English Civil War

• Spanish Armada

• Atlas

Large farms

• cash crops

• plantations

• cotton

Exchange of plants, animals and ideas between the New World (the Americas) and the Old World (Europe)

• Middle Passage

• Triangle Trade

• Columbian Exchange

Relationship between imported goods and exported goods

• balance of trade

• balance of payments

• triangular trade

Belief that some people are better than others because of racial traits

• nationalism

• racism

• fascism

Collection of maps

• demeter

• axis

• atlas

Famous English pirate who robbed Spanish ships in the Americas

• Francis drake

• Sir edward roanoke

• Ferdinand Magellan

Home-based manufacturing businesses run by families

• plantations

• cottage industry

• free enterprise