Chapter 2 Test Review

What happened to the Aztec and Inca Empires?

• They were violently conquered by conquistadors.

• They started global trade routes by discovering Europe.

• They were wiped out by malaria carried by mosquitos.

Francisco Vazquez de Coronado led an expedition through the American Southwest and found the Golden City from Native American legends.

• True

• False

How did the "invincible" Spanish Armada lose to the much smaller English Navy?

• Queen Elizabeth created an unstoppable game plan.

• A sea monster unexpectedly joined the English fleet.

• Spanish ships were large and slow and their artillery was difficult to fire and reload, as compared to English ships.

What impact did the transatlantic slave trade have on the countries of Africa?

• African countries began to compete in global trade with European countries.

• Cultures and economies suffered due to the capture and sale of their youngest and most productive members of society.

• African countries began to adopt new material goods such as sugar and corn.

What two factors led to the minimal growth of the colony of New France?

• The difficulty of the French language/ fear of eating escargot

• Protestants were not allowed to settle there/ French peasants did not believe their lives would be any different after moving.

• Fear of conflicts with Native Americans/ protests against the sale of fur pelts.

Which of following describes Spanish haciendas?

• Large plantations in the Caribbean with Native American laborers working in exchange for protection.

• Spanish cultural centers focused on converting Native Americans to Christianity.

• Spanish explorers/ soldiers sent to the Americas to conquer as much land as they could.

Chattel Slavery was a new type of slavery in the Americas in which... (Select all that apply)

• People had no human rights

• Enslavement was only for a few years

• Children of enslaved people were also enslaved

• People were treated like objects rather than people.

The Northwest Passage: Was a water route to Asia across the Americas that was never found.

The Middle Passage: The most infamous leg of the triangular trade taking enslaved Africans to the Americas.

• True

• False

• Switch the definitions

The Columbian Exchange refers to...

• The exchange of enslaved Africans in Columbian territory

• The exchange of diseases in South America and Europe.

• The biological mixing between the New World of the Americas, the the Old Worlds of Europe, Africa, and Asia after Columbus' arrival.

The Line of Demarcation was...

• The dividing line between French and Dutch colonies in New York.

• An imaginary line drawn by the Pope through the Atlantic and Brazil that separated where Portuguese and Spanish explorers could colonize.

• The longitude line where the Spanish Armada was defeated.