European Exploration

Which of the following best describes the food exchange between Europe and the Americas?

• Europeans brought coffee, corn, and potatoes to the Americas, and took rice, wheat, and oranges to Europe.

• Europeans brought wheat, sugar, and sheep to the Americas, and took corn, potatoes, and turkeys to Europe.

• Europeans brought squash, peanuts, and tobacco to the Americas, and took sheep, turkeys, and pigs to Europe.

• Europeans brought tomatoes, potatoes, and wheat to the Americas, and took horses, beans, and rubber to Europe.

According to the map titled "The Slave Trade," where were most slave forts located?

• the Cape of Good Hope

• the west coast of Africa

• the Middle Passage

• Brazil

According to the map titled "The Slave Trade," the British imported approximately how many slaves to their colonies?

• 1.7 million

• 3.6 million

• 2.1 million

• 9 million

According to the map titled "The Slave Trade," the greatest number of African slaves were taken to

• British North America

• the British West Indies

• Brazil

• the French West Indies

In the passage by Olaudah Equiano, he describes

• plantation life

• a slave ship

• indentured servitude

• an encomienda

Which of the following was a conquistador?

• Malinche

• Henry Hudson

• Prince Henry

• Francisco Pizarro

Planters in the Americas began to use African slaves for labor because

• Aztecs refused to work on plantations.

• they believed Native Americans were not human.

• disease had killed millions of Native Americans.

• African slaves were less expensive than Native American slaves.

What was an effect of the Columbian Exchange?

• Native American diseases destroyed European populations.

• The exchange of foods and animals had a dramatic impact on later societies.

• Llamas began to be used as beasts of burden.

• Triangular trade became less profitable.

Which of the following explorers is given the credit as the first to circumnavigate the world?

• Magellan

• da Gama

• Columbus

• Hudson

Which of the following best describes the motivation that caused European explorers to find a way to sail to Asia, otherwise known as the "three G's"

• Gifts, Gold and Glory

• God, Gold and Glory

• God, Glory and Silver

• Gold, God and Gluten