Social 8 - Chapter 6 - "O Brave New World"

The process of taking over an area, including its people and resources, is known as

• imperialism

• mercantilism

• Euro-centrism

• expansionism

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In 1494, the Treaty of Tordesillas resulted in an imaginary line drawn in the Atlantic and the Pope granted the land west to __________________ and the land east to ____________________.

• Spain, England

• Spain; Portugal

• France, Spain

• Portugal, France

Other European countries, such as England and France, peacefully accepted the results of the Treaty of Tordesillas.

• True

• False

Territories in Central and South American taken over by Spain resulted in

• Indigenous people being enslaved by Spanish landowners

• millions of deaths among Indigenous peoples

• humongous increase in wealth and power for Spain

• all other answers

Eurocentrism is the belief that

• Europe is the middle of the Earth

• Europeans were physically lesser than other cultures

• all peoples are equal

• Europeans are superior to all others

The conquest of Aztec and Incan empires allowed which European country to be the richest for some time?

• Spain

• Portugal

• Britain

• France

What were some terrible costs of imperialism? Check all that apply

• By 1600, 90% of the original population of the Americas had died

• Many indigenous populations completely died out

• Deadly diseases spread quickly throughout Indigenous populations

• Written records, cities, and monuments were destroyed

Europeans brought diseases such as measles, smallpox, and cholera to the Americas but the indigenous peoples were not immune to these. What does this mean?

• Their bodies were asymptomatic

• Their bodies could not resist and fight off the disease

• They did not have proper medicine.

• They could not get sick from these new disease

In 2-3 sentences, explain why imperialism was used by European countries during the Renaissance. Give at least 3 reasons why.