Age of Exploration Practice Test

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• the conquest of the Aztec and Inca by Spanish conquistadors.

• the establishment of trade routes between Europe and South America.

• the sharing and spreading of religious ideas from the Old World to the New World.

• the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the New World.

How did the Columbian Exchange have a positive impact on Native Americans from the Great Plains?

• The introduction of new diseases strengthened their communities

• The introduction of horses helped them in hunting for food

• The introduction of a money economy helped increase their wealth

• The introduction of new laws helped better organize their society

How did the introduction of new diseases to Native American civilizations impact European colonies in the Americas?

• It decreased the need for funding of the new colonies.

• It decreased the value of goods traded between Europe and the colonies.

• It increased the demand for African slaves as Native American populations decreased.

• It increased the speed the Native Americans tried to spread their religion to the Europeans.

How did the Columbian Exchange have a positive impact on both Europe and the Americas?

• Conflicts between Europe and the Americas decreased.

• The economy in both Europe and the Americas decreased in value.

• New foods were introduced to Europe and the Americas.

• Native Africans were transported to the Americas as a labor source.

Which of the following best explains the change in population as seen on the graph?

• the Reformation

• the Columbian Exchange

• the decline in mercantilism

• the increase in land values

This chart lists two causes and effects of the Columbian Exchange. Cause: Native Americans taught Europeans to grow corn, peanuts, and potatoes. Effect: ? Which of the following best completes the chart above?

• Medical research increased in North America.

• Large portions of the Native American population died.

• The nutrition of European diets improved.

• Native American civilizations grew very wealthy.

Which of the following was a negative effect of the Columbian Exchange?

• A. Europeans brought food, animals, and ideas to the Americas.

• B. Explorers received honors from the kings and queens of Europe.

• C. European diseases greatly decreased the Native American populations.

• D. Advances in technology and learning made long ocean voyages possible.

Which statement is true concerning the impact of the Columbian Exchange on the Americas?

• The Columbian Exchange improved life in every way for the Native Americans.

• New crops and animals helped Native Americans, but European diseases took a terrible toll on their civilizations.

• Neither the trade that resulted from the Columbian Exchange nor the new crops were helpful to the Native Americans

• Neither the trade that resulted from the Columbian Exchange nor the new crops were helpful to the Native Americans

Why did Bartolome’ de la Casas write passages like this to the king of Spain?

• to show the king how easy it was to conquer the new lands in the Americas

• to ask the king to send more people to the colonies as the lands had become de-populated

• to notify the king of the poor treatment of the Native Americans by the Spanish conquistadors

• to ask the king for more supplies to establish trade routes and help improve economic situation

What was the goal of de la Casas?

• an increase in trade

• an end of the encomienda system

• the establishment of military forts

• the equal exchange of cultural learning