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5th Grade Studies Weekly-Week 6

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 12mins

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Class
Date
1.

Exploration of the Americas created a new market for selling (a)   .

2.

The Columbian Exchange included what continents?

a)

the Americas, Russia, and Australia

b)

Europe, Asia, and Africa

c)

Europe, Africa, and the Americas

d)

the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia

3.

What was exchanged in the Columbian Exchange?

a)

flowers and goods

b)

goods, plants, and sand

c)

goods, people, plants, animals, and diseases

d)

plants, animals, and flowers

4.

What is a privateer?

a)

a pirate who legally captures and sells goods

b)

a pirate who robs from the rich and gives to the poor

c)

a merchant who attacks and robs ships

d)

a sailor who robs the poor and gives to the rich

5.

What product would Europeans pay a high price for?

a)

apples

b)

oranges

c)

sugar

d)

tea

6.

What place did sugarcane grow well in?

a)

the Caribbean

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Spain

7.

Who did plantation owners use to harvest sugarcane?

(a)  

8.

What was the result of the high demand on sugar?

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9.

What did the Europeans and the people of the Americas have in common?

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10.

People of the Americas met their wants and needs by (a)   .