European Exploration & America and Africa 1450-1750

When Europeans (missionaries) brought Christianity to the American colonies...

• Almost all natives refused to convert

• Most natives converted but syncretized it with old traditions

• Colonial leaders pushed back against the Church's power

• European Christians lost their faith after slaves converted

Which of the following global processes most directly caused the decline of Native American populations between 1492 and 1700?

• Global flow of silver

• Columbian Exchange

• Atlantic Slave Trade

• Rivalry among empires

This castas painting from Mexico is best evidence for which fact about colonial Latin America?

• Mixed race identities were developed to organize a diverse population.

• Women generally had higher status than men.

• African and Amerindian traditions were blended with Roman Catholic Christianity.

• Spanish colonists made extensive use of coerced labor.

Ferdinand Magellan's voyage to circumnavigate the Earth in the early 1500's would not have been possible without the use of a compass, which originated in

• Arabia

• China

• Europe

• Japan

What was the main reason Europeans began exploring in the 1400s?

• To find a trade route to Asia

• To find the Americas

• To fight the Chinese

• To discover new lands

What is the most likely cause for the majority of population losses among indigenous Americans after European contact?

• Climate

• Disease

• Enslavement

• Warfare

What do the encomienda and mit'a systems used in Spanish colonies and the labor system used on Brazilian sugarcane plantations have in common?

• Both were coerced labor systems designed to enrich European colonizers

• Both made use of enslaved Africans as agricultural workers

• Both were successful in teaching indigenous peoples European farming techniques

• Both were labor systems that provided economic opportunities for immigrants

Which generalization best describes the cult of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Vodun, and Santeria

• A mixture of Catholic and Protestant religious elements

• A mixture of indigenous and Christian religious elements

• A mixture of African and European religious elements

• A mixture of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim religious elements

The Middle Passage involved which of the following new connections in the era from 1450 to 1750?

• It was the route of enslaved Africans from the interior of Africa to the African coast

• It was the voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas

• It was the triangular voyage of slave merchants between Europe, Africa, and the Americas

• It was the route of enslaved Africans leaving slave ships in the Americas and going to plantations

What was a major effect in Africa of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade?

• Most slave-raiding African groups became poorer because of the competition with other groups

• Warfare among African groups decreased in frequency and severity

• The influx of money caused economic growth

• The ratio of males to females became unbalanced