Unit Review

What was Columbus looking for?

• Gold

• Spices

• Silk

• All of the above

Columbus searched for many years for someone to give him money to sail to the west. Which leaders and country finally gave him money?

• His mom

• King Ferdinand and Queen Elizabeth of Italy

• Leif Erikson

• King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

What year did Columbus sail on his 1st voyage?

• 1941

• 1492

• 1429

• 1400's

Why do we refer to the American natives as Indians?

• Because that is their name in their language

• Because Columbus thought he landed in India

• Because Marco Polo named them

Christopher Columbus' explorations marked the start of the __________.

• Ice Age

• Age of Exploration

Why was the "new" continent named after Amerigo Vespucci?

• He was the first European to find North America

• He was the first European to sail to the other side of the continent.

• He realized that the continent was not part of Asia.

• He was the king of Italy who sent explorers to find new land.

The global trading of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas begun after Columbus's first voyage is known as __________________.

• The Great Exchange

• The Columbian Exchange

• The New World Exchange

• The American Exchange

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Europeans were not as affected by the diseases they brought to the Americas because they had _________________ .

• mercantilism

• epidemiology

• immunity

• colonization

The introduction of new crops from the Americas caused populations to _____________ in the Europe, Africa, and Asia.

• increase

• decrease

• the stay the same

• none of the above

What disease(s) did Europeans bring to the New World

• Small Pox

• Measles

• Diphtheria

• All of the above