What enable did the Spanish have strong control over their colonies?

They established viceroys to keep tight control.

How did the astrolabe assist sailors in exploration?

The astrolabe could be used to find latitude.

What 5 European countries dominated the Age of Exploration?

England,Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, France,

How does a country get a favorable balance of trade?

A nation exports more than it imports

Why were plantation colonies often located in warm climates?

Warm areas had longer growing seasons.

Who was Olaudah Equiano?

Freed slave who wrote about the Middle Passage.

Colonies supported the European economic policy of mercantilism by providing what?

market for selling goods and a source of raw materials

What was a result of the French and Indian War?

France lost and their land in America went to the British

How did the Colombian Exchange have a negative effect on Natives?

Many Natives died of European diseases brought over.

Why was Spain able to gain more land in the Americas than other nations?

First to explore and the Treaty of Tordesillas

Which is usually true of supply and demand?

As demand goes up, prices go up.

Which of the following best describes capitalism?

Capitalism involves the private ownership of business.

How were indentured servants different from slaves?

Indentured servants were freed after a set number of years.

How did mercantilism contribute to the American Revolution?

Restricted trade and made import more expensive

What impact did plantation colonies have on the Americas?

Resulted in movement of millions of Africans to the Americas

Describe the significance of the Middle Passage in the Triangular Trade route

Transported millions of Africans to the Americas as slaves.

What relationship did the French have with Native Americans?

They treated each other as equals because they did business.

What first led the Europeans to begin exploration of the seas?

They were searching for a sea route to Asia

What impact did the slave trade have on Africa?

Decreased African population and led to instability.

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1
What enable did the Spanish have strong control over their colonies?
They built strong trade relations with natives.
They established viceroys to keep tight control.
They abolished the encomienda system.
They put native leaders in charge of colonies.
2
What agreement signed by Spain and Portugal divided the world in half with a line?
Treaty of Tordesillas
The Iberian Alliance
Madrid Agreement
Treaty of Versailles
3
How did the astrolabe assist sailors in exploration?
The astrolabe could be used to find latitude.
The astrolabe allowed ships to sail into the wind.
The astrolabe helped navigators find magnetic north.
The astrolabe made it easier to steer caravels.
4
How did the Colombian Exchange affect some Europeans?
Diets of Europeans improved.
Heath improved since most diseases were cured.
Diets declined due to disease spread by turkeys brought over
Health declined from bad herbal remedies brought over.
5
What 5 European countries dominated the Age of Exploration?
Spain, Portugal, Italy, Russia, and Britain
England,Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, France,
Portugal, England, Ireland, Italy,
Portugal, France, Germany, Denmark, and Britain
6
What technology allowed Europeans to conquer natives across the globe?
Gunpowder
Astrolabe
rudder
compass
7
How does a country get a favorable balance of trade?
A nation imports more than it exports
A nation exports more than it imports
A nation exports the same as it imports
A nation should not export goods.
8
Why were plantation colonies often located in warm climates?
Europeans were not used to working in cold climates.
Warm areas had longer growing seasons.
It was easier to build settlers house in warm weather.
Native Americans only inhabited areas with warm climates.
9
Who was Olaudah Equiano?
A french governor of Quebec
A Spanish Explorer who sailed to the Americas.
Freed slave who wrote about the Middle Passage.
A general during the French and Indian war
10
What type of colonies did the French and Dutch mostly have?
Plantation Colonies
Settler Colonies
Cooperative Colonies
Trading Post Colonies
11
What country was Prince Henry the Navigator from?
England
Portugal
Denmark
Spain
12
Which European power claimed land in area A?
Spain
England
Portugal
France
13
Colonies supported the European economic policy of mercantilism by providing what?
a way to get rid of excess silver and gold
market for selling goods and a source of raw materials
a place to store raw materials for future use
finished products to sell in Europe
14
What was a result of the French and Indian War?
France lost and their land in America went to the British
The British lost to the French and lost their colonies.
The natives betrayed the French and helped the Spanish.
Spain beat France and took their colonies.
15
How did the Colombian Exchange have a negative effect on Natives?
Many Natives died of European diseases brought over.
Natives starved when Europeans stole their crops
Natives were forced to build houses for settlers.
Natives lost jobs to Africans on plantations
16
This device was used to help find direction because it pointed to magnetic north.
caravel
cartography
gunpowder
compass
17
Why was Spain able to gain more land in the Americas than other nations?
Spanish were friends with Native Americans who helped them
Spanish let Native people run colonies
First to explore and the Treaty of Tordesillas
Spain had better technology than other Europeans.
18
The rise of this empire made the Silk Road expensive to travel:
Chinese Empire
British Empire
Ottoman Empire
Mongol Empire
19
What goods were traded from Europe to Africa?
Sugar,molasses, wood
Guns, cloth, iron
coffee, sugar, and tea
tobacco, indigo, and rice
20
Which is usually true of supply and demand?
As demand goes up, prices go down.
As supply goes down, prices are not affected
As demand goes up, prices go up.
As supply goes up, prices go up
21
Which of the following best describes capitalism?
Capitalism involves the royal ownership of business.
Capitalism involves the private ownership of business.
Capitalism involves the government control of business.
Capitalism involves the collective ownership of business
22
Which explorer sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean and "discovered" the Americas?
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Bartholomew Dias
Ferdinand Magellan
23
Which explorer would claim Brazil for Portugal?
Miguel Hidalgo
Hernando de Soto
Ferdinand Magellan
Pedro Alvarez Cabral
24
How were indentured servants different from slaves?
Indentured servants earned higher wages than slaves.
Indentured servants were freed after a set number of years.
Indentured servants could hire slaves to do their work.
Indentured servants did not perform manual labor.
25
What was a fast and highly maneuverable ship designed by the Portuguese?
long ship
carrack
galleon
caravel
26
Which European power claimed the land in area B?
Spain
Portugal
England
France
27
How did mercantilism contribute to the American Revolution?
British banned tea, coffee, and molasses in colonies.
British tried to ban slavery in colonies.
Restricted trade and made import more expensive
The colonies became very wealthy.
28
What impact did plantation colonies have on the Americas?
Increased food led to increased native populations.
Large amount of Asians traveled to Latin America.
Were responsible for the deaths of many European settlers.
Resulted in movement of millions of Africans to the Americas
29
The Portuguese explorer who sailed around Africa all the way to India:
John Cabot
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Amerigo Vespucci
30
Describe the significance of the Middle Passage in the Triangular Trade route
Transported manufactured goods from Europe to Africa.
Transported millions of Africans to the Americas as slaves.
Transported millions of Natives to Europe for enslavement.
Transported Cash crops to Europe for trade
31
What relationship did the French have with Native Americans?
The French did not come into contact with natives.
They treated each other as equals because they did business.
The French conquered the natives by force.
The natives believed the French were backwards and ignorant.
32
What first led the Europeans to begin exploration of the seas?
They were searching for a sea route to Asia
They were looking for new fishing grounds.
To prove the earth was round.
They were only searching for gold.
33
What people were first forced by Spanish and Portuguese to work as slaves?
Caboceers
Native Americans
English sailors
Africans
34
Which European power claimed the land in area C?
Portugal
Spain
England
France
35
What impact did the slave trade have on Africa?
It lead to increased travel to Africa
Europeans colonized all of Africa by the 1600's.
Decreased African population and led to instability.
It caused tension between Asian and African merchants.

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