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Unit 2 Columbian Exchange and French Colonization

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which continents are part of the New World?
a)
Europe, Asia, Africa
b)
North America & South America
c)
Australia & Antarctica
d)
the United States and Russia
2.
Which continents are part of the Old World?
a)
Europe, Africa, Asia
b)
North America & South America
c)
Australia & Antarctica
d)
the United States & Russia
3.
What year did Columbus sail Across the Atlantic Ocean for the first time?
a)
1392
b)
1492
c)
1942
d)
1495
4.
Which European country was the most powerful and most wealthy when the Columbian Exchange started?
 (1400s -1600s)
a)
France
b)
England
c)
Spain
d)
the Netherlands
5.
What's the BEST definition of the Columbian Exchange?
a)
The trading of goods and resources between the New World and the Old World.
b)
Everyone from Columbia has to exchange presents.
c)
It was the worst event in the history of the world - there was no good that came from it.
d)
We want to honor Columbus because he discovered America.
6.
•Where did Corn (maize) come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
7.
•Where did potatoes & sweet potatoes come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
8.
•Where did wheat come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
9.
•Where did tobacco come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
10.
•Where did rice come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
11.

How did diseases impact the New World?

a)

They didn't have much of an impact.

b)

They wiped out 50-90% of the Europeans.

c)

They wiped out 50-90% of the Native Americans.

d)

They helped the Native Americans defeat the Spanish.

12.
What were the main positive consequences of the Columbian Exchange?
a)
traveling by ship was really fun
b)
better looking people coming over from one place to the other
c)
disease, death, slavery
d)
healthier diet, new resources, good trading
13.
What were the main negative consequences of the Columbian Exchange?
a)
many Native Americans died, diseases were spread, slavery began
b)
new foods and resources
c)
the Old World brought terrible music to the New World
d)
none - it was all good
14.

In 1608, what settlement did Champlain found?

a)

Newfoundland

b)

Southwest Territory

c)

Louisiana

d)

Quebec

e)

Nova Scotia

15.

What was Champlain known as to the French People?

a)

King Samuel

b)

Prince Henry the navigator

c)

Governor Champlain

d)

Giovanni Cabotto

e)

Father of New France

16.

Which river did Cartier discover?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

St. Lawrence River

c)

Hudson River

17.

What were the French looking for when they explored the northern part of North America? They were looking for . . .

a)

gold.

b)

Native American empires to conquer.

c)

the Northwest Passage.

d)

new allies to fight the Ottoman Empire.

18.

What is the Northwest Passage? The Northwest Passage is . . .

a)

a supposed water route around North America that would allow faster access to Asia.

b)

a supposed land route through the Rocky Mountains.

c)

a supposed water route between North and South America.

d)

a supposed water route between Europe and Asia that cuts through the Sinai Peninsula in the Middle East.

19.

Of the following options, which TWO explain how the French made money in their North American colony? They made money due to . . .

a)

the slave trade.

b)

cash crops.

c)

fish.

d)

conquering a large Native American empire (the Iroquois).

e)

the fur trade.

20.
What is the best way to describe how the French treated the Native Americans?
a)
They were friendly and wanted to be business partners in the fur trade.
b)
They wanted to conquer the Native Americans and make them slaves.
c)
They purposely gave the Native Americans diseases.
d)
They wanted to help the Native Americans bring their culture all over the world.