World History Project Transoceanic Connections

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

One of the most important pieces of knowledge that helped revolutionize long distance travel by boat was

• knowledge of the circumference of the earth

• knowledge of the Americas

• knowledge of Silk Roads

• Knowledge of the wind patterns and regional currents

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

Desire for the colonies cash crops led to an increase in

• treaties between Europeans

• the slave trade

• urbanization

• desertification

What was the benefit of creating Joint Stock Companies?

• They provided limited liability

• They provided anonymity

• The unlimited liability and high rewards

• all of the above

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

• The Caribbean; sugar plantations

• Mexico; gold mines

• The US; cotton plantations

• Chile; silver mines

What was one social effect of Spanish colonization of the Americas

• Encomiendas

• The Casta System

• Deforestation

• Increased global trade

Form of slavery where slaves have no rights and are considered property

• Chattel slavery

• Indentured servitude

• Mita system

• complete slavery

When a person agreed to work for a period of time in exchange for passage to the New World

• Chattel slavery

• Indentured servitude

• Mita system

• Complete slavery

System where a conquistador was given land ( and the natives in it) and they were supposed to Christianize and “protect”

• Mita

• Encomiendas

• Feudalism

• Plantation