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1
In the Columbian Exchange, the New World exported ___ and imported ___ from the Old World.
Precious metals; agricultural products
Agricultural products; animals
Animals; agricultural products.
Animals; precious metals
2
____ gets credit for being the first to circumnavigate the earth (even though he died during a stop in the Philippines).
Christopher Columbus
Francisco Pizarro
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernan Cortes
3
Triangular Trade consisted of all the following EXCEPT ___.
Porcelain and silk coming into the Americas directly from China
Manufactured goods coming to the Americas from Europe
Enslaved peoples coming from Africa to the New World
Raw materials going to Britain from the colonies
4
Which goods were exported from Africa?
Slaves and Livestock
Slaves and Gold
Slaves and Rum
Gems and Livestock
5
All the following were impacts of exploration in America on the indigenous peoples, EXCEPT ___.
Dictatorial rule in Latin America’s history
A lasting legacy of a rigid social class system
Indigenous/native peoples were sent to Africa
The demise of the Aztec and Incan Empire
6
Which of the following was NOT a reason for European Exploration of the New World?
Spreading Christianity
Finding gold, spices, and natural resources
Competing with other nations
Establishing bases to attack the Ottoman Turks
7
Who was the second explorer and first Englishman to circumnavigate the earth?
Christopher Columbus
Jacques Cartier
Sir Francis Drake
Ferdinand Magellan
8
Which explorer discovered and claimed territory along the St. Lawrence River?
Jacques Cartier
Ferdinand Magellan
Francis Drake
Vasco De Gama
9
What is the most significant reason for the decline of the native population in the Spanish colonies?
Casualties during attempts to defeat the invaders
Introduction of European diseases such as smallpox
Destruction of the native economies
Damage to the environment
10
As a result of the Columbian Exchange, for the first time in its 10,000 year history, slavery was largely based on ___.
Wealth
Class
Social Status
Race
11
What African exports were sought by Europeans in Europe?
Coffee and Potatoes
Coffee and Ceramics
Gold and Ivory
Silk and Coffee
12
Triangular Trade linked Europe, Africa, and ___.
Asia
The Americas
India
The Middle East
13
Who encouraged improvements in maritime technology and exploration by creating a navigational school?
Elizabeth I
Bartholemeu Dias
Prince Henry
Lorenzo De Medici
14
Which Spanish conquistador defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico?
Hernan Cortes
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Francisco Pizarro
15
Beginning in the 15th century, Europeans set up ___ all along the western coast of Africa.
Slave Quarters
Trading Posts
Plantations
Military bases
16
What was the leg of the voyage called where slaves were moved from Africa to the Americas?
Triangular Trade
Middle Passage
Mercantilism
Columbian Exchange
17
What was the primary purpose of the early voyages of discovery?
Finding new trade routes to Asia
Escaping religious persecution
Weakening the Ottoman Turks
Testing new navigation equipment
18
Which Portuguese explorer successfully rounded the Cape of Good Hope and went on to India?
Vasco da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Hernan Cortes
Sir Francis Drake
19
Which was NOT a new European economic practice that emerged during the Commercial Revolution?
Mercantilism
New money and banking systems
Isolationism
Growth of trading companies
20
What was one result of the encounters between the Spanish and American Indians?
The demise of Aztec and Inca Empires
Spanish treasures flowed into the Americas
Spanish explorers treated American Indians with great respect.
American Indians defeated Spanish conquerors
21
What two factors led to the demise of Aztec and Inca Empires?
Disease and Conquistadors
Disease and pollution
Disease and bad transportation
Money and poor irrigation
22
The exchange of products, technology, culture and resources between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres is known as ___.
Age of Exploration
Middle Passage
Triangular Trade
Columbian Exchange
23
The economic theory that colonies exist to benefit the mother country is called ____.
Imperialism
Industrialization
Mercantilism
Feudalism
24
Africa imported all of the following goods EXCEPT ___.
Cloth
Manufactured Goods
Slaves
Guns
25
Which famous Italian explorer attempted to sail from Spain west to India and China, but landed in the Caribbean instead?
Christopher Columbus
Hernan Cortes
Sir Francis Drake
Ferdinand Magellan
26
Which of the following was NOT an impact/result of the Columbian Exchange?
Diseases wiped out millions of native peoples of the Americas
European economic systems eliminated native economies in the Americas.
A new "middle class" developed among the native peoples in the Americas.
A massive technology transfer from the Old to the New World.
27
Which Spanish conquistador explored parts of Central and South America and defeated the Incas?
Christopher Columbus
Hernan Cortes
Ferdinand Magellan
Francisco Pizarro
28
Which of the following systems marked the beginning of slavery in the Americas?
Trading
Mercantilism
Plantation
Joint-Stock Company
29
In the new world, colonies economies and cultures copied the ___.
Democratic System of Government
Indigenous population
Mother Country
Ecosystem
30
All the following were NEW innovations in navigational arts circa 1500 AD that helped in sea travel, EXCEPT ___.
Caravel
Astrolabe
Magnetic Compass
Oars
31
A ___ is the name given to explorers from Spain or Portugal sent to colonize or take over the lands they discovered.
Conquistador
Sailor
Mulatto
Mestizo
32
European merchants desired trade with Asia in order to obtain ___.
Cocoa, bananas, and potatoes
Sugar, rice and tobacco
Oil, tea, and wool
Porcelain, silk and spices
33
___ was a very important objective of mercantilism.
Colonies Being Self-Sufficient
Slavery System
Increasing Imports
Balance of Trade