Colonialism

Flashcards on Colonialism

Aztecs

People known as the _ began a long migration that brought them to the Valley of Mexico.

Texcoco

The Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, was built between 1325 and 1345 on Lake _.

Hernan

In 1519, a Spanish expedition under the command of _ Cortes landed at Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico.

Moctezuma

The Aztec monarch _ offered gifts to the Spanish, believing they were representatives of a god.

Smallpox

A deadly disease, _, devastated the Aztec population after the Spanish fled the city.

Lima

By 1535, Pizarro had established a capital at _ for the new Spanish colony.

Encomienda

Queen Isabella instituted the Spanish _, an economic and social system allowing Spaniards to collect tribute and use Indians as laborers.

Indians

Bartolome de las Casas, a Dominican friar, championed the cause of the _.

Peru

Spanish possessions in the New World were initially divided into two major administrative units: New Spain and _.

Mexico City

New Spain included Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Islands, with its center in _.

Gold

The Portuguese built forts on the coasts of Africa, primarily to dominate the trade in _.

Cape

The Dutch East India Company established a settlement in Southern Africa at the _ of Good Hope.

Middle Passage

Most slaves were taken to the Americas, including the Carribean. This Journey was known as the _.

Slaves

Europeans traded manufactured goods for _ in Africa, and then shipped them to the Americas.

False

True or False: Africans did not participate in the buying and selling of slaves.

Afonso

King _ of Bacongo complained to the King of Portugal about the depopulation of his country due to the slave trade.

Indonesian

By the end of the 18th century, the Dutch had succeeded in bringing almost the entire _ Archipelago under their control.

Mughals

By the mid-18th century, the _ controlled little more territory than Delhi and its surrounding areas.

East India Company

Sir Robert Clive was the chief, an aggressive British empire builder, of the _ in India.

Canton

The Qing government confined all European traders to a small island just outside the city walls of _.

McCartney

In 1793, a British mission under Lord _ visited Beijing to press for liberalization of trade restrictions.

Shogun

In 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu took the title of _, initiating the most powerful and longest-lasting of all Japanese shogunates.

Hirado

The government closed the two major foreign trading posts on the island of _ and Nagasaki.

New York

During the mid-17th century, the English seized the colony of New Netherland and renamed it _.

Jamestown

Permanent English settlement in America was _, founded in 1607 in

Indians

Bartolome de las Casas, a Dominican friar, championed the cause of the _.

Peru

Spanish possessions in the New World were initially divided into two major administrative units: New Spain and _.

Mexico City

New Spain included Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Islands, with its center in _.

Gold

The Portuguese built forts on the coasts of Africa, primarily to dominate the trade in _.

Cape

The Dutch East India Company established a settlement in Southern Africa at the _ of Good Hope.

Middle Passage

Most slaves were taken to the Americas, including the Carribean. This Journey was known as the _.

Slaves

Europeans traded manufactured goods for _ in Africa, and then shipped them to the Americas.

False

True or False: Africans did not participate in the buying and selling of slaves.

Afonso

King _ of Bacongo complained to the King of Portugal about the depopulation of his country due to the slave trade.

Indonesian

By the end of the 18th century, the Dutch had succeeded in bringing almost the entire _ Archipelago under their control.

Mughals

By the mid-18th century, the _ controlled little more territory than Delhi and its surrounding areas.

East India Company

Sir Robert Clive was the chief, an aggressive British empire builder, of the _ in India.

Canton

The Qing government confined all European traders to a small island just outside the city walls of _.

McCartney

In 1793, a British mission under Lord _ visited Beijing to press for liberalization of trade restrictions.

Shogun

In 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu took the title of _, initiating the most powerful and longest-lasting of all Japanese shogunates.

Hirado

The government closed the two major foreign trading posts on the island of _ and Nagasaki.

New York

During the mid-17th century, the English seized the colony of New Netherland and renamed it _.

Jamestown

Permanent English settlement in America was _, founded in 1607 in

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