Quiz 2 Unit 5 & 6

What was the one important effect of the Columbia Exchange

• rapid decline in Europe 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 Conquistador were able to conquer the Aztecs was that

• Aztec religion supported non violence

• Spanish Calvary

• Incas did not allow it

• Spanish Soldiers possessed superior technology and used other tribes to fight the Aztecs

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

• Large scale population losses because of kidnapping

• better military

• new factories were built across Africa

• large scale warfare

The journey of Vasco de Gama, Ferdinand Megellan and Christopher Columbus became possible in the late 1400s because of the -

• support of exploration by the English government

• brand new developments in technology that helped navigate ships with a compass, maps etc.

• effects of the Atlantic Slave Trade

• Effects of the Crusades

A study of the Aztec, Maya, and Inca agricultural systems would show that these civilizations -

• relied on mechanized agricultural techniques

• carried on extensive trade in crops with each other

• relied on a single crop economy

• adapted to their environment with creative farming techniques.

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

• converted to ISLAM

• made advances in math and science

• traded with Africa

• declined because of disease

The Aztec structures are similar to Egyptian architecture

• like the pyramids

• like the Hagia Sophia

• A mosque

• Roman Capital

The Middle Passage is

• The Silk Road

• the part of the trade where Africans, densely packed onto ships, were transported across the Atlantic to the West Indies.

• The Cuban connection

• Internet Trade Routes

Millions were taken in ships, chained together and sold to European slave traders on West Africa Coast then shipped across the Atlantic.

• Movement Passage

• New burg Trials

• Atlantic Ocean only

• Middle Passage

The Americas were discovered by _____1492.

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco De Gama

• Magellan

• Cortes