Unit 4: LP3 Study Guide SS6H1 a&b

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

• 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.

• The importation of slaves from Africa

· 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......

• the Columbian Exchange.

• the Middle Passage.

• Triangular Trade.

• Mercantilist theory.

The area in green (Brazil) is home to what European language?

• Portuguese

• Spanish

• French

• English

Destination of African Slaves (1520-1860): Number of Slaves (in millions)

Portuguese America: 4

British America: 2.5

Spanish America: 2.5

French America: 1.6

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

• Guiana

• Brazil

• United States

• Mexico

Within a century of the conquests 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.

• encouraged European immigration.

• improved agriculture through new methods of farming.

• improved living conditions for the native populations.

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

• to destroy civilizations that posed a threat to Europe

• to find new trade routes to East Asia.

• to spread the power of the Catholic Church.

• to find new areas of raw resources

During the Era of Exploration in the 1500s, Europeans in Latin America would have been MOST likely to be spreading

• Judaism.

• Catholicism

• Lutheranism.

• Protestantism

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 obtained through slave trade with Muslim merchants

• were captured from West African coastal tribes

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

• were mainly women captured through tribal wars.

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

• Latin Americans have chosen to speak Romance languages

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

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

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