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Chapter 6 Review
Spanish conquerors of the Americas conquistadors
the right to use natives as slaves encomienda
a settlement in a new territory linked to the parent country by trade colony
economic theory of the 17th century that stressed building a large supply of gold and silver Mercantilism
the difference in value between imports and exports over time balance of trade
large agricultural estates plantations
crop introduced to Europe from Southwest Asia during the Middle Ages sugarcane
the pattern of trade connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas triangular trade
the journey of slaves from Africa to the Americas Middle Passage
What did the Portuguese sailors call the southern coast of West Africa? The Gold Coast
Why did Vasco da Gama’s voyage to India prove to be very profitable? He returned to Europe with a cargo of
spices and made a profit of several thousand percent
Who were the first European settlers of the Hudson River valley? The Dutch
What treaty gave Spain control of almost all of the Americas? The Treaty of Tordesillas
Who explored the New England coastline of the Americas for England? John Cabot
Who was the explorer that went to his grave believing that he had discovered a westward passage to Asia? Christopher Columbus
What set of principles dominated economic thought in the 17th century? Mercantilism
According to mercantilists, what did the prosperity of a nation depend on? A large supply of bullion, or gold and
silver
How did Europeans obtain African slaves? From African slave merchants
Originally, why were African slaves brought to the Americas? To supply labor for the sugarcane
plantations
What was the Middle Passage? The journey of slaves from Africa to the
Americas
What European nation tried to dominate the clove trade by limiting cultivation of the crop to one island and forced others to stop the growing and trade of the spice? The Netherlands (Dutch)
Why were European rulers and merchants determined to gain control of the islands of Southeast Asia? The spice trade was enormously
profitable
What group of islands was known to the Europeans as the Spice Islands? The Moluccas
What European nation gained control of Java in order to protect its interests in the East? The Netherlands (Dutch)