2. Why did Europe see Africans as a
better source of labor than Native
Americans?

3. How was Africa affected by the
Atlantic slave trade?

4. What was the purpose of joint-
stock companies?

5. According to the policy of
mercantilism, how could a nation
increase its wealth?

6. Who conquered the Aztec
empire?

7. How did slavery in African and
Muslim societies differ from
slavery in the Americas?

8. Where in Americas did
Christopher Columbus land first?

9. On what assumption was the
encomienda system based?

10. What did the encomienda system
provide for New Spain?

11. Three things that aided the
Spanish in conquering the
Aztecs.

12. As part of the Columbian
Exchange, three things carried
WEST across the Atlantic

13. Economic system based on
private ownership and
investment?

14. First English settlement in
America?

15. The beginning and end of the
“middle passage”

16. Long term effect of the African
slave trade?

17. Mestizos