Unit 1 Review: European Colonization of the Americas

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What term refers to a crop produced for its commercial value (that is, to sell) rather than for use by the grower?

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Cash Crop

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Which two of the European powers listed below practiced mostly Catholic Christianity? Spanish, French, Dutch, English

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French

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Which of the following is a list of items brought TO EUROPE FROM AMERICA in the Columbian Exchange? corn (maize), potatoes, tomatoes, and peppers, horses, cows, pigs, and chickens, wheat, rice, sugarcane, and onions, smallpox, influenza, measles, and whooping cough

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corn (maize), potatoes, tomatoes, and peppers

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The forced enslavement and transportation of 10-12 million Africans to the Americas between the 1500s and the 1800s is known as the ___?

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Transatlantic Slave Trade

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Which of the following was NOT a way that European colonization impacted the lives of Native Americans? Introduced horses, cattle, iron tools, and weapons, Extreme population decline because of diseases, Enriched because of new sources of gold, furs, and cash crops, Pushed off traditional homelands

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Enriched because of new sources of gold, furs, and cash crops