7th Grade Social Studies: Colonization Test Review

What is the voyage of slave ships from Africa to the Americas called?

• Columbian Exchange
• Triangular Trade
• Middle Passage
• Astrolabe

Colonies were allowed to sell raw materials to countries other than their mother country.

• TRUE
• FALSE

What was the global exchange of people, plants, animals, and ideas in the 1400s called?

• Encomienda
• Middle Passage
• Columbian Exchange
• Atlantic Slave Trade

Who discovered the New World for Spain by sailing west across the Atlantic?

• Columbus 
• Magellan
• Da Gama
• Zheng He

The most dramatic effect of European settlers on Native Americans was...

• war. 
• disease. 
• growth of the fur trade.
• trading with the mother country.

True or False: Slave labor declined in the Americas as a result of the Age of Exploration.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Which of the following was NOT true about the Middle Passage?

• About 20% died on the journey 
• Slave revolts were usually successful
• Journey took 2-3 months
• Sick or diseased slaves were often thrown overboard

Which nation had the largest impact on colonization of South America?

• Netherlands
• Spain
• France
• England

The Triangular Trade connected Europe, Africa, and what other area?

• Asia
• East Indies
• Americas
• South America

What was the system that allowed Spanish colonists to demand taxes & slave labor from natives?

• encomienda
• imperialism
• mercantilism
• Middle Passage