Global Interactions and Contact

What does the chart illustrate about American Indian populations?

• The steep decline of the native population due to exodus of Hispaniola following Columbus’s arrival.

• The complete disappearance of the Taino from Brazil due to the Columbian Exchange.

• An example of the impact that European exploration had on American Indians populations

• An example of the severe decline of the Taino religious population after the mission system ended.

What were some effects of the Columbian Exchange?

• Africa grew wealthy from the slave trade, the Americas gained gold from Europe, and the merchant class of Europe was born.

• Africa’s population declined, the Americas flourished with plants from Europe, and wealth flowed in the European economy.

• African society was torn apart by the slave trade, the Americas exported finished goods to Europe, and European countries invested in the American stock market.

• West Africa began agricultural farming, the Americas were introduced to horses, and Europe started funding state banks.

What happened to American Indians after 1492?

• They began growing tea and coffee

• Most perished from disease

• Their populations decreased by nearly 20%

• They began selling horses.

What items originated in the Americas and became European staples as a result of the Columbian Exchange?

• corn, chocolate, rice and sugar

• rice, cattle, tomatoes, gold

• wheat, chocolate, pineapples, potatoes

• corn, potatoes, chocolate, tomatoes

What caused Europe's population to increase, to provoke its interest in trade, and provided its population with large amounts of gold and silver?

• the Commercial Revolution

• the Columbian Exchange

• the Triangular Trade

• the mercantilism economy.

Which answer best describes the effects of the slave trade on the African people.

• The population declined as a result of forceful removal from the continent and being killed in war.

• The slave trade lead to raids by Europeans to capture African people and transport them to the New World

• They shifted commercially away from agriculture to the trade of manufactured goods.

• Their population declined because few Africans in child-bearing years remained on the the continent.

Which leader was defeated by Francisco Pizaro?

• Bartolomé

• Montezuma

• Cortés

• Atahualpa

Which best describes the Incas?

• a large and rich empire in South America

• a small and poor indigenous tribe in Central America

• a large and rich empire in Mexico

• a small and poor indigenous tribe in South America

The the Aztecs held the most powerful empire in Central America, which Spanish advantage contributed to the Aztecs' defeat?

• a powerful army

• more land

• strong leaders

• advanced weapons

One of the long-reaching effects of the Spanish conquest was the spread of what religion across the Americas?

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Catholicism

• Protestantism