Age of Exploration

Number 10

A

The Spanish colonial economy was based largely on

Tobacco farming

How did the Renaissance contribute to the Age of Exploration

By awakening a spirit of discovery and innovation in Europe

Number 11

C

Scholars estimate that how much of all food crops grown around the world today

One third

Mercantilist would advocate that a nation do which of the following

Sell more goods than it buys from foreign countries

Some native Americans helped Cortes because

The Aztecs were unpopular with those they had conquered

What was one result of the Treaty of Tordesillas

The Spanish empire was larger than the Portuguese empire

According to the map entitled the "Slave Trade" where were most slave forts located

The west coast of Africa

According to the map titled "Slave Trade" the British imported approximately how many slaves to their colonies

2.1 million

The population of Native Americans in Spanish colonies dropped by more than

90 percent

Sailors could calculate their location based on the position of the sun and stars in relation to the horizon with the

Astrolabe

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

Brazil

Planters in the Americas began to use African slaves for labor because

Disease had killed millions of native Americans

The Spanish used captive Africans as

Domestic servants

Which of the following best describes the food exchange between Europe and the Americas?

Europeans brought wheat, sugar, and sheep to the Americas and took corn potatoes and turkeys to Europe

The ultimate goal of the early Portuguese explorers was to

Explore the coast of Africa

The ultimate goal of early English, Dutch, and French explorers was to

Find a passage to Asia

The economy of New France was based on

Fish and fur trading

Which of the following was a conquistador

Francisco Pizarro

In the passage by Olaudah Equiano, he describes

Plantation life

What was an effect of the Columbian Exchange

The exchange of foods and animals had a dramatic impact on later societies

French settlers in Canada were mainly

Traders