world history

Out of all the commodities in the Atlantic World, which proved to be the most important per the textbook?

sugar

Which law had the greatest impact on the legal status of Africans in North America in the 1600s?

the law making slavery a hereditary condition inherited through a child's mother

According to the video New World Encounters, Native Americans in the Southeast and New Mexico were unable to resist Spanish exploration and colonization in any meaningful way and there was little bloodshed between the two groups because of superior Spanish technology.

F

What was mercantilism?

An economic philosophy that emphasized only a limited amount of wealth, such as gold and silver, existed in the world. In order to gain power, nations had to amass wealth by mining these precious raw materials from their colonial possessions.

What is considered to be the largest indigenous cultural and population center in North America that its height was home to more than ten thousand residents; tens of thousands more lived on farms surrounding the urban center?

Cahokia

The term probanza de merito refers to Portuguese alliance with Spain that divide up the New World discoveries into two sections, with Portugal claiming control over Central America and Spain claiming control over Brazil.

F

According to the OpenStax textbook, Puritans refers to English Catholics who wanted to bring back Catholic practices to the nation and restore religious ties with the Pope.

F

Which extensive tribe forged a political confederacy to strengthen their influence and resolve internal disputes?

Iroquois

Why is slavery in the Americas considered different than any type of slave/bondage system that had come before this time?

It became a race-based slavery system in the New World unlike any bondage system that had come before American slavery

Which European's travels first provoked the Western European curiosity for exploration and expansion?

Marco Polo

According to the textbook, which civilization is considered to be "The mother of Mesoamerican cultures" because of their influence on art, architecture, agriculture, and trade?

Olmec

According to the video Goree, slaves experienced brutal conditions not only at the slave port Goree, but also in their trip across the Atlantic.

T

For more than 200 years, Goree was the west African center of the Atlantic slave trade.

T

The excavations of the Hopewell peoples' burial sites in the Midwestern United States and the objects discovered within have indicated which of the following?

The Hopewell had a wide trade network

Why did the Spanish crown continue to finance the Florida colony even after the explorers failed to find a passage to Asia?

The colony was positioned strategically near other European colonies.

Why did slavery play a larger role in driving economic expansion in the southern colonies than those further north?

The southern colonies' economies depended more heavily on agriculture.

What was the Inquisition?

a brutal campaign to root out Jews and Muslims who had seemingly converted to Christianity but secretly continued to practice their faith

Berengia refers to

a land bridge existed between Asia and North America

The Inca maintained their empire through the use of

an extensive network of roads and disciplined armies

Which crop did the Europeans bring to the New World?

wheat