chapter 20 section 4 – Flashcards
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leaving the Americas (Columbian exchange)
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tomatoes, corn, potatoes, tobacco, capitalism
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arriving in the americas (columbian exchange)
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bananas, black-eyed peas, yams, cattle, pigs, horses, diseases
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what did the Columbian exchange take from the Americas, and what did it bring?
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America gave food, plants, tobacco, and capitalism. We received bananas, black-eyed peas and yams.
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What is capitalism?
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an economic system based on private ownership of property and the right to earn a profit.
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why were colonies important to European mercantilism?
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Because they provided goods that could be sold in trade.
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what do the arrows on the map represent?
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determines whether or not it comes from Chile or Peru.
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Why are there two different arrow styles?
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to show what is going to North America, and where it is coming from.
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what European country was first introduced to the potato?
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spain
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the potatoes that arrived in Dublin came from which Andean region?
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potatoes arrived in Dublin in 1580 from Chile, located on the Andean mountains
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trace the route that the potato took to reach Vienna
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Peru to Madrid to Rome to Milan to the north of the french coast to Frankfurt
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what is the significance about the year that Vienna got the potato?
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1580 is the same year Ireland got the potato.
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did the potato reach London or Paris first?
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London
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which of the European countries shown on the map was last to receive the potato?
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finland
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how long did it take for the potato to get from London to the south of France and from Madrid to Rome?
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1 year
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explain what the arrow leading from London toward North America represents
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in 1613 a shipment of potatoes was sent from England to Bermuda.
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why do you think the common white potato is known as the Irish potato in the united states?
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In 1719 Irish immigrants brought the potato to New Hampshire.
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the joint- stock company of the 1500s and 1600s was very similar to today's corporation. (t or f)
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true
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Capitalism is an economic system based on public ownership of property and the investment of wealth to earn profit (t or f)
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false (private)
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Most European joint-stock companies of the 1500s and the 1600s were founded for the purpose of fighting wars (t or f)
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false (founding colonies)
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new business and trade practices in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries took place before the establishment of colonial empires in the Americas (t or f)
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false (after)
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as part of the Columbian exchange, corn and potatoes were carried west across the pacific ocean for the first time(t or f)
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false (east across the Atlantic ocean)
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as part of the Columbian exchange, tobacco and tomatoes were carried west across the pacific ocean for the first time (t or f)
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false (east across the Atlantic Ocean)
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according to mercantilism, a favorable balance of trade results when the value of the goods sold by a country equals the value of the goods bought by that country.
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false (exceeds)
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what was mercantilism? How and why did it encourage European colonization of the Americas?
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Economic policy of increasing wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and selling more goods than are bought.
