The Age of Exploration and Colonization
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What was the role of Christian missionaries in the New World?

  • Overseeing colonial administration
  • Advocating for the rights of indigenous people
  • Acquiring wealth and establishing colonies
  • Converting and educating native populations (correct)

    • What was the Council of the Indies responsible for?

  • Overseeing colonial administration (correct)
  • Spreading Christianity in the New World
  • Advocating for the rights of indigenous people
  • Converting native populations

    • What were the Spanish goals in the New World?

  • Advocating for the rights of indigenous people
  • Educating native populations
  • Acquiring wealth and establishing colonies (correct)
  • Overseeing colonial administration

    • What was the Columbian Exchange?

    <p>Exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the encomienda system in the New World?

    <p>System where Spanish colonists were granted the legal right to extract forced labor from indigenous people</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was Bartolome de Las Casas and what did he advocate for?

    <p>Spanish Dominican friar who advocated for the rights of indigenous people</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the major outcome of the 7 Years War (French and Indian War)?

    <p>The Treaty of Paris (1763) resulting in the British gaining control of Canada and various territories in North America</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the Middle Passage?

    <p>A transatlantic journey of enslaved Africans to the Americas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characterized the Commercial Revolution?

    <p>The growth of trade, banking, and capitalism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main economic policy emphasized in Mercantilism?

    <p>Accumulation of wealth through a favorable balance of trade, colonization, and protectionism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What contributed to the African slave trade, economic exploitation, and disruption of local societies?

    <p>The Triangle Trade</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What emerged during the Age of Exploration with private ownership, free markets, and profit motives driving economic activities?

    <p>Capitalism</p> Signup and view all the answers

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