Unit 7 Review- Expansion/Age of Exploration

The conquistadors’ main advantage over the Aztec and Inca empires was their...

• Knowledge and Territory

• Vast army size

• Advanced weapons and technology

• Superior intelligence

What is this an example of in Latin America? WH.1(D) identify major causes and describe the major effects of the following important turning points in world history from 1450 to 1750: ... European exploration and the Columbian Exchange, European expansion,

• Social class system

• Wealth distribution

• Architectural plans

• Land features

African people were captured and forcibly sent to the Americas as part of the

• Balance of trade

• Theory of mercantilism

• Atlantic slave trade

• Society of friends

One effect of the slave trade on African societies was

• Flourishing of Art and Culture

• Transfer of European political ideas

• Decreased warfare

• Decreased population in West Africa

The Aztecs calendar and Maya use of zero both illustrated that pre-Columbian cultures in the Americas-

• Trade extensively with Africa and benefited from diverse trade goods

• Made advancements in mathematics and science and were as advanced as Europeans in those fields

• Decline of invasion and disease which made their societies vulnerable to attack

• Converted to Islam instead of Christianity

The Portuguese and Spanish goal was to extract wealth and make money from their Latin American colonies. Which method is the least effective? Choose the answer that does not apply to this strategy.

• Farming and Mining

• Buying and selling land

• Buying enslaved people

• Governing the colonies to ensure control over the land

What was one important effect of the Columbian Exchange?

• Rapid decline in European population

• Economic instability in China and Japan

• Spread of Hinduism into India

• Introduction of new foods to both European and the Americas

The global transfer of foods, plants and animals during colonization of the Americas is known as the

• Scientific Revolution

• Columbian Exchange

• New Imperialism

• Middle passage

This map is an example of what trade system?

• Triangle Trade

• Gold and salt

• Silk road

• Horse trade

What could be said about Machu Picchu in the Inca Empire and Chichen Itza in the Mayan Empire from their architecture?

• These empires had machinery very advanced

• They had ability to build advanced structures

• They were built as Roman replicas

• They were influenced by Renaissance humanism