Unit1 - Columbian Exchange Practice test 2

The Columbian Exchange. was a movement of _______, between the Eastern and Western hemispheres. 

• people/cultures 
• disease
• animals/plants
• all of the above

As native populations decreased in the Americas from sickness and overwork, Europeans looked for new sources of labor by enslaving the ____________.

• Africans
• Spanish
• Portuguese

How did sugar-cane contribute to the formation of the Atlantic slave trade?

• Slave trading ships were made out of sugarcane stalks
• Only african slaves knew how to grow sugarcane
• African slaves were needed to work on sugarcane plantations
• Sugarcane was the main currency used in the Atlantic slave trade

The Columbian Exchange was started due to the discovery of America by ______________?

• Henry Hudson

• Leif Erikson

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

When the priests came from Europe to the New World they changed the Native Americans ____________________ by introducing their Old World religion.

• voyages
• clothing
• culture
• immunity

What two hemispheres of the world were involved in the Columbian Exchange?

• Northern and Western
• Eastern and Northern
• Southern and Northern
• Eastern and Western

By mixing the products of the two hemispheres the Columbian Exchange brought _____________.

• new land to the Native Americans
• nothing new
• the world closer together
• the world farther apart

What group of people suffered the most during the Columbian Exchange?

• Animals
• Explorers
• Native Americans
• Europeans

How were the Spanish conquistadors able to conquer the New World?

• They prayed for the Native Americans.
• They became friends and traded goods with the Native Americans.
• They used advanced weapons to take control of the Native Americans.
• They paid them gold to work building colonies for them.

What is mercantilism?

• A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.

• where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.

• Wars that start over money.

• Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.