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Cash crops were grown primarily on - with coerced labor and were exported

mostly to - and the - in this period.

plantations, europe, middle east

Name at least 2 of the most common cash crops grown in the America

sugar, cotton, coffee, tobacco

Identify 2 class examples of syncretic religions from this unit

santeria & vodun

describe 1 syncretic religion

vodun (voodoo)

Identify and describe 1 class example of a religious symbol/figure that represents

religious syncr

Virgin of Guadalupe, combines Aztec Goddess Mother Earth

with Mary, mother of Jesus

4 systems of coerced slavery

chattel, indentured servant, encomienda system, mita system

chattel slavery

slavery where people were bought as personal property

indentured servant

contract, serve labor with someone for a fixed amount of time. european immigrants ½ prior to 1776 were this

encomienda system

king of spain have immigrants to america a number of native americans for labor. these NA were christianized and protected

mita system

forcing incas to provide 1/7 of labor to spain. incan mita=common goods

spanish mita= cash crops

what is a casta

social ranking system used by spanish portuguese in colonial america

rankinh of castas

peninsulares, creoles, meztizos, mulattoes

peninsulares

born in spain, moved to america, had high gov positions

creoles

born in new world, wealthy but denied top positions

mestizo

europeon+native americn

mulattoes

european+african. mother slave then child slave too

Explain how enslaved peoples challenged slaveowners in the Caribbean

Setting up Marroon

societies where they could live together outside of the plantation economy and society

What gender was commonly taken out of Africa for the slave trade? What impact did that have on

gender in West Africa?

males, gender imbalance

whole familes moved from?

england to north america

single males moved from

spain to spanish/latin america

there was more - mixing in?

racial, spanish/latin america

mercantilism

economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports and minimize the imports for an economy, emphasis on using colonies to bolster the mother country, and accumulation of gold and silver

what is a joint stock company

Company where people can invest and they are also backed by government charter,

ex of join stock company

voc, monopolizing spice trade in southeast asia spice islands

Ottomans conquered Constantinople

1453

Printing Press was invented in Europe

1454

spanish reconquista

1492

columbas sailed the ocean

1492

martin luther posted the 95 theses

1517

spanish invasion of the aztecs

1519

spanish invasion of the inca

1540

tokugawa shogunate establish in japan

1603

Manchus complete conquest of China ending Ming Dynasty and beginning Qing Dynasty

1644