AP World History - Chapter 13 Flashcards

8900684216	Mercantilism	Political/economical philosophy. Creates competition between other countries. Mother country benefits the most thanks to colonies	0
8900684217	The Americas offered settlers:	Silver, gold, sugarcanes, cocoa, land (timber), new foods, and people	1
8900684218	The Spanish role in settling the Americas	Extract natural resources, invest in farming, enslave local population, and spread Catholicism. Property of the king	2
8900684219	The central power in Americas	Aztecs	3
8900684220	Spanish build fragmented and manipulative	Alliances with the Aztecs	4
8900684221	Aztecs diminish due to	Disease and Spanish alliance betrayal	5
8900684222	European men and native women make up a new race:	Creole (Spanish caste in which they were born "taken" in the New World)	6
8900684223	Metizos	Native + Spanish	7
8900684224	Mulattoes	Spanish + African	8
8900684225	Columbian Exchange	Global trade of food, animals, plants, slaves (people), products, language, religion, disease	9
8900684226	Disease brought to the New World	(Lack of immunity) smallpox, common cold	10
8900684227	Disease brought to the Old World	STD's, sphilus	11
8900684228	Food items brought to the Old World	Corn, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, some beans	12
8900684229	Europeans bring what products to the new world?	Glass, gunpowder, horses, iron for armor, weapons and ships. Cloth (silk wool)	13
8900684230	British were the only ones who grew tobacco on the East Coast resulting in	Raising price and need for laborers	14
8900684231	Spanish colonized	Most of South and Central America	15
8900684232	Portugal colonized	Brazil	16
8900684233	French colonized	Most of North America	17
8900684234	British colonized	U.S. east coast	18
8900684235	Russian Empire	Starts in Kiev and moves to Moscow and expands borders. Pushes into Asia and takes over smaller neighbors to expand	19
8900684236	British empire expands ________ to weaker states while Russia __________	Outward, conquers neighbors	20
8900684237	Ottoman Empire	Subdues neighbors to expand and is influenced by Europe (gov., religion being separate from gov.) Turkey becomes more tolerant	21