Unit 3 Common Assessment Study Guide

What similar advancements in sailing allowed for the Age of Exploration to begin? (Choose 2)

• gunpowder

• astrolabe

• compass

• aqueducts

How was the motivation for exploration similar among the European powers?

• Europeans wanted access to goods in Asia and to bypass Italian trade routes.

• Rulers wanted to see new places in the world.

• Countries needed new sources of labor for their farms.

• Europeans wanted to show the world they were superior.

What was the effect of the introduction of livestock, such as cows, horses, and pigs, to the Americas?

• It led to increased war.

• It created new problems, such as overcrowding.

• It changed the lives of Native Americans, leading to less dependence on farming.

• Many would become worshipped as spiritual beings.

What had the greatest impact on life in the Eastern Hemisphere (Europe, Africa, and Asia), thanks to the Columbian Exchange?

• New foods = growth in population

• New diseases = making life more difficult

• New animals = material for clothing (like wool)

• New native slaves to work in olive groves in Spain

Which statement in the chart is the cause of the other three?

• Disease spread rapidly among Native Americans.

• Many natives would die.

• The African Slave Trade would begin.

• New diseases are introduced to the Americas.

Which statement below best describes the connection between the Columbian Exchange and Triangular Trade?

• New wealth in the Western Hemisphere could now be used to trade with Africa.

• Due to the declining native population, more African slaves were imported to the Americas.

• Many of the goods moved on the triangular trade routes were part of the Columbian Exchange.

• There is no connection.

What economic system had the greatest influence on the growth of European colonies and wealth?

• mercantilism

• capitalism

• the manor system

• feudalism

Which statement in the chart is an effect of the other three statements?

• There is a need for labor in the Western Hemisphere.

• Europeans did not want to work in the hot weather.

• African slaves are brought to the Americas.

• Many new plantations for cash crops are developed.

How do the events of the Transatlantic Slave Trade serve as a turning point in West African history?

• It led to the growth of new kingdoms, stronger than Mali and Songhai.

• The wealth from the slave trade made West Africa a world power.

• Many areas were destroyed or depopulated in the search for slaves.

• African culture spread to Europe and Asia.

Why was the Age of Exploration an important era in the history of West Africa?

• Led to the growth of the Atlantic Slave Trade

• Led to the resurgence of Songhai

• Led to the unification of West Africa

• Led to the conquest of West Africa