Unit 7 test

What was the impact of the Columbian Exchange on the populations of Europe, Africa and Asia?

: Population grew because of the introduction of New World crops such as corn and the potato

"The stench of the hold. . . was so intolerably loathsome, that it was dangerous to remain there for any time. . . The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate. . . almost suffocated us. . . The shrieks of the women, and the groans of the dying, rendered the whole scene of horror almost inconceivable." —Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, 1789 7.22 In the passage by Olaudah Equiano, he describes

A Slave Ship

According to the policy of mercantilism, colonies should be

Acquired as markets and sources of raw materials

All of the following were part of the Columbian Exchange EXCEPT

Bison

According to the map titled "The Slave Trade, the greatest number of African slaves were taken to

Brazil

Which of the following consequences of the Columbian Exchange MOST affected Native Americans in the sixteenth century (1500s)?

Diseases causing the Great Dying

Three important goals of the early explorers were to

Find new routes to Asia, claim land, and introduce Christianity

Creoles can be defined as

People of European Descent born in the colonies (Americas)

Mestizos can be defined as

People of mixed Native American and European Descent

Which country took the lead in European exploration along the West African coast?

Portugal

What major mine in Bolivia produced 80% of the world's silver resulting in increased Spanish wealth?

Potosi

In the 1400s, this man helped Portugal take an early lead in exploration by providing money to study navigation, develop better boars, and encourage voyages along the coast of Africa. Who was he?

Prince Henry

The trend shown on the graph above was caused by the expansion in the production of

Sugar

Which of the following was one result of the Treaty of Tordesillas?

The Spanish Empire was larger than the Portuguese Empire

Which of the following was the MOST important factor in enabling the Spanish to defeat the Aztec Empire?

The Spanish formed military alliances with other native peoples who were enemies of the Aztecs

Which of the following events created economic conditions that motivated Christopher Columbus's voyage in 1492?

The fall of Constantinople to the Turks, which cut off trade routes to Europe

According to the map titled "The Slave Trade," where were most slave forts located?

The west coast of Africa

Why did Portugal and Spain decide to invest in exploration?

They wanted to bypass the Muslim and Italian traders who controlled the luxury trade from Asia

Who was the first European explorer to reach India during the period of exploration?

Vasco Da Gama

In which New World society did the slave population grow mainly through natural increase and not continued importation?

Virginia and South Carolina