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WorksheetsEuropean Exploration & America and Africa 1450-1750
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
When Europeans (missionaries) brought Christianity to the American colonies...
Almost all natives refused to convert
Most natives converted but syncretized it with old traditions
Colonial leaders pushed back against the Church's power
European Christians lost their faith after slaves converted
Which of the following global processes most directly caused the decline of Native American populations between 1492 and 1700?
Global flow of silver
Columbian Exchange
Atlantic Slave Trade
Rivalry among empires
This castas painting from Mexico is best evidence for which fact about colonial Latin America?
Mixed race identities were developed to organize a diverse population.
Women generally had higher status than men.
African and Amerindian traditions were blended with Roman Catholic Christianity.
Spanish colonists made extensive use of coerced labor.
Ferdinand Magellan's voyage to circumnavigate the Earth in the early 1500's would not have been possible without the use of a compass, which originated in
Arabia
China
Europe
Japan
What was the main reason Europeans began exploring in the 1400s?
To find a trade route to Asia
To find the Americas
To fight the Chinese
To discover new lands
What is the most likely cause for the majority of population losses among indigenous Americans after European contact?
Climate
Disease
Enslavement
Warfare
What do the encomienda and mit'a systems used in Spanish colonies and the labor system used on Brazilian sugarcane plantations have in common?
Both were coerced labor systems designed to enrich European colonizers
Both made use of enslaved Africans as agricultural workers
Both were successful in teaching indigenous peoples European farming techniques
Both were labor systems that provided economic opportunities for immigrants
Which generalization best describes the cult of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Vodun, and Santeria
A mixture of Catholic and Protestant religious elements
A mixture of indigenous and Christian religious elements
A mixture of African and European religious elements
A mixture of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim religious elements
The Middle Passage involved which of the following new connections in the era from 1450 to 1750?
It was the route of enslaved Africans from the interior of Africa to the African coast
It was the voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas
It was the triangular voyage of slave merchants between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
It was the route of enslaved Africans leaving slave ships in the Americas and going to plantations
What was a major effect in Africa of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade?
Most slave-raiding African groups became poorer because of the competition with other groups
Warfare among African groups decreased in frequency and severity
The influx of money caused economic growth
The ratio of males to females became unbalanced
The encomienda system in Spanish colonies was most similar to
mercantilism
feudalism
a corporate colony
chattel slavery (North America)
A European laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America
Slave
Indentured Servant
Pacifist
Charter
In Mercantilism the colony provides the (1)____ which the mother country turns into (2)___
(1) technologies (2) raw material
(1) raw materials (2) manufactured products
(1) manufactured products (2) raw materials
(1) raw materials (2) technologies
What type of economic system did Adam Smith support?
a free market system
mixed economic system
planned economic system
The Commercial Revolution resulted in all of the following except,
Inflation
Population decrease
New Ocean Trade Routes
Development of European overseas colonies
Which of the following was a significant consequence of the Columbian Exchange?
Introduction of new technologies to Europe
Spread of diseases to the Americas
Discovery of new trade routes to Asia
Decline in European population
What was the primary purpose of the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494?
To end the war between Spain and Portugal
To divide newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal
To establish trade agreements with indigenous peoples
To create a unified European currency
Which of the following best describes the impact of European colonization on indigenous populations in the Americas?
Indigenous populations declined due to disease and conflict
Indigenous populations increased due to better living conditions
Indigenous cultures were preserved and flourished
Indigenous peoples were granted equal rights and citizenship
