Chapter 12 WH

What was one important effect of the Columbian exchange?

• rapid decline in European population

• economic instability in China and Japan

• spread of Hinduism into India

• introduction of new foods to both Europe and the Americas

One reason Spanish conquistadors were able to conquer the Aztecs was that

• Aztec religious beliefs promoted nonviolence.

• Spain joined the Incas in their fight against the Aztecs.

• The Spanish cavalry outnumbered the Aztec warriors.

• Spanish soldiers possessed superior military technology.

What was the direct result of the Atlantic slave trade on West Africa?

• Animism was no longer practices in Africa.

• Many West African communities faced population losses.

• European industrial factories were established throughout Africa.

• Africans across the continent hired Europeans to train their military.

The Aztec calendar and the Maya use of zero both illustrate that pre-Columbian cultures in the Americas

• traded extensively with Africa

• made advances in mathematics and science

• declined because of invasion and disease

• converted to Islam

A significant effect of the Columbian Exchange was that

• European power slowly declined.

• American diseases spread to Europe.

• world population declined.

• American foods were introduced to European diets.

Sugar and tobacco are important examples of

• African Crops

• Cash Crops

• Cooler Climate Crops

• Asian Crops

Between 1450 and 1750, European interest in American colonies was primarily motivated by

• the need to escape the harsh European climate.

• its ability to spread democratic beliefs to a new area.

• the chance to make a large profit from cash crops.

• the ease of travel to the Americas.

Dominant power in Latin America during the late 1700s and early 1800s lay in the hands of the

• Peninsulares

• Mestizos

• Creoles

• Middle Class