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Social Studies
8th
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Columbian Exchange and European Expansion
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Why did the population of the world increase during the Columbian Exchange?
Millions of Africans and Native Americans were killed, leaving more food and resources for the rest of the world
Young couples in Europe started having more children.
It brought new crops from the Americas, improved nutrition, and started Europe's economic shift towards capitalism
None of the above
- 2. Multiple Choice
Columbus thought he had arrive at ___________ and therefore called the indigenous people he met Indians
Cathay
Africa
America
India
- 3. Multiple Choice
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The global exchange of plants, food, diseases, and people over continents
A method of currency created by Christopher Columbus
The exchange of slave labor from Africa to the Americas
The movement of people from the Americas to Europe
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a way exploration affected the Natives of the Americas?
They contracted many diseases and many died
They were treated well by the Europeans
They were exposed to Llamas
They were provided with potatoes by the Europeans
- 5. Multiple Choice
Match the term below that best goes with these: trading goods, ideas, and diseases from different continents.
Northwest Passage
Encomienda
Columbian Exchange
Conquistador
- 6. Multiple Choice
What was the purpose of Columbus' expeditions?
To find a shorter route to Asia by sailing West
To claim land in Canada
To explore the Hudson Bay
None of the above
- 7. Multiple Choice
How did the Columbian Exchange affect Europe?
Many Native Americans traveled to Europe
Europeans could use coins for the first time because they had gold and silver
American food plants, such as corn and potatoes, improved the diet of Europeans
Transportation in Europe improved because of the horses brought from the Americas
- 8. Multiple Choice
What was the "New" World?
The Americas
Europe
Africa
Asia
- 9. Multiple Choice
Some historians view Henry the Navigator negatively. This is because he...
was the architect of the Atlantic slave trade
gave Christopher Columbus three ships
was Portuguese
The correct answer is not provided
- 10. Multiple Choice
How did diseases help impact the New World?
They helped the Natives conquer the Spanish
The Europeans all died from diseases
The Native America population decreased
All of the above
- 11. Multiple Choice
What did Vasco Da Gamma do before anyone else in Europe?
He successfully reached Latin America by ship
He successfully reached Portugal by ship
He successfully reached Africa by ship
He successfully reached India by ship
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which two countries dominated trade during the Age of Exploration?
Spain and Italy
Portugal and England
France and England
Spain and Portugal
- 13. Multiple Choice
Why would the Columbian Exchange be considered an unintentional act of "bio terrorism"?
Because of the improvements of European diseases in the New World
Because of the lasting effects of European products in the New World
Because of the devastating effects Brazilian diseases had upon the Old World
Because of the devastating effects European diseases had upon the New World
- 14. Multiple Choice
The map above shows the Atlantic slave trade, name the journey from Africa to the New World
The Triangular Trade
The Middle Passage
Th Carnival Cruise
Midwest Passage
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which best describes conquistadors?
Soldiers from Spain, one of the world superpowers in 1500s, who explored, conquered, and settled in the New World
Aztec and Incan leaders prior to the Spanish explores Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro
Soldiers from France and England, some fo the world superpowers of the 1500s, who explored, conquered, and settled in the New World
None of the above
- 16. Multiple Choice
____________ defeated the Aztecs.
Cortes
Pizarro
Moctezuma
Atahuallpa
- 17. Multiple Choice
As a result of the Treaty of Tordesillas, signed between Spain and Portugal, Portugal was able to take control of what country?
Mexico
Brazil
Columbia
Gambia
- 18. Multiple Choice
What strategic advantage did horses give the Spanish Conquistadors over the Aztecs?
They scared the Aztec away because they had never seen horses before
They enabled them to attack and move faster
The horses brought diseases from the Old World which eventually wiped out the Aztec
None of the above
- 19. Multiple Choice
Why was the smallpox terrible for Native Americans?
Since they did't have natural immunity, many died from it
It turned them bibulous
None of the above
It possessed them and turned them into zombies
- 20. Match
Match the following Hernan Cortes
He was the architect of the Atlantic Slave trade
Christopher Columbus
He was the first European to reach India by sea
Vasco Da Gamma
He "discovered" America
Ponce de Leon
He was looking for gold and silver
Henry the Navigator
He looked for the fountain of youth and discovered La Florida
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