SS6H1 Conflict & Change in Europe

Which of these was the MOST important result of the deaths of much of the Indian population in South America?

• The importation of slaves from Africa

• The removal of the Jesuits from South America

• The call for an end to colonization of the Americas

• The search to enslave more Indians from North America

What are these describing?

• Mercantilist theory

• the Columbian Exchange

• the Middle Passage

• Triangular Trade

What European language is home to the dark green shaded area?

• Portuguese

• Spanish

• French

• English

Looking at this chart, which area would have been MOST LIKELY to be affected by the slave trade?

• United States

• Mexico

• Guiana

• Brazil

Within a century of the conquest in Latin America by Spain and Portugal, the native population had declined considerably from battle and disease. To offset this loss of labor, Spain and Portugal

• imported slaves from Africa

• improved living conditions for the native populations

• improved agriculture through new methods of farming

• encouraged European immigration

Unlike Great Britain, a significant motivation for Spain to explore and colonize the so called "New World" was

• to find new areas of raw resources

• to find new trade routes to East Asia

• to spread the power of the Catholic Church

• to destroy civilizations that posed a threat to Europe

During the Era of Exploration in the 1500s, Europeans in the areas shaded in green would have been MOST likely to be spreading

• Protestantism

• Lutheranism

• Judaism

• Catholicism

Which is the BEST example of cultural diffusion?

• the spread of Christianity into the New World because of European exploration and missionary work.

• the rebirth in art, science, and education that occurred in Europe during the Renaissance.

• the conflict between Christians and Muslims that resulted due to the Crusades.

• the spread of the Bubonic Plague throughout Europe during the 1300s.

The majority of slaves brought to the Americas

• were captured from the Cape of South Africa by Dutch traders

• were obtained through slave trade with Muslim merchants

• were mainly women captured through tribal wars

• were captured from West African coastal tribes.

What conclusion can you draw from the fact that Spanish and Portuguese are the most commonly spoken languages in Latin America?

• Many Latin Americans travel to Spain and Portugal and learn the language while visiting.

• Spain and Portugal colonized Latin American nations during the 15th and 16th centuries.

• Latin Americans were born in Spain and Portugal and then moved.

• Latin Americans have chosen to speak Romance languages.