WH-Unit 6 Expanding World

The trade of goods and ideas between Europe and the Americas in 1400s and 1500s was known as

• Mercantilism

• Capitalism

• Columbian Exchange

• The Slave Trade

Which of the following is the definition of mercantilism?

• To bring into a country

• To ship out of a country

• A person who spreads the message of Christianity

• An economic policy meant to profit the mother country

America was first known as the ______________ to Europeans. 

• United States
• New World
• Atlanta
• Canada

What was the name of the trade route that Columbus established from America to Europe?

• the Silk Road
• the St. Lawrence Shuttle
• the Columbian Exchange 
• the Polo Express

Colonial trade routes among Europe and its colonies, the west Indies, and Africa in which goods were exchanged for slaves

• Middle Passage
• Columbian Exchange
• Triangular Trade
• Human Exchange

What European nation was first to begin exploration?

• England
• France
• Portugal
• Spain

how did european exploration change trade patterns

• indian ocean slavery increased
• the ming dynasty didnt let europeans explore
• the europeans developed a global commercial trade network

one cultural similarity between the Aztecs and the Incas was...

• they both enslaved their people
• created written language
• studied math and astronomy

what did the Incas use to keep records

• ropes 
• calculators
• quipu
• multiplication charts

What was introduced during the Columbian Exchange that drastically changed the landscape of the Americas?

• a competition for colonies among European leaders

• gold mining

• new livestock

• terrace farming