Development of the Americas

What was the New World?

• New European colonies
• Newly discovered Americas during the European Age of Exploration.
• Newly discovered planet
• African countries that had never been discovered before.

Europeans & indigenous populations traded resources & animals through the ___________ __________.

• Panama Canal
• Old World 
• Columbian Exchange
• Slave trade

During the Columbian exchange, what lead to the decline of the native populations?

• exposure to small pox
• Most drowned when returning to Europe.
• They were killed wildfires.
• The Europeans placed the natives in concentration camps where they eventually died.

_______ and __________ landowners needed a labor force to help harvest sugarcane and coffee.

• American and British
• Scottish and French
• Mexican and Cuban
• Spanish and Portuguese

When native populations began declining, where did the Spanish & Portuguese get their slave labor?

• North America
• Australia
• West Africa
• Asia

When did the Transatlantic Slave trade take place?

• The early 900s.
• Between the 10th and 12th centuries.
• Early twentieth century.
• Between the 15th and 19th centuries.

Another word for native is __________.

• indian
• new
• indigenous
• exploration

Because of deplorable ___________ conditions, many African slaves died in route to the Americas.

• sanitation
• weather
• intermarriage
• working

A ________ is a Spanish agricultural plantation throughout Latin America during the colonial period.

• indigenous
• intermarriage
• prison camp
• hacienda

Why does Latin America have such a diverse culture?

• Many indigenous people travel the world.
• Intermarriage among Spanish & Portuguese ancestry with indigenous people and black Africans.
• Spain established a diverse government.
• South America was founded by Russian and Chinese explorers.