potato fry (just one)
pizza
hot dog
burger
pasta
100
What did the Columbian Exchange include?
Plants
Animals
Diseases
Technology
100
Which countries were late to the exploration of the Americas?
The Dutch
The English
The French
100
What technological innovations and scientific discoveries made European exploration possible?
The caravel
The astrolabe
The magnetic compass
100
Which was an element of the social structure found in the European colonies?
People of mixed heritage were in a separate social class.
People born in Europe were in a higher social class.
Native peoples and enslaved peoples were in the lowest social class.
100
European nations were motivated to explore new lands because they wanted to find...
better trade routes
access to natural resources
200
Trade and settlement sparked the Columbian Exchange because people were...
anxious to find new lands to settle.
unwilling to continue using traditional land routes.
200
After the Aztec surrendered Tenochtitlán, Cortés and his men...
leveled Aztec pyramids and temples and used the stones to build churches.
filled in Aztec canals to build roads
200
What helped the Spanish gain control over the Incan Empire?
The Inca were fighting a civil war over who should be their ruler.
The Inca had less advanced military weaponry than the Spanish.
200
The East India Company was one of the world’s...
most famous joint-stock companies that became a corporation.
200
Which was a principle of mercantilism?
Favorable balance of trade was the best way to add to a nation’s coffers.
The prosperity of a nation depends on having a large supply of bullion.
300
The Americas were named after Spanish explorer ___________________.
Amerigo Vespucci
300
In the _____________ system, Native Americans were forced to pay taxes and to work.
encomienda
300
The _______ divided the Americas into Spanish and Portuguese areas.
Treaty of Tordesillas
300
Ferdinand Magellan began a journey to ____________ the globe in 1519.
circumnavigate
300
The Caribbean Sea was first explored by _______________________ .
Christopher Columbus
400
What was the goal of the English in the Americas?
To get more land that gave raw materials and religious freedom
400
What were the goals of the Dutch in the Americas?
To find a shorter ocean route through America and to compete with the French
400
What was the goal of the French in the Americas?
to develop a rich fur trade market
400
During the Commercial Revolution, the economic system that flourished was...
capitalism
400
What does the map reveal about the European colonization of Latin America by 1750?
Most of Latin America was settled by the Spanish and the Portuguese
500
According to this excerpt, Bartolomé de las Casas felt that the Spaniards were...
most interested in economic gain for themselves over anything else.
500
Joint-stock companies were influential in the Commercial Revolution because they...
allowed investors to pool money to support exploration.
500
How did the Colombian Exchange impact life in Europe and the Americas?
It brought about diseases that toppled indigenous civilizations
It provided new foods for the Europeans (such as tomatoes)
500
How were the goals of the French, English and Dutch explorers similar to the goals of the Spanish and Portuguese?
Their goals were motivated by the promise of gold and other precious resources as well.
500
According to the map, what effect did the Treaty of Tordesillas have on the colonization of the Americas?
The territory that is east to the line of the treaty is owned by Portugal while western territory is owned by Spain
600
The ideas expressed in this excerpt eventually changed, as evidenced by...
new foods being brought to Europe.
600
Based on this excerpt, it can be concluded that the Europeans did not...
immediately see the value of the native plants in the Americas.
600
This excerpt shows that the Columbian Exchange...
was devastating to the Native American population.
600
What can be concluded about the wealth of Spain based on this table?
Spain became extremely wealthy during the 1500s (especially in the years of 1551-1560).
600
What caused the situations that are described in the excerpt?
Warfare and diseases
700
How did these words and actions of Christopher Columbus affect world history from this point onward?
- It led to European exploration of the New World, the Colombian Exchange, and increased wealth for European nations.
- It led to the slave trade and triangular trade network alongside the mita and encomienda systems
- It led to a more interconnected world and global society that creates much of the contemporary age
- It led to the suffering of indigenous populations in the Americas caused by colonizers
700
What system or pattern of trade caused the “damage” cited in this excerpt?How did the system or pattern of trade cited in this excerpt affect the lives of the people mentioned?
The slave trade or triangular trade
It stole people from their home and exposed them to new diseases. It led people to their deaths or inhumane treatment if they survived.
700
What does the excerpt reveal about the Europeans during the Columbian Exchange?
Europeans valued foods of the Americas but still wanted to recreate what they had in Europe.
Colonizers from Europe did not appreciate the knowledge and foods of indigenous people in the Americas since they just wanted to recreate Europe in the New World
700
What role did the Catholic Church play in the establishment and administration of European colonies?
Christianization of indigenous people in the colonies and enforcing the speaking of Spanish and Portuguese in the new lands.
700
What does this excerpt suggest about the encomienda and mita systems in the Americas?
The Spaniards only cared about becoming rich through enslaving and christianizing Native Americans