Period 2: 1450-1750 Transoceanic Interconnections

All of the following were causes of early European exploration EXCEPT

• technology adopted from Arab and Chinese mariners

• competition between European states

• mercantilist emphasis on acquiring bouillon for state treasuries

• the desire to spread Protestantism to the new American colonies

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 were 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

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

• Las Castas

• Deforestation

• Increased global trade

Form of slavery where slaves had no rights and were considered property

• Chattel slavery

• Indentured servitude

• Mit'a system

• serfdom

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) whom they were supposed to Christianize and “protect”

• Mita

• Encomiendas

• Feudalism

• Plantation