Age of Exploration and Atlantic Slave Trade

I took control of the Inca empire and claimed it for Spain.

• Cortes
• de Leon
• de Soto
• Pizarro

I am a conquistador that conquered the Aztec empire and built Mexico City.

• Pizarro
• de Soto
• Cortes
• Coronado

What does the term "mesoamerican" mean?

• Middle Passage
• Middle America, between North and South America
• Middle America, including states like Texas and Oklahoma
• Messy America

Grand emperor retreat complex built by the Inca

• Machu Picchu
• Chichen Itza
• Pueblo Bonita
• Cahokia

Because of the lack of available farmland, the Aztecs built

• causeways.
• chinampas.
• irrigation canals.
• terraces.

How were the Spanish conquistadors able to conquer the New World?

• They prayed for the Native Americans.
• They became friends and traded goods with the Native Americans.
• They used advanced weapons to take control of the Native Americans.
• They paid them gold to work building colonies for them.

The Middle Passage was_______________?

• The exchange of goods, ideas, and diseases from the New World to Europe.
• The transport of Africans to the Americas by boat across the Atlantic ocean.
• Trading goods among three people.
• The transfer of cash crops to the Americas.

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the slave trade on African society?

• Increased tribal warfare.
• Population decline, leading to a loss of workers.
• Families and communities were torn apart.
• Brought wealth to ALL African people.

How did the discovery and colonization of the New World lead to international trade?

• It strengthened the Feudal system in Europe.

• Colonies provided raw materials like cotton, tobacco, etc. and bought manufactured goods from Europe.

• Colonies discouraged international trade and refused to trade with one another.

• It strengthened relations with Native Americans.

What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

• Jamestown
• Charleston
• St. Augustine
• Plymouth Rock