Unit 3 Vocabulary Quiz

Question 1

Who were the Spanish or Portugese explorers who conquered territories in the New World?

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conquistadors

Question 2

The original people living in an area are called

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indigenous

Question 3

White gold refers to

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sugar

Question 4

The Columbian Exchange was a turning point because

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it connected previously separate parts of the world

Question 5

The Middle Passage was

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the forced voyage that took enslaved Africans from Africa to the New World.

Question 6

Population characteristics like age and gender are

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demographics

Question 7

Indigenous people in the New World were severely impacted by

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European diseases they had no immunity to

Question 8

The system where the Spanish king gave land in the New World to Spanish settlers.

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encomienda

Question 9

When different societies share each other's practices it is called

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cultural exchange

Question 10

North America, Mesoamerica, South America and the Caribbean are referred to as

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New World

Question 11

Europe, Asia, and Africa are referred to as...

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Old World

Question 12

What was the Columbian Exchange?

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the exchange of goods, crops, and animals between the Old and New World.

Question 13

The belief in multiple gods is

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polytheism

Question 14

Ladinos are people whose heritage is a mix of

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Mestizo and Spanish

Question 15

Mestizos are people...

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descended from both indigenous and European people

Question 16

Which crop originated in the New World?

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maize

Question 17

When you are able to resist a specific disease you are ....

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immune

Question 18

Define cultural diffusion.

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the spread of cultural practices from one society to another.

Question 19

People who share cultural, language, or religious characteristics share an...

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ethnic group

Question 20

A worldwide disease or outbreak is called a

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pandemic

Questions 20