Scientific Revolution, Colonialism & Exploration

The Age of Exploration was NOT a direct result of which of the following?

• Muslims controlled the Silk Road

• Desire for more products from Asia

• To use the encomienda system

• To avoid higher prices

Which of the following was NOT one of the "3 G's" of exploration?

• God
• Galleon
• Gold
• Glory

Which BEST describes the Columbian Exchange?

• official letter allowing explorers to make slaves of native peoples
• exchange of goods between the Americas & Europe
• the spread of Native American diseases such as smallpox, measles, & influenza
• attempt to convert the native peoples to Christianity

Which of the following is the BEST reason why European explorers conquered regions of the Americas? 

• They were searching for more wealth.
• They were at war with South American cultures.
• They wanted to use South Americans as slave labor
• They wished to stop the spread of Islam

How could a colony increase the wealth of the ruling country?

• By preventing new trade routes
• By bringing more people into the country
• By providing new markets that could trade only with the ruling country
• By encouraging more exploration

Under mercantilism, what did a colony supply to the ruling country?

• New European citizens
• Finished products
• Religious converts
• Raw materials/goods

Why did European colonists force Native Americans to work for them?

• They hoped to learn from the Native Americans
• They didn't know how to farm
  
• They needed people to provide labor
• They wanted to anger the Native Americans

What is a conquistador?

• A new MLB team
• A Spanish conqueror in the New World
• someone who converts others to a religion, such as Christianity
• A righteous dude

What was the Treaty of Tordesillas?

• An agreement to produce more American food.
• An agreement signed by Uncle Rico and Napoleon Dynamite
• An agreement that divided up newly discovered lands in the Americas between Spain & Portugal

• A device used to determine your time

What was mercantilism?

• A home country uses colonies to obtain raw materials
• A device used to determine your time
• Mr. Hoard's class exchange system
• I got nothin'