Exploration and Conflict (6)

What happened to American Indians after 1492?

Most perished from disease.

The Incas were the first early American civilization to create

roads to connect different parts of their empire.

What caused Europe's population to increase, to provoke its interest in trade, and provided its population with large amounts of gold and silver?

the Columbian Exchange

Which conflict in the 1700s changed the balance of power in Europe and the Americas to favor England and Prussia?

the Seven Years' War

Spain and Portugal competed over territory in the Americas as a result of the voyages of

Christopher Columbus.

Which best describes the Incas?

a large and rich empire in South America

Which leader was defeated by Francisco Pizarro?

Atahualpa

One of the long-reaching effects of the Spanish conquest was the spread of what religion across the Americas?

Catholicism

What happened as a result of the Treaty of Paris?

The British won the fight over the fertile Ohio River Valley and gained control of most French lands in North America.

Which choice most accurately describes the consequences that France faced after the Seven Years' War?

The French gave up their colonies east of the Mississippi and Canada to Britain, and they gave New Orleans to Spain.

Which statement most accurately describes the main difference between the Southern and New England colonies?

The Southern colonies were founded by people seeking profit, while the New England colonies were founded by people seeking religious freedom.

Which answer best describes the effects of the slave trade on the African people?

The population declined as a result of forceful removal from the continent and being killed in war.

Though the Aztecs held the most powerful empire in Central America, which Spanish advantage contributed to the Aztecs' defeat?

advanced weapons

Read this passage, which was written by a Spanish explorer in the 1500s. This great city of [Tenochtitlán] is situated in this salt lake . . . . There are four . . . entrances to the city, all of which are formed by artificial [walkways] . . . . The city is as large as Seville or Cordova; its streets . . . are very wide and straight . . . . All the streets at intervals have openings, through which the water flows . . . and at these openings, some of which are very wide, there are also very wide bridges, composed of large pieces of timber, of great strength and well put together; on many of these bridges ten horses can go abreast. This quotation describes

an Aztec city.

Which items originated in the Americas and became European staples as a result of the Columbian Exchange?

corn, potatoes, chocolate, tomatoes