5 themes of Geography
This theme looks at how people change the environment, like building a dam or a bridge.
A. Region
B. Human-Environment Interaction
C. Movement
D. Location
B. Human-Environment Interaction
What is Physical Geography?
A. Geography that shows the physics of a place.
B. Geography that shows the countries present on a map.
C. Geography that shows the mountains, rivers, deserts, and oceans present on the land.
D. Geography that only shows the United States.
C. Geography that shows the mountains, rivers, deserts, and oceans present on the land.
What is one of the advantages the conquistadors (Spanish) had over the indigenous empires that allowed them to conquer most of their land?
The Spanish use bright clothing
The Spanish had gunpowder weapons
There was only one indigenous empire
Few indigenous people lived in Latin America.
The Spanish had gunpowder weapons
Widespread transfer of animals, plants, culture, human populations, diseases, and technology between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres between 15th and 16th Centuries, related to European trade routes is the ___
A. Afro-European Exchange
B. Aztec and Inca Alliance
C. Old world and New World conflict
D. Columbian Exchange.
D. Columbian Exchange.
The way that people, products, information, and ideas move from one place to another is __
A. Region
B. Place
C. Movement
D. Location
C. Movement
The average of weather over time and space.
When Christopher Columbus encountered the Taino what occurred as a result?
There was a peaceful cooperation between the Taino and the Spanish.
The Taino were enslaved, forced into labor, and died of disease.
The Spanish would share their technology and language with the Taino.
The Taino traveled back to Spain with Columbus.
The Taino were enslaved, forced into labor, and died of disease.
Which of the following is not an example of the columbian exchange?
Bringing horses to the Americas
Bringing diseases to the Americas
Bringing Potatoes from the Americas to Europe
Silk from Asia came to Europe
Silk from Asia came to Europe
Tell us where to find something on Earth is ...
A. Region
B. Place
C. Movement
D. Location
D. Location
What is colonization?
A. The process where a country takes over and controls another land or people, creating settlements to exploit resources, labor, and markets.
B. The process where a country places a village in a location outside their own country.
C. The process by which a country settles in the Americas.
D. The process of creating a city.
A. The process where a country takes over and controls another land or people, creating settlements to exploit resources, labor, and markets.
Which European country was the first to establish colonies in Latin America?
France
Spain
Portugal
England
Spain
These tiny "invisible killers" were brought from Europe and made many Native Americans sick.
A. Fruit
B. Honeybees
C. Cows
D. Diseases
D. Diseases
When people move from one country to another, they are demonstrating this theme.
A. Region
B. Place
C. Movement
D. Location
C. Movement
Widespread transfer of animals, plants, culture, human populations, diseases, and technology between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres between 15th and 16th Centuries, related to European trade routes is the ___
A. Afro-European Exchange
B. Aztec and Inca Alliance
C. Old world and New World conflict
D. Columbian Exchange.
The Columbian Exchange
Which of the following best explains why Spain was able to control significantly more land in Latin America than Portugal?
A. Portugal was only interested in exploring Africa and chose not to send ships to the Americas.
B. The Spanish got to the Americas first.
C) Spanish explorers had better maps.
D) Portugal lost a major war against Spain and had to give up its colonies.
B. The Spanish got to the Americas first.
This animal was brought from Europe to the Americas, changing how people traveled and hunted.
A. Cows
B. Horses
C. Wheat
D. Goats
B. Horses
This theme explains where a place is, using either an address or latitude and longitude.
A. Region
B. Place
C. Movement
D. Location
D. Location
Areas that share the same language, religion, or land features are called this.
Human Environment Interaction
Region
Place
Location
Movement
Region
Despite being outnumbered by the Aztec and Inca armies, how were the Spanish conquistadors able to take over these powerful Latin American civilizations?
A. The Spanish had larger armies with more soldiers than the Aztecs and Incas combined.
B. The Spanish shared their gold with local leaders to convince them to surrender peacefully.
C. European diseases, superior weapons, and alliances with local enemies of the empires.
D. The Aztec and Inca civilizations did not have any organized governments or military defenses.
C. European diseases, superior weapons, and alliances with local enemies of the empires.
The Columbian Exchange is the movement of goods between these two "Worlds."
The Old World and the New World
Europe to the Americas