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Chapter 16 section 2 The Columbian Exchange

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which animals were brought to the Americas by the Spanish?

a)

turkeys

b)

alligators

c)

horses

d)

buffalo

2.

What religion did European missionaries attempt to spread to the New World?

a)

Islam

b)

Hinduism

c)

Christianity

d)

American Indians

3.

Which group showed Native Americans how to use the wheel?

a)

Africans

b)

Europeans

c)

Asians

d)

American Indians

4.

The new social order in the Americas was based on

a)

Christianity

b)

democracy

c)

racism

d)

a system of laws

5.

Missionaries to the Americas spread religion and

a)

African customs

b)

European languages

c)

Asian traditions

d)

American currency

6.

Between the late 1500s and the early 1800s, to which place were most enslaved people transported?

a)

southern Europe

b)

the New World

c)

western Africa

d)

all of Asia

7.

Which of the following best describes the Columbian Exchange?

a)

Exploration of new lands in Africa & Americas by Europeans

b)

Exchanging plants, animals & ideas between Europe & Americas

c)

Poor treatment of American Indians by Europeans

d)

new trading routes to the Americas established by Columbus

8.

How did people in the Americas begin to grow sugarcane?

a)

in small fields and plots

b)

in the African way

c)

on plantations

d)

in their yards

9.

Which of the following groups received poor treatment as a result of the Columbian Exchange?

a)

European citizens

b)

American Indians

c)

Spanish colonists

d)

African kings

10.

What did Bartolome de las Casas attempt to do?

a)

end harsh treatment of American Indians by the Spanish

b)

bring more Spanish nobles & monarchs to live in the Americas

c)

bring American Indians to Spain

d)

increase the size of Spanish plantations in the Americas

11.

In what way did enslaved Africans differ from enslaved American Indians?

a)

Enslaved Africans were more apt to become Christians

b)

Enslaved Africans were less apt to distrust the Spanish

c)

Enslaved Africans were more apt to gain their freedom

d)

Enslaved Africans were less apt to die from disease

12.

The Spanish monarchs responded to the demands of Bartolome de las Cases by

a)

passing laws requiring proper treatment of American Indians

b)

insisting that Spanish colonists had done nothing wrong

c)

deciding that Spanish should no longer run plantations

d)

urging colonists to disregard the things de las Casas said

13.

The exchange of plants changed eating habits around the world. What statement supports this?

a)

In China, there were no pineapples, people still ate rice

b)

American foods, such as beans, are still popular in Americas

c)

West Africans, who always ate peanuts, now eat them more

d)

Europeans, who never had tomatoes, now eat them regularly

14.

What was the importance of Europeans introducing sheep and sugarcane to the Americas?

a)

It created new industries in the Americas

b)

It altered eating habits in the Americas

c)

It ended slavery in the Americas

d)

It caused new illnesses in the Americas