PERIOD 1+2 PET REVIEW EXAM
QUESTIONS COMPLETE WITH 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.maize cultivation - ANSWERS-The production and distribution of corn, know at
this time as maize. The crop itself was grown from present day Mexico to the now
American Southwest. Through this cultivation economic development and
diversification was fostered.
\.hunter-gather economy - ANSWERS-The people of this system live chiefly by
hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food. Most Native Americans used this
system before becoming agricultural economies.
\.agricultural economy - ANSWERS-A type of economy that that relied on farming.
The spread of maize cultivation allowed more Native Americans to become
farmers.
\.Columbian Exchange - ANSWERS-Exchange of goods, ideas, diseases, and people
between the Americas, Africa, and Europe. Each region was significantly impacted
as a result of trade and contact.
\.Portuguese exploration - ANSWERS-Enjoyed a head start on exploration because
of its location in Europe. Became one of the early economic powers because of
, their commercial network along the African coast to set up trading posts for gold
and slaves.
\.Spanish exploration - ANSWERS-The first European country to seize the
opportunities (God, Gold Glory) created by the New World. Instituted encomienda
system. The conquistadores destroy native populations.
\.encomienda system - ANSWERS-It gave settlers the right to tax and enslave local
Native Americans created by the Spanish. In exchange, these settlers were
supposed to protect the Native American people and convert them to Christianity.
Disguised form of slavery.
\.feudalism - ANSWERS-A political system in which nobles are granted the use of
lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military
service. New World exploration changed this system to more capitalism.
\.capitalism - ANSWERS-An economic system that developed in Europe following
New World Exploration. Investment in and ownership of the means of production,
distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private
individuals or corporations.
\.Treaty of Tordesillas - ANSWERS-A 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain,
declaring that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the
Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of
the line would belong to Portugal.
\.plantation-based agriculture - ANSWERS-Big farms that were supported by the
encomienda system. Indian labor was used in this. Labor was eventually replaced
QUESTIONS COMPLETE WITH 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.maize cultivation - ANSWERS-The production and distribution of corn, know at
this time as maize. The crop itself was grown from present day Mexico to the now
American Southwest. Through this cultivation economic development and
diversification was fostered.
\.hunter-gather economy - ANSWERS-The people of this system live chiefly by
hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food. Most Native Americans used this
system before becoming agricultural economies.
\.agricultural economy - ANSWERS-A type of economy that that relied on farming.
The spread of maize cultivation allowed more Native Americans to become
farmers.
\.Columbian Exchange - ANSWERS-Exchange of goods, ideas, diseases, and people
between the Americas, Africa, and Europe. Each region was significantly impacted
as a result of trade and contact.
\.Portuguese exploration - ANSWERS-Enjoyed a head start on exploration because
of its location in Europe. Became one of the early economic powers because of
, their commercial network along the African coast to set up trading posts for gold
and slaves.
\.Spanish exploration - ANSWERS-The first European country to seize the
opportunities (God, Gold Glory) created by the New World. Instituted encomienda
system. The conquistadores destroy native populations.
\.encomienda system - ANSWERS-It gave settlers the right to tax and enslave local
Native Americans created by the Spanish. In exchange, these settlers were
supposed to protect the Native American people and convert them to Christianity.
Disguised form of slavery.
\.feudalism - ANSWERS-A political system in which nobles are granted the use of
lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military
service. New World exploration changed this system to more capitalism.
\.capitalism - ANSWERS-An economic system that developed in Europe following
New World Exploration. Investment in and ownership of the means of production,
distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private
individuals or corporations.
\.Treaty of Tordesillas - ANSWERS-A 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain,
declaring that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the
Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of
the line would belong to Portugal.
\.plantation-based agriculture - ANSWERS-Big farms that were supported by the
encomienda system. Indian labor was used in this. Labor was eventually replaced
