4.5 - Maritime Empires Develop

Question 1

Capital

Answer 1

money or wealth used to invest in business and trade

Question 2

Commercial Revolution

Answer 2

a period of increased trade and new business practices in Europe (1400s-1700s)

Question 3

Price Revolution

Answer 3

a time of rising prices in Europe, mainly due to the influx of silver and gold from the Americas

Question 4

Joint-Stock Companies

Answer 4

businesses owned by shareholders who invest money and share profits and risks

Question 5

Limited Liability

Answer 5

a legal principle where investors can only lose what they invest, not their personal assets

Question 6

East India Company

Answer 6

a powerful British trading company that controlled trade in Asia

Question 7

Dutch East India Company

Answer 7

a major Dutch company that dominated Asian trade and established colonies

Question 8

Triangular Trade

Answer 8

trade system linking Europe, Africa, and the Americas, including the exchange of slaves, raw materials, and goods

Question 9

Monopolies

Answer 9

exclusive control over a trade or product,, often granted by governments

Question 10

Syncretism

Answer 10

the blending of different religious or cultural traditions

Question 11

Polygyny

Answer 11

a marriage system where a man has more than one wife

Question 12

Creoles

Answer 12

people of European descent born in the Americas

Question 13

Santéria

Answer 13

a syncretic religion combining African beliefs and Catholicism, practiced in the Caribbean

Question 14

Vodun

Answer 14

a religion from West Africa blended with Catholicism in Haiti and the Caribbean

Question 15

Candomblé

Answer 15

a religion in Brazil mixing African traditions with Catholicism

Question 16

Virgin of Guadalupe

Answer 16

a Catholic icon in Mexico that became a symbol blending indigenous and Spanish beliefs

Question 17

Viceroys

Answer 17

royal governors who ruled Spanish colonies in the Americas

Question 18

Audiencias

Answer 18

courts in Spanish colonies that advised viceroys and helped govern

Question 19

Dahomey

Answer 19

a West African kingdom involved in the Atlantic slave trade