History quiz

22 flashcards · Other · by Neena Singh

1. joint stock company

   invest in stock and gain or loose money based on its growth

2. Mercantilism

   Policies used to increase wealth

3. Bullion

   Silver or gold

4. Export

   Ship out goods

5. Import

   Bringing in goods

6. Subsidy

   Payments from the government to make and sell goods

7. Tarrifs

   Taxes on imported goods

8. Plantations

   Large farming estates

9. Encomienda

   a grant given to the spanish to have a certain amount of native americans

10. Mita

    Peruvian draft for work

11. Peninsulares

    European People

12. Creoles

    European people born in the new world

13. Mestizos

    Half native half european

14. Mulattoes

    Half african Half Euro

15. triangular trade

    Europe to Africa- Africa to new world- new world to Europe

16. The middle Passage

    routes from Africa to new world

17. 13th Amendment

    Abolishment of slavery in the US

18. Island in the Indes

    Philippines

19. Allowed the charter of the British East India Company

    Queen Elizabeth I

20. The end of company rule

    Indian Colonies

21. The last place to abolish slavery

    Brazil

22. First country to abolish slavery

    Haiti