History Guide Ch.17

Front 1

Death rates among ______ people during the epidemics if the early colonial period were very high

Back 1

Amerindian

Front 2

Why did the peoples of the new world black community to the disease of the Europeans?

Back 2

Because of their long isolation from other continents

Front 3

What was the most deadly of the in epidemics in the Americas?

Back 3

Smallpox

Front 4

From where did the worst strain of malaria originate?

Back 4

African Slade

Front 5

List 3 new world foods that revolutionized old world agriculture

Back 5

●Maize ●Potatoes ●Manioc

Front 6

What was one of the major reasons for the growth of the world population after 1700

Back 6

Spread of more high-calorie per acre staple crops from the New World

Front 7

What effect did the European horses have on the Americas

Back 7

Transportation and trade became more efficient and improved military capacity and hunting efficiency

Front 8

by the end if the 16th century , what country occupied most of Brazilian coast ?

Back 8

Portugal

Front 9

Which export product dominated the Brazilian economy by the 17th century

Back 9

sugar

Front 10

Why was the council of the indies created in Spain in 1524

Back 10

put royal power in place over population

Front 11

Who were the highest ranking Spanish officials in the colonies ?

Back 11

viceroys

Front 12

the Viceroyalty of the new Spain in 1535 encompassed what 3 areas?

Back 12

central America , carribean , Mexico

Front 13

What was the most important agent for transmitting European beliefs, language, and culture in Spanish America and Brazil?

Back 13

Catholic Church conversion efforts

Front 14

by what means did the Spanish pay for their colonies ?

Back 14

enormous wealth by gold mine

Front 15

How are the European languages and cultures primarily transmitted to indigenous populations?

Back 15

missions

Front 16

Who was the most influential defender of Amerindians in the early colonial period

Back 16

Bartolome de las Casas

Front 17

What became the richest institution of the Spanish colonies

Back 17

The Catholic Church

Front 18

The economic development of the colonies in Mexico and Peru was dominated by what 2 industries

Back 18

Silver mines and sugar plantations

Front 19

What was an encomienda?

Back 19

forced labor of natives

Front 20

What was the Mita?

Back 20

Spanish form of labor

Front 21

in Brazil , by what was the economic importance of Amerindian slaves eventually superseded?

Back 21

African slaves

Front 22

A significant effect of the flood of silver from the Americas into the European economy was reinvestment in what in Europe

Back 22

Reinvestment in local European farming techniques

Front 23

What were Spain lesser nobles called?

Back 23

Hidalgos

Front 24

What were American born Spanish whites called?

Back 24

creoles

Front 25

List 4 ways that slaves express their resistance to the colonial masters in Latin America

Back 25

sabotage, malingering, running away, rebellion

Front 26

how could slaves be manumitted?

Back 26

save money and purchase their own freedom

Front 27

The castas of Latin America included mixed-race peoples such as _______ & _______.

Back 27

Mestizos & Mulattos

Front 28

Why did Brazil develop more slowly than other areas of Latin America

Back 28

Nearly a century after Cortes conquest

Front 29

How did the English and French American colonies differ from the Spanish and Portuguese American colonies

Back 29

Neither England or France developed colonies through private companies

Front 30

What was one of the significant factors delaying English and French settlement of the Americas

Back 30

distracted from involvement in wars

Front 31

Within 15 years of its settlement, the colony at Jamestown lost __ % of its population

Back 31

80%

Front 32

Which new form of compulsory labor was first introduced by the English in North America

Back 32

Indentured servitude

Front 33

In Virginia, colonial government consisted of Governor, his counsel, and representves is known as what

Back 33

house of burgess

Front 34

List 4 ways that the Amerindian Population reacted to the colonial economy

Back 34

●became dependant on European goods
●natural balance of plants & animals was disrupted
●provided hunting & gathering- agricultural practices were disrupted
●provided furs & deer skins to European traders

Front 35

The hybrid culture of Africa and America was most "standardized" by which language?

Back 35

gullah

Front 36

Plantation economies grew what 4 types of labor intensive crops

Back 36

rice, sugar, tobacco, cotton

Front 37

The salve revolt that took place in 1739 in South Carolina was called the _____ _____.

Back 37

Stono Rebellion

Front 38

The two groups of Protestant dissenters that colonise New England were ______ & ______.

Back 38

Puritans & pilgrims

Front 39

Why did massachusetts have a lower mortality rate in the southern & caribbean colonies?

Back 39

greater stability of population

Front 40

Who were the puritans?

Back 40

protestants, dissenters from new England

Front 41

one difference between northern and southern English colonies was that ______ economies were more commercially diverse.

Back 41

Northern

Front 42

What was the first colony to have a sole right to form a government as given by Britain

Back 42

Pennsylvania

Front 43

The French settlement in America resemble Spanish and Portuguese colonies in that they wanted to do what two things

Back 43

Extract resources & convert population to Christianity

Front 44

Who were the leaders of French expansion, the coureurs de bois?

Back 44

Frenchman who were sent to live among Native people

Front 45

The Amerindian enemies of the French were the ______.

Back 45

Iroquoise

Front 46

In French Canada,______ efforts to convert the native people to Christianity led to the founding of ______, ______ & ______.

Back 46

● Jesuits . • schools, hospitals, churches

Front 47

The French and Indian War resulted in the French losing _____ to the English and_____ the Spain

Back 47

Canada , Louisiana

Front 48

Who was Tupac Amaru II

Back 48

Peruvian/Amerindian leader

Front 49

What did the English Navigation Acts seek to do

Back 49

Limit colonial trading and production competition