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U1 Columbian Exchange Review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why was Timbuktu such an important city?

a)

it had people from many places visiting there

b)

it had trading network that connected most of West Africa to North Africa, Europe, and Asia

c)

it was in Africa

d)

it was the capital of the Aztec Empire

2.

The word means Lineage

a)

a native american group

b)

a common line of decent

c)

a method of farming

d)

None of the above

3.

Define plantation

a)

a farm which a single crop, requires a lot of human labor on a large scale

b)

a place where people live

c)

a british colony

4.

The Columbian Exchange is the

a)

The time period where Columbus traded materials across the Old and New World

b)

The time period from 1492-1607 widespread slavery and trade

c)

The widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas

d)

None of the above

5.

CHOOSE which one is a cause of the Age of Exploration

a)

New Technology

b)

The Renaissance

c)

The Black Plague

d)

All of the above

6.

Define Division of Labor

a)

the social order of society

b)

the assignment of tasks based on gender, age or status.

c)

what women are supposed to do

7.

Who were the Iroquois?

a)

peoples who built settlements near waterways for farming and lived in abode homes

b)

peoples who were good at trade and building. Created burial mounds

c)

peoples from the Eastern Woodlands who built villages in forest and used hunting/gathering

d)

All of the Above

8.

Who are the Aztecs?

a)

built a culture in Guatemala and the Yucatan Pennisula from 250-900AD

b)

civilization in Valley of Mexico in the 1200s

c)

people who in 1200 created an empire in western coast of South America

9.

Which are the following as aspects of the Renaissance period?

a)

rebirth European cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages.

b)

promoted the rediscovery of classical philosophy, literature and art

c)

Included Thinkers, Inventors, Artists, Writers like Michelangelo, Leonardo DiVinci, Gallieo, Shakespeare

d)

From the 14th century to the 17th century

e)

Took place in Europe

10.

What is a Hierarchy ?

a)

Is a system in which people or groups are ranked one above each other according to status and authority.

b)

In a system in which kings and queens made their subjects obey

c)

In a system in which royal people had more power over the poor

d)

None of the Above

11.

Who held the most power in European Monarchies?

a)

Churches held the most power and wealth at the top of the hierarchy

b)

Feudal servants who worked under nobles

c)

Monarchs and nobles held most of the wealth and power at the top of the hierarchy.

12.

Who were the first people Columbus encountered?

a)

Indigenous

b)

Tainos

c)

Native Americans

d)

Europeans

13.

Finish the rhyme, "Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue in...

a)

1358

b)

1400

c)

1607

d)

1492

14.

What was the purpose of the Treaty of Tordesillas?

a)

To end colonization around the world starting

b)

When natives fought for the land of Tordesillas

c)

neatly divided the “New World” of the Americas between the two superpowers of Spain and Portugal

15.

Hernandez Cortez was a

a)

columbian

b)

consiqutador

c)

mayor of New Spain

d)

King of Spain

16.

What were conquistadors in search of

a)

Food

b)

Clothes

c)

Technology

d)

Gold

17.

Mestizo was a term for the following

a)

Marriage between mixed between Native tribes

b)

Marriage between mixed Spanish and Native American population

c)

Marriage between mixed Spanish and African population

d)

Marriage between mixed Spanish and Portugal population

18.

The purpose of the encomienda system was

a)

The goal was to enslave Native Americans and to use them as a labor source.

b)

The goal was to enslave Africans and use them as a labor source

c)

The goal was to enslave Spanish settlers and to use them as a labor source.

d)

The goal was to enslave European women and to use them as a labor source.

19.

What the Protestant Reformation?

a)

Movement that divided Judaism in Eastern Europe

between Catholicism and Protestantism.

b)

Movement that divided Islam in Western Africa

between Catholicism and Protestantism.

c)

Movement that divided Christianity in Western Europe

between Catholicism and Protestantism.

d)

Movement that divided Hinduism in Western Asia

between Catholicism and Protestantism.

20.

What were the Crusades?

a)

A series of religious expeditions to the Middle East in the name of Islam.

b)

A series of military expeditions to the Middle East in the name of Judaism.

c)

A series of military expeditions to the Middle East in the name of Hinduism.

d)

A series of military expeditions to the Middle East in the name of Christianity.

21.

In the late 1400s, most Europeans lived in

a)

cities

b)

hierarchical societies

c)

extended families

d)

clans

22.

The power of the church was most weakened by

a)

population growth

b)

the Crusades

c)

the Reformation

d)

the rise of nations