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?

Exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds (A) Signup and view all the answers

What was the encomienda system in the New World?

System where Spanish colonists were granted the legal right to extract forced labor from indigenous people (C) Signup and view all the answers

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

Spanish Dominican friar who advocated for the rights of indigenous people (D) Signup and view all the answers

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

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

What was the Middle Passage?

A transatlantic journey of enslaved Africans to the Americas (D) Signup and view all the answers

What characterized the Commercial Revolution?

The growth of trade, banking, and capitalism (D) Signup and view all the answers

What was the main economic policy emphasized in Mercantilism?

Accumulation of wealth through a favorable balance of trade, colonization, and protectionism (C) Signup and view all the answers

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

The Triangle Trade (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

Capitalism (B) Signup and view all the answers

Columbian Exchange

The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between Europe, Africa, and the Americas following Columbus's voyages.

Encomienda System

A system where Spanish colonists were granted the legal right to extract forced labor from indigenous populations in exchange for converting them to Christianity.

Bartolome de Las Casas

A Spanish Dominican friar who strongly advocated for the rights of indigenous people and condemned the brutality of the conquistadors.