Exploring the Americas

The global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas was known as the.

• Middle Passage
• Columbian Exchange
• Northwest Passage
• Industrial Revolution

Early Europea explorers who came to the New World were looking for a northwest passage in order to.

• prove the world was round
• improve trade with Native American Indians
• explore the Great Lakes
• find a shorter route to Asia

Which of the following terms means to sail completely around the world? (L2)

• commerce 
• excommunicate
• circumference 
• circumnavigate

What is an astrolabe? 

• A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location. 
• A small, fast ship. 
• A tool that shows which direction is North. 
• None of the above. 

An imaginary boundary between the land owned by either Spain or Portugal.

• Line of Demarcation
• Strait
• Astrolabe
• Coureur de bois

What is the name of religious communities in Spanish settlements?

• Mestizos

• Missions

• Peninsulars

• Plantations

Technology is:

• Use of electronics to help you

• Use scientific knowledge for practical purposes

• Something left behind by early people

• Use of classical knowledge

Spanish towns in the Americas:

• Missions

• Conquistadors

• Peninsulares

• Pueblos

A journey to a holy place:

• Adventure

• Encomienda

• Pilgrimage

• Voyage

What did success in mercantilism depend on?

• Controlling the slave trade
• Having a perfect balance of trade
• Gaining as much gold and silver as possible
•  Salutary Neglect