Unit 1 Review 1

What were the 3 "Gs" of Exploration?

• God, Gold, Glory

• Gold, Goodness, Gratefulness

• God, Gold, Gear

• Godliness, Goodness, Gratefulness

What was one direct result of the Columbian Exchange?

• Europeans began to use horses to plow fields.

• American Indians built large urban centers.

• Europeans spread diseases to American Indians.

• American Indians adopted European artistic techniques

The Columbian Exchange refers to......

• Columbus's belief in exchanging Indian workers for African slaves

• the exchange of the plants, animals, and people between the old and new world

• the exchange of gold with the Indians

• the exchange of money, animals, and gold between the old and new world

What was a cause for the development of mercantilism?

• It was a way for colonies to repay their motherland for providing capital resources.

• European rulers felt it would enhance trade alliances in the Eastern Hemisphere.

• European rulers felt it was the key to obtaining wealth and power.

• It was viewed as a way for nations to become independent.

How did mercantilism impact the relationship between European nations and their colonies?

• The colonies became more independent under this economic system.

• The European nations no longer needed resources from their colonies.

• The colonies were dependent upon their mother country.

• European nations stopped competing against one another for new colonies.

Which of the following contributed most to the expansion of the Atlantic slave trade during the 1700s?

• a lack of skilled labor in the American colonies

• demand for slaves in the American colonies that produced cash crops

• a lack of protective tariffs in the American colonies

• demand for slaves in the industrialized American colonies

The Atlantic slave trade in the Americas began because.....

• the Spanish needed replacements for the dying Native American slave population

• Spanish citizens were tired of sending their own slaves to the New World

• African slaves were stronger and more efficient than Native American slaves

• the Spanish preferred African slaves for political gain, not enslave them

Which factor was not an impact of the Industrial Revolution on industrialized countries?

• Population decrease

• Urbanization

• Environmental pollution

• Improved transportation

Most of today’s environmental problems began during which period(s) in human history?

• hunter-gatherer period

• agricultural revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Both hunter-gatherer period and Industrial Revolution

What Nation's National Constituent Assembly wrote "The Declaration of the Rights of Man"?

• Haiti

• Saint Domingue

• Portugal

• France