Name: ______

Chapter 4 Study Guide: The Atlantic World Test Date: ______

Use your Section handouts & textbook to review the definitions of the VOCABULARY terms and the identifications of the important PEOPLE & PLACES listed below. Complete the BIG IDEAS sections of this Study Guide. You will turn in the completed Study Guide on the day of the test. It is a graded assignment 

Vocabulary: Be able to recognize the definition of each of the following terms (matching, multiple choice, etc.) 1. Colony 2. conquistador 3. mestizo 4. encomienda 5. French and Indian War 6. Atlantic Salve Trade 7. triangular trade 8. middle passage 9. Columbian Exchange 10. capitalism 11. joint-stock company 12. mercantilism 13. favorable balance of trade

People & Places: Be able to recognize the identifications of each of the following people (matching, multiple choice, etc.) 1. Christopher Columbus 2. Hernando Cortes 3. Francisco Pizarro 4. Atahualpa 5. New France 6. Jamestown 7. Pilgrims 8. Puritans 9. New Netherland 10. Metacom

Big Ideas:

 What was the main economic activity in New France?  Who conquered the Aztec empire?  Why did Europeans see Africans as a better a source of labor than Native Americans?  What was the purpose of most of the joint-stock companies of the 1500s and 1600s?  Where in the Americas did Christopher Columbus land first?  What did the encomienda system provide for New Spain?  What prompted a wave of new businesses and trade practices in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries?  Which European country was the first to import enslaved Africans to the Americas?  As part of the Columbian Exchange, which of the following was carried west across the Atlantic to the Americas?  Which of the following areas was originally founded as a settlement by the Dutch?  What was one result of the loss of native lives to disease?  Which of the following did NOT aid the Spanish in conquering the Aztecs?  How was Africa affected by the Atlantic slave trade?  According to the policy of mercantilism, how could a nation increase its wealth?  What helped to increase the slave trade in Africa during the seventh century?  Be able to read and analyze the maps on page 130 to determine information such as: o Which colonizing countries controlled which areas o Which colonizing countries had access to the Pacific Ocean o Which colonizing countries gained territory between 1754 & 1763 o Be able to locate the Mississippi River, Quebec, the Great Lakes, the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans

 Be able to explain at least 3 ways in which the Atlantic slave trade affected African and American societies from the 1400s to the 1800s.

 Be able to explain how guns, germs, and steel allowed the Spanish to conquer the Aztecs and the Incas.