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Christopher Columbus was trying to find

• a new route to China and India

• gold

• silver

• Africa

Which European country was the first to colonize the New World?

• France

• Spain

• England

• Portugal

What was special about a lodestone that helped it be used in a compass?

• It was flexible.

• It was transparent.

• It was magnetic.

• It was buoyant.

Which of the following played a key role in the European Age of Exploration that emerged in the 15th and 16th centuries?

• Advancements in sea-faring technology

• New lands with the possibility for European expansion

• An interest in developing a sea route to Asia for trade

• All of the Above

• To acquire resources for trade

• To obtain raw materials for industry

• To create markets for manufactured goods

How did European countries attempt to achieve these goals during the 16th through the 18th centuries?

• by adopting isolationist policies

• by promoting communist economic goals

• by introducing democratic government

• by colonizing territories

One major consequence of European colonization of South America in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was ________.

• Explorers returned to Europe with deadly diseases.

• New World plants destroyed European ecosystems.

• The transatlantic slave trade rapidly grew in volume.

• Many world empires went bankrupt and collapsed.

How did the spread of disease in the Americas affect the transatlantic slave trade?

• European diseases killed many of the people forced into slavery, leading to a decrease in the transatlantic slave trade.

• European diseases killed much of the indigenous population that Europeans forced into slavery, leading to an increase in the transatlantic slave trade.

• Indigenous diseases killed many Europeans and caused them to abandon plantations in the tropics, leading to a decrease in the transatlantic slave trade.

• Indigenous diases killed many of the people the Europeans brought to Americans as slaves, leading to an increase in the transatlantic slave trade.

What were the haciendas created for in Latin America and how were they similar to the feudal system in Europe?

• large churches built by the Spanish in order to spread Christianity

• large plantations owned by Spanish and usually worked by slaves

• small farms owned by Spanish families who came to Latin America

• small villages built by indigenous peoples living in Latin America

A Ruler

• Indentures Servant

• Representative

• Slave Trade

• Monarch

The practice of owning and controlling people against their will.

• Triangluar trade route

• Free Enterprise System

• Representative

• Slavery