DSPA #1 Practice

Which of the following best describes the Columbian Exchange?

• Plants and animals were transferred among Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

• Columbus discovered new animals in the Americas.

• New foods brought to Europe caused diseases.

• Explorers shipped Native Americans to Europe.

How did enslaved Africans try to cope with life in the Americas?

• adopted the culture of the Native Americans.

• sought refuge in their families, religion, art, and dance.

• tried to start their own farming communities.

• let their owners control their families and religion.

What was the conquistadors' biggest advantage in defeating the Aztecs and the Inca?

• Strong leadership

• Steel armor and weapons

• Larger armies

• Immunity to smallpox

Why did colonists in need of cheap labor turn to slaves from West Africa?

• West African slaves had already built up immunity to European diseases.

• Plantation owners and farmers needed slaves familiar with agriculture.

• The pope had promoted the use of West African slaves in Catholic lands.

• The Portuguese government had legalized the sale of slaves in its colonies.

The (a)   aided Europeans in their travels by having triangular sails being able to travel more quickly across the ocean.

Which of the following was not a reason that Europeans travelled to the New World?

• improved technology

• to gain religious freedom and spread religious beliefs

• to take land from other people

• to find economic opportunities

__________ is an economic system in which the means of production (land, labor, capital) are owned by individuals.

• Capitalism
• Communism

• Socialism

• Monopoly

(a)   is a political system in which decisions are made by the people.

_________ was the first permanent English settlement in North America.

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

• New York

• Plymouth

Most of the southern colonies passed ______________, or laws to control slaves.

• Rules

• Laws

• Slave Codes

• Taxes