European Exploration and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire and built Mexico City?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Francisco Coronado

• Hernando de Soto

• Hernan Cortes

Geographically, where is Mesoamerica located?

• North America

• The Caribbean Islands

• Middle America, between North and South America

• South America

What was the name of the Grand Emperor retreat built by the Incas?

• Machu Picchu

• Tenochtitlan

• Chichen Itza

• Tulum

What was the Middle Passage?

• The exchange of goods, foods, and ideas from the New World to Europe

• The trading of goods between 3 countries

• The transport of enslaved Africans to the Americas by boat across the Atlantic Ocean

• The transfer of cash crops to the Americas

Which of these is an example of a cash crop?

• peppers that you grow in your garden that you use in your salads

• lemonade that you sell at a lemonade stand in your neighborhood

• gold or silver that you sell to a jewelry store

• corn raised by farmers that is sold to the local supermarket

How were the Spanish conquistadors able to conquer the Native peoples in the New World so quickly?

• They prayed for the Native Peoples.

• They became friends and traded goods with the Native Peoples.

• They used advanced weapons to take control of the Native Peoples, along with the spread of disease.

• They paid them gold to work for them.

The Columbian Exchange is best defined as:

• the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technology between the New World and Old World following Christopher Columbus's voyage to the New World

• the relationship between Columbia and the rest of the world

• the story of how Christopher Columbus came to the New World

• everything that Columbus brought back to Spain after his first voyage

Which explorer named the Native People "Indians" because he thought he had reached India?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

• Hernando de Soto

In what way did the introduction of horses affect the way the Native Americans lived?

• Improved diet

• Had no effect

• Made hunting and traveling easier

• More goods to trade

What was the main reason that 90% of the Native American population was wiped out during the Age of Exploration?

• disease

• warfare/fighting

• malnutrition

• poverty