Studies Weekly Week 6 Quiz

Exploration of the Americas created a new market for selling enslaved Africans.

• True

• False

What was exchanged in the Columbian Exchange?

• flowers and goods

• goods, plants, and sand

• goods, people, animals, and diseases

• plants, animals, and flowers

What is a privateer?

• a pirate who legally captures and sells goods

• a pirate who robs from the rich and gives to the poor

• a merchant who attacks and robs ships

• a sailor who robs the poor and gives to the rich

What product would Europeans pay a high price for?

• oranges

• sugar

• tea

• apples

The Columbian Exchange included what continents?

• the Americas, Russia, and Australia

• Europe, Asia, and Africa

• Europe, Africa, and the Americas

• the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia

What place did sugarcane grow well in?

• England

• France

• the Caribbean

• Spain

People of the Americas met their wants and needs by using natural resources to create manufactured goods.

**Hint: people of the Americas = Native Americans

• True

• False

Europeans and the people of the Americas had in common that they both had vibrant societies, art, history, and protection for their communities.

• True

• False

What was the result of the high demand on sugar?

• the price of sugar went down

• the price of sugar went up

Who did plantation owners use to harvest sugarcane?

(a)