Q3 W History 4.5 Weeks Exam

What was one effect of the Columbian Exchange on the Americas during the colonial era?

• A improvement in industrial practices

• B introduction of the African slave trade

• C creation of a confederacy of native americans

Use the information in the chart to answer the question. ? • Conquistador granted control over a specific number of Native Americans to serve as a labor force

• Conquistador charged with protecting the Native Americans from warring tribes and instructing the Native Americans in the Christian faith

• Conquistador extracts tribute from Native Americans in the form of labor, gold, or other resources

• Native Americans often suffer hard labor, harsh punishments, and death

Which of these would be the best title of this chart?

• F Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

• G Indentured Servitude

• H Encomienda System

• J Salutary Neglect

Which event was undertaken to address the goals on this list? Reasons for European Expansion

• To seek trade routes • To spread religious faith • To increase political and economic influence

• the voyage of Christopher Columbus

• B the launching of the First Crusade

• C the travels of Marco Polo

• D the Spanish reconquest of Granada

The map shows how some nations competed for resources through which process?

• F establishing colonies

• G seizing technology

• H reducing taxes

Use the list below to answer the question. 1. Much of Central America was controlled by the Aztec Empire.

2. ?

3. Population declined in the Aztec Empire due to disease.

Which statement best completes this list?

• Competing tribes invaded for natural resources.

• European countries began to colonize the Americas.

• Cash crops were destroyed due to natural disasters.

Which statement explains an effect of European colonization on the Inca Empire?

• Inca leaders were forced to submit to Spanish authority.

• Inca people were expelled from Spanish territory.

• Inca people demanded more democratic government.

• Inca leaders retained hereditary control over farmlands.

Use the excerpt to answer the question.

3Cortés, by his interpreter Marina, tendered his respects; Montezuma welcomed him to the city. Cortés then placed around the neck of the king a chain of colored crystal, and was about to embrace him, but this Montezuma’s aides prevented as shocking to their ideas of the sacredness of the emperor’s person.

—from The Aztecs, Abraham Van Doren Honeyman, 1905

The excerpt describes a meeting between

• A representatives of distinct cultures.

• B traditional trading partners.

• C members of a royal family.

• D language scholars.

Which phrase best identifies one similarity between this civilization and that of the Aztecs?

Olmec Civilization • existed between about 1200 BC and 400 BC

• created complex water and drainage systems

• F developed a republican government

• G established a social caste system

• H developed well-organized cities

• J established a monotheistic religion

How were the Maya and Inca economies similar to earlier Latin American civilizations?

• They relied on the trade of precious metals.

• They were influenced by foreign markets.

• They focused on manufactured goods

• They were based on agricultural trade

Maya achievements in mathematics were closely related to what other area?

• music

• astronomy