Unit 1 (Chapters 2-3) Test Review

What motivated exploration?

• religion, farming, land

• god, gold, glory

• land, oil, food

• farming, fishing, fighting

For which country did King Philip II lead the Catholic Reformation?

• Germany

• England

• France

• Spain

Which of the following best describes the Columbian Exchange?

• Columbus discovered new animals in the Americas.

• Plants and animals were transferred among Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

• New foods brought to Europe caused diseases.

• Explorers shipped Native Americans to Euroope.

For which country did Jacques Cartier claim land during his two trips to Canada in 1534 and 1535?

• France

• England

Why did colonists in need of cheap labor turn to slaves from West Africa?

• Plantation owners and farmers needed slaves familiar with agriculture.

• The Portuguese government had legalized the sale of slaves in its colonies.

• West African slaves had already built up immunity to European diseases.

• The pope had promoted the use of West African slaves in Catholic lands.

Whose crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe?

• Vasco da Gama's

• Ferdinand Magellan's

• Amerigo Vespucci's

• Christopher Columbus'

_____________ was the first European to discover a sea route to Asia.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

Many ____________ died as a result of exposure to new diseases brought by European explorers.

• Indentured Servants

• Native Americans

• Enslaved Africans

Why did the population of Jamestown plummet between 1609 and the spring of 1610?

• A combination of famine, disease, and a harsh winter killed many in the colony.

• The Algonquian Indians attacked and burned down much of the colony.

• The London Company closed the settlement because it wasn't making a profit.

• Infertile soil caused many settlers to seek better farmland in the middle colonies.

What effect did the Mayflower Compact have on the development of constitutional democracy in America?

• It called for a separation of church from government.

• It stated that government must protect the religious rights of a small minority.

• It allowed men who were not church members to vote.

• It rested the authority of governments on covenants, or sacred agreements.