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WorksheetsChapter 16 section 2 The Columbian Exchange
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which animals were brought to the Americas by the Spanish?
turkeys
alligators
horses
buffalo
What religion did European missionaries attempt to spread to the New World?
Islam
Hinduism
Christianity
American Indians
Which group showed Native Americans how to use the wheel?
Africans
Europeans
Asians
American Indians
The new social order in the Americas was based on
Christianity
democracy
racism
a system of laws
Missionaries to the Americas spread religion and
African customs
European languages
Asian traditions
American currency
Between the late 1500s and the early 1800s, to which place were most enslaved people transported?
southern Europe
the New World
western Africa
all of Asia
Which of the following best describes the Columbian Exchange?
Exploration of new lands in Africa & Americas by Europeans
Exchanging plants, animals & ideas between Europe & Americas
Poor treatment of American Indians by Europeans
new trading routes to the Americas established by Columbus
How did people in the Americas begin to grow sugarcane?
in small fields and plots
in the African way
on plantations
in their yards
Which of the following groups received poor treatment as a result of the Columbian Exchange?
European citizens
American Indians
Spanish colonists
African kings
What did Bartolome de las Casas attempt to do?
end harsh treatment of American Indians by the Spanish
bring more Spanish nobles & monarchs to live in the Americas
bring American Indians to Spain
increase the size of Spanish plantations in the Americas
In what way did enslaved Africans differ from enslaved American Indians?
Enslaved Africans were more apt to become Christians
Enslaved Africans were less apt to distrust the Spanish
Enslaved Africans were more apt to gain their freedom
Enslaved Africans were less apt to die from disease
The Spanish monarchs responded to the demands of Bartolome de las Cases by
passing laws requiring proper treatment of American Indians
insisting that Spanish colonists had done nothing wrong
deciding that Spanish should no longer run plantations
urging colonists to disregard the things de las Casas said
The exchange of plants changed eating habits around the world. What statement supports this?
In China, there were no pineapples, people still ate rice
American foods, such as beans, are still popular in Americas
West Africans, who always ate peanuts, now eat them more
Europeans, who never had tomatoes, now eat them regularly
What was the importance of Europeans introducing sheep and sugarcane to the Americas?
It created new industries in the Americas
It altered eating habits in the Americas
It ended slavery in the Americas
It caused new illnesses in the Americas
