Unit 1.2 Review Quiz

Which of the following was not a major motivation for European exploration of the Americas?

• A desire to spreading Christianity to native peoples through conversion

• Expanding markets for trade and natural resources

• A need for new communities outside of the King’s authority

• Gaining personal glory

The term empire is best defined as…

• a political unit that has a common religious faith.

• a government ruled by the consent of the people.

• an large territory under the rule of a single authority.

• a country that is conquered as a result of pressure from foreign powers.

Which of the following is a reason why Spain sponsored Columbus’s first voyage to the west?

• To obtain military technology

• To find a more direct trade route to Asia

• To make contact with the Empire of Benin

• To trade in established ports in the Americas

According to the cartoon above, what is the role of colonies in the mercantilist system?

• civilize the mother country

• create profit for the empire

• to produce and sell manufactured goods

• trade openly with various countries

What was an IMMEDIATE CAUSE for the collapse of the Inca civilization?

• disruption of overseas trade networks

• conquest by outside invaders

• a series of crop failures

• a lack of military training

Which best accounts for the change in the Native American population shown in the graph above?

• Widespread warfare among the Aztecs and neighboring tribes.

• Famine due to poor agricultural practices such as slash-and-burn agriculture.

• Introduction of new diseases from contact with Europeans.

• The introduction of slavery into Mexico.

The arrows on this map, “The African Diaspora,” represent the…

• development of trade routes in North Africa.

• expansion of African kingdoms involved in the slave trade.

• forced movement of African peoples from their homeland.

• dependence by Africans on imports for economic development.

Which of the following terms best describes Africans and their descendants who formed settlements in the Americans outside of the system of chattel slavery?

• Conquistadors 

• Maroons

• Zamindars

• Creoles

The source on the left is from a work called a casta painting.  The term “casta” means “caste” or “class”.  What does the use of this term to describe the painting imply?

• It is meant to show how children of mixed race needed adoption.

• It was used to warn against the mixing of ethnic groups in colonial Latin America.

• It is a painting in a series of works that shows different levels of social hierarchy.

• It was used as a screen to divide rooms from one another.

Which conclusion about Spanish colonialism in the Americas can be drawn from the diagram on the right?

• Africans and Native Americans were politically powerful

• The peninsulares made up the majority of the population

• Social privilege was related to a geography and ethnicity

• Mestizos and mulattoes controlled the most land in the colonies