AP WORLD HISTORY
Due: Friday, October 31, 2014
CHAPTER 19 HOMEWORK (textbook p.471)
Please label each part: A, and B (Don’t do C yet)
A. Vocabulary. Refer to the glossary on the back of this page. Next, fill in the blank sheet.
B. Short Response Questions. Most of these questions require responses of ONE complete sentence
only. Use appositive phrases when necessary.
1. Describe the negative environmental impact that Old world livestock had on the New World? p.475
2.
What was the third cultural stream that was added to Latin American society? p.475
3. Which priest served as an ardent advocate for the Amerindian people? What impact did his enactment
of the New Laws of 1542 have on the Amerindians? pp.477-478
4. Which precious metal generated the most wealth in the Spanish colonies? p.479
5. Name the system of forced labor that existed until the 1540s. Which legislation sought to eliminate it? p. 479
6. What did the Mita system compel one seventh of adult laborers in Latin America to do? p.479
7. Refer to the illustration and explanation on page 480. What mechanism drove the stamps that crushed the ore?
What were the wire screens used for? What effect did unwanted base metals have on the soil? YOU DON'T
NEED COMPLETE SENTENCES FOR THESE QUESTIONS. SINGLE WORDS WILL SUFFICE.
8. After the Amerindian population declined, who did sugar planters rely on for plantation labor? Bottom of p.481.
9. Where was the colony of New France located? What commodity was trade based on in this colony? p.489
10.Which group of native Americans were 'persistent enemies' of the French? p.489
11. Refer to maps on page 491. What was the name of the war fought between 1756 and 1763?
What happened to the size of British colonies as a result of this war? (Use an appositive phrase).
12. Describe the rebellion of Tupac Amaru II in 1780. Which groups of people did he receive support from? What
happened to him? How many people died by the time that the Spanish reestablished authority? pp.492-493
13. Refer to page 494 CONCLUSION--first paragraph. Which characteristics did the colonial empires of Spain,
Portugal, France, and England have in common?
14. Refer to page 494 CONCLUSION--third paragraph. What was the entire population of North America in 775?
15. Refer to page 494 CONCLUSION--last paragraph. What impact did the European Enlightenment have on influential
groups in all of the colonies?
C. Essay questions #1-4 will be completed in class; #5-6 will be given as a separate
assignment, but do the reading now and take notes for class discussion. Each of these questions
requires a detailed one paragraph response of 5-7 sentences. Be sure to use the boldfaced vocabulary terms
in your responses.
1. Describe the major elements of the Columbian Exchange. (Refer to 'Transfer of Plants and Animals' on
pp.474-475). In other words, What did Europe receive? What did the New World receive?
2. Explain how the European diseases affected Amerindians (refer to 'Demographic Changes' on pp.
473-474)
3. Describe the colonial societies established in Latin America by the Spanish and Portuguese. (Refer to
'Society in Colonial America' on pp. 482 and 483).
4. Explain the rising demand for labor in the Spanish and Portuguese American colonies and how this
demand was satisfied. (Refer to pp. 479-481. Be sure to comment on, and define, the Mita system, the
encomienda system, and the African slave labor system).
5. The English and French didn't colonize the Americas until almost a century after the Spanish and Portuguese.
Why? How were the English and French colonies both similar and different than the those of Spain and
Portugal? (Refer only to the first two paragraphs on page 485).
6. Compare and contrast the different colonial regions established by the British in these regions: the South
(pp. 485-486), New England (pp.487-488), and the Middle Atlantic (pp.488). Be able to convert this
response into a three-way compare and contrast Venn diagram. This may be used as a format for a pop
quiz.
AP World History
Chapter 19 Vocabulary list
Homework directions. A. Vocabulary. Fill in the blank vocabulary sheet for chapter 19. Do this twice,
preferably on successive days. Reviewing this information is important for upcoming quizzes.
1. Columbian Exchange - The transfer of animals, plants, maladies, and people between the New and
Old Worlds. (a.k.a the “Encounter”)
2. Council of the Indies - The Council of the Indies was formed in 1524 in Spain to supervise
government, ecclesiastical or religious, and commercial goings-on in the Spanish colonies.
3. Bartolomé de Las Casas - Bartolomé de Las Casas was a priest that settled in Hispaniola in 1502 and
began to vouch for the Amerindians of the colony when he saw the level of death, and how they
were deeply mistreated by the Spanish forced labor. He became one of the most important activists
for Amerindians when he enacted the New Laws of 1542 that illegalized the enslavement of
Amerindians and limited forced labor.
4. Potosí - Potosí is located in modern day Bolivia and was the source of the richest silver deposit in
the Americas, and Mexican silver production surpassed that of the Andean region when Potosí was
discovered in 1545.
5. Encomienda – This was a system forced (coercive) labor that was used in the Spanish colonies on
the Amerindians living there.
6. Creoles - Creoles were white people born in the Americas of Spanish or European descent.
7. Mestizos - Mestizos were people of mixed European and Amerindian descent.
8. Mulattoes - Mulattoes were people in the Americas of mixed European and African descent.
9. Indentured Servants - The English colonies in the Chesapeake Bay region created the idea of an
indentured servant; a person with ethnicity equal to a free settler that accepted an indenture or
contract that bound them to a richer settler for 6 to 7 years in return for that person paying for a ship
ticket to the New World and a small piece of land because the indentured servant was unable to
afford it themselves.
10. House of Burgesses - The House of Burgesses was an assembly of representatives and governor in
English colonies that met to discuss matters democratically, which distinguished English colonies
from other European settlements.
11. Pilgrims - The Pilgrims were a group of English settlers that came to America seeking to break
absolutely from the Church of England and to gain religious freedom.
12. Puritans - The Puritans were English settlers in America that wished to ‘purify’ the Church of
England and abolish the practice of archbishops and priests, limit government involvement, and only
allow those that shared their beliefs to join.
13. Iroquois Confederacy - The Iroquois Confederacy was an alliance between the Mohawk, Oneida,
Cayuga, Onondaga, and Seneca groups of Native American tribes.
14. New France - New France was the French colony that was founded by Samuel de Champlain in
Quebec.
15. Coureurs de bois (“runners of the woods”) In the French settlement of new France, young men
called coureurs de bois were sent to live with the Native Americans in order to learn their language
and customs, and they often took a native wife, and they and their children (métis) paved the way for
the fur trade for French settlers.
Chapter 19 Vocabulary sheet
name ____________________
TURN THIS SHEET IN WITH SHORT RESPONSES. THE ESSAYS WILL BE DONE IN CLASS.
Homework directions. A. Vocabulary: Refer to the glossary for this chapter. Fill in the blank
vocabulary sheet for chapter 19. Reviewing this information is important for upcoming quizzes.
1. __________________ - The transfer of animals, plants, maladies, and people between the New and
Old Worlds. (a.k.a the “Encounter”)
2. __________________ - The Council of the Indies was formed in 1524 in Spain to supervise
government, ecclesiastical or religious, and commercial goings-on in the Spanish colonies.
3. ________________________________ - was a priest that settled in Hispaniola in 1502 and began to
vouch for the Amerindians of the colony when he saw the level of death, and how they were deeply
mistreated by the Spanish forced labor. He became one of the most important activists for
Amerindians when he enacted the New Laws of 1542 that illegalized the enslavement of Amerindians
and limited forced labor.
4. ____________________ - Potosí is located in modern day Bolivia and was the source of the richest
silver deposit in the Americas, and Mexican silver production surpassed that of the Andean region
when Potosí was discovered in 1545.
5. _____________________ – This was a system forced (coercive) labor that was used in the Spanish
colonies on the Amerindians living there.
6. _______________ - Creoles were white people born in the Americas of Spanish or European descent.
7. __________________ - Mestizos were people of mixed European and Amerindian descent.
8. ________________ - Mulattoes were people in the Americas of mixed European and African descent.
9. ________________________ - The English colonies in the Chesapeake Bay region created the idea of
an indentured servant; a person with ethnicity equal to a free settler that accepted an indenture or
contract that bound them to a richer settler for 6 to 7 years in return for that person paying for a ship
ticket to the New World and a small piece of land because the indentured servant was unable to afford
it themselves.
10. _________________________ - The House of Burgesses was an assembly of representatives and
governor in English colonies that met to discuss matters democratically, which distinguished English
colonies from other European settlements.
11. ____________________ - The Pilgrims were a group of English settlers that came to America seeking
to break absolutely from the Church of England and to gain religious freedom.
12. ________________________ - The Puritans were English settlers in America that wished to ‘purify’
the Church of England and abolish the practice of archbishops and priests, limit government
involvement, and only allow those that shared their beliefs to join.
13. __________________________ - The Iroquois Confederacy was an alliance between the Mohawk,
Oneida, Cayuga, Onondaga, and Seneca groups of Native American tribes.
14. ______________________ - New France was the French colony that was founded by Samuel de
Champlain in Quebec.
15. _______________________ (“runners of the woods”) In the French settlement of new France, these
young men called coureurs de bois were sent to live with the Native Americans in order to learn their
language and customs, and they often took a native wife, and they and their children (métis) paved the
way for the fur trade for French settlers.