Studies Weekly Week 8

What were the three L's of power in the 1500s?

• land, labor, and loot

• loot, land, and lawyers

• land, labor, and land

• labor, loot, and leniency

What were some things settlers hoped to find in the new world?

• Gold, silver, and jewels

• fertile land, gold, and friendly natives

• raw materials only

• just plenty of food

What do we call the transfer of goods, foods and ideas between the Old World and the New World during the 1500s?

• The European Exchange

• The British Exchange

• The Columbian Exchange

• The Spanish Exchange

What were two diseases that Europeans brought to the New World that killed American Indians?

• smallpox and dysentery

• chicken pox

• measles and mumps

• smallpox and chicken pox

List five foods that went from the New World to the Old World.

• tomatoes, potatoes, corn

• tomatoes, corn, cotton candy, peanuts

• potatoes, tobacco, corn, beans, squash

• tomatoes, potatoes, corn, pineapples, peanuts

List animals that went from the Old World to the New World.

• cattle

• horses

• pigs

• sheep

• all of these

Why did early attempts to colonize the Americas fail?

• poor preparation

• lack of food

• all of these

• inability to cooperate with native americans

How did the Aztec use chocolate?

• to make a bitter, watery drink

• to make hot chocolate

• to be fancy

• to make a better way to eat food

What was the fastest way to connect people on different continents in the 1500s?

• caravels--ships with multiple masts and divided sails

• caravels--ships with one mast and one sail

• caravels--cars with one engine that went slower

• caravels--buggies that were pulled by two horses

What was significant about the Dutch East India Company?

• it was the first international corporation with trade routes

• it was the first continent with trade routes

• it was the first company with trade routes to Russia

• it was the first corporation to conquer the indians