AP WORLD CHAPTER 17
Within fifteen years of its settlement, the colony at Jamestown lost ____ percent of its population:
80
In Brazil, the economic importance of Amerindian slaves was eventually superseded by
African slaves.
The most influential defender of Amerindians in the early colonial period was
Bartolomé de las Casas.
The most important agent for transmitting European beliefs, language, and culture in Spanish America and Brazil was the
Catholic Church.
American-born Spanish whites were called
Creoles
In French Canada, Jesuit efforts to convert the native people to Christianity led to the
Founding of schools, hospitals, and churches.
The French and Indian War resulted in the
French losing Canada to the English and Louisiana to Spain.
The leaders of French expansion, the coureurs de bois, were
Frenchmen living among the natives.
The hybrid culture of Africa and American was most "standardized" by which language
Gullah
In Virginia, colonial government consisted of a governor, his council, and representatives known as the
House of Burgesses.
What effect did European horses have on the Americas
Increased military capacity and hunting efficiency
Which new form of compulsory labor was first introduced by the English in North America
Indentured servants
The Amerindian enemies of the French were the
Iroquois.
Which of the following were New World foods that revolutionized Old World agriculture
Maize, potatoes, and manioc
Why did Massachusetts have a lower mortality rate than southern and Caribbean colonies
Massachusetts had more families and greater stability of population
The Viceroyalty of New Spain in 1535 encompassed
Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean islands.
The first colony to have sole right to form a government as given by Britain was:
Pennsylvania
By the end of the sixteenth century, what country occupied most of the Brazilian coast
Portugal
The two groups of Protestant dissenters that colonized New England were
Puritans and Pilgrims.
Which of the following is not one way that slaves expressed their resistance to the colonial masters in Latin America
Signing petitions
What was the most deadly of the epidemics in the Americas
Smallpox
From where did the worst strain of malaria originate
The African slave trade
How did the English and French American colonies differ from the Spanish and Portuguese American colonies
The English and French developed colonies through the efforts of private companies.
Which of the following is true of the Puritans
They were one of two groups of Protestant dissenters who colonized New England.
Tupac Amaru II was
a Peruvian Amerindian leader.
An encomienda was
a form of forced labor and tribute.
By what means did the Spanish pay for their colonies
enormous wealth was produced by the silver and gold mines.
Spain's lesser nobles were called
hidalgos
The English Navigation Acts sought to
limit colonial trading and production competition.
Slaves could be manumitted by
purchasing their freedom.
The economic development of the colonies in Mexico and Peru was dominated by
silver mining and sugar plantations.
The slave revolt that took place in 1739 in South Carolina was called
the Stono Rebellion.
The forced labor system in which Amerindian men in Peru worked two to four months of the year in the mines was
the mita.
One of the major reasons for the growth of the world population after 1700 was
the spread of more high-calorie per acre staple crops from the New World.
Why did the peoples of the New World lack immunity to the diseases of the Europeans
their long isolation from other continents.
Death rates among Amerindian peoples during the epidemics of the early colonial period were
very high.
The highest-ranking Spanish officials in the colonies were:
viceroys
