European Exploration Vocabulary Quiz

What is the meaning of "exchange" in the context of trade?

• The act of traveling from one place to another

• The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another

• The process of growing crops and raising livestock

• The act of establishing a new settlement

Who were the conquistadors?

• Explorers who mapped the coastlines of the New World

• Settlers who established the first European colonies in the Americas

• 16th-century explorers who defeated Native American civilizations in Mexico, Central America, or South America

• Traders who exchanged goods between Europe and the Americas

What does the term "encomienda" refer to in the context of European exploration?

• A type of currency used by the Spanish during colonization

• A grant by the Spanish King to soldiers or colonists for land and village with Native American population

• A religious ceremony conducted by Spanish colonists

What defines an "ethnic group"?

• A group of people who trade goods with each other

• A group of people with a shared government system

• A group of people sharing a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, and way of life

• A group of people who are immune to the same diseases

(a)   is when people with different customs, beliefs, language, and traditions live together

What does it mean to be "immune" to a disease?

• To be the carrier of a disease without showing symptoms

• To be able to cure a disease

• To not be affected by a disease

TRUE or FALSE:

Indigenous people or native inhabitants lived in the Old World.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is cultural exchange?

• The study of different cultures and their histories

• Groups of people who share and adopt different aspects of their lives

• The act of establishing a settlement in a new region

• The data about population characteristics

What is the definition of "culture"?

• The process of one country taking control of another

• The data about population characteristics

• The beliefs, customs, arts, way of life, of a particular society, group, place, or time

• A society where groups of people with different customs, beliefs, arts, and way of life live together

What does the term "Ladinos" refer to in the context of European exploration?

• A mix of mestizos and Spanish peoples

• A route by sea between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans

• The forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean

• People of mixed Native American and European, usually French or Italian, ancestry