Mesoamerican Empires & Age of Exploration

Triangular Trade in the 17th and 18th Centuries succeeded in

• preventing the transatlantic slave trade.

• propagating new plant species in America and Europe.

• introducing new cultures into the Americas.

• spreading the Industrial Revolution throughout the world.

Identify the Conquistador correctly matched with the culture he conquered.

• Desoto: Aztecs

• Montezuma: Anasazi

• Magellan: Mayas

• Pizarro: Incas

The men largely responsible for Spain's conquest of the New World were known as

• condottiere.

• coureurs de bois.

• encomendieros.

• los conquistadors.

The "Middle Passage" referred to

• the creation of the Panama Canal in Central America.

• Lewis and Clark's expedition into the Louisiana Territory.

• the transportation of slaves from Africa to the New World.

• the best route over the Rocky Mountains to get to California.

· sea voyage of a month or more

· between Africa and the Americas

· approximately 12 million people made the journey

· a death rate of approximately 25% during the journey

These are all describing

• Mercantilist theory.

• Triangular Trade.

• the Middle Passage.

• the Columbian Exchange.

The astrolabe, an example of improved technology of the 15th and 16th centuries, had the GREATEST impact on

• literacy rates.

• building methods.

• navigation skills.

• artistic techniques.

Although the diseases transferred by Columbian Exchange resulted in

• a contraction of native populations in Asia, the primary effect was a population boom.

• an increased population growth in Africa, the long-term effect on global population was stable.

• the depopulation of the Americas, the overall effect was a decreased population growth worldwide.

• the depopulation of the Americas, the overall effect was an increased population growth worldwide.

The GREATEST impact of the Columbian Exchange was

• the annual storage of crops for native peoples.

• the transport of slaves from the Americas to Africa.

• the spread of new diseases, which led to vaccinations.

• the transfer of plants, people, and ideas between the Americas, Europe, and Africa.

The centers of the Mayan and Aztec civilizations were found closest to what number?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which pre-Columbian civilization was the earliest to exist?

• Aztec

• Inca

• Maya

• Toltec