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Effects of Global Contact

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The transfer and trade of plants and animals across the ocean would be known as...

a)

The Vespucci Exchange

b)

The Columbian Exchange

c)

The Cortes Exchange

d)

The Pizarro Exchange

2.

The two most important crops presented to Europe from America was...

a)

Corn and Potatoes

b)

Corn and Maize

c)

Peppers and Beans

d)

Pumpkins and Potatoes

3.

Two important trade items from Europe included

a)

Sugar and Spice

b)

Corn and Potatoes

c)

Wheat and Grapes

d)

Grapes and Berries

4.

Horses aided Natives in efficiently hunting buffalo.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The European Population grew as a result of the Columbian Exchange.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

The ___ was the rise of inflation as a direct result of the abundance of precious metal being introduced to the European economy.

a)

Gold Revolution

b)

Silver Revolution

c)

Rice Revolution

d)

Price Revolution

7.

___ soon made up a strong business class, after making fortunes in the New World.

a)

Capitalists

b)

Socialists

c)

Libertarians

d)

Hippies

8.

European Capitalists received their ideas for bookkeeping from which culture

a)

The Chinese

b)

The Arabs

c)

The Africans

d)

The Inca

9.

The method of "putting-out" mass production of goods into European homes was known as...

a)

The Home Buyers Club

b)

Cottage Industries

c)

Ye Olde QVC

d)

House Industries

10.

A belief and economic system that a Nation’s wealth was measured in Gold and Silver Treasure

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Capitalism

c)

The Gold Standard

d)

The Silver Standard

11.

Taxes on imported goods are otherwise known as...

a)

Taxes

b)

Tariffs

c)

Treaties

d)

Stamp Acts

12.

The influx of wealth in the 1700s eliminated class inequalities in Europe

a)

True

b)

False