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Age of Exploration and Columbian Exchange

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Iberian Peninsula consist of what countries ...

a)

Portugal and England

b)

Portugal and Spain

2.

What type of empire were the Portuguese?

a)

Trading empire

b)

Colonization empire

3.

What type of empire were the Spanish?

a)

Trading empire

b)

Colonization empire

4.

Where did the Portuguese get their wealth from?

a)

Controlling colonies

b)

Controlling trade routes

5.

Where did the Spanish get their wealth from?

a)

Controlling colonies

b)

Controlling trade routes

6.

What is a cash crop?

a)

a crop produced for its commercial value

b)

a crop produced for its medicinal value

7.

What is mercantilism?

a)

Economic system that is regulated by the government that maximizes import of raw materials

b)

Economic system that is regulated by the government that maximizes export of raw materials

8.

What type of commercial market is associated with mercantilism

a)

Free market

b)

Closed market

c)

Neoliberal market

9.

In the native communities, what was chocolate and tobacco used for?

a)

Rituals and medicinal use

b)

Pleasure and entertainment use

10.

Sugarcane originated in ...

a)

Europe

b)

The Americas

11.

What crops were grown in the Americas?

a)

Sugar cane, tobacco, and cotton

b)

Carrots, beans, and peas

c)

Corn, tobacco, and flax

12.

What did Europeans introduce to the Americas?

a)

Horses and sugar plants

b)

Horses and tobacco

c)

Horses and potatoes

13.

The process by which commodities, people, and diseases crossed the Atlantic is known as ...

a)

The Atlantic Slave Trade

b)

The Columbian Exchange

14.

The process by which people were bought and sold and crossed the Atlantic is known as ...

a)

The Atlantic Slave Trade

b)

The Columbian Exchange