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WorksheetsColonial 2
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Christopher Columbus's four voyages across the Atlantic led to
a decline in Europe's population as a result of new diseases
an exchange of people, food and germs betwen Europe and the Americas
a decline in the Americas' population due to new diseases
the introduction of slavery to Spain and other parts of Europe
How do scientists think people first migrated to the Americas?
they walked from Asia across the Beringia land bridge
they sailed from Polynesia in large canoes
they paddled across the Atlantic from Europe in canoes
they rowed from Iceland in wooden boats
Potatoes came from
New World
Old World
Livestock like horses, chickens and pigs came from
New World
Old World
Most diseases came from
New World
Old World
Sugarcane came from
New World
Old World
Corn and beans came from
New World
Old World
Explorers looked for a Northwest Passage which was thought to be
a water route through or above North America to China
a route from Europe to China
a land route through or above North America to China
a water route between West Africa and the colonies
The Anasazi
lived in the Southwest before the American Indians who are living there now
developed sophisticated irrigation systems
lived in the area surrounding Jamestown
built elaborate burial mounds in the Mississippi Valley
the transfer of living organisms between the New World and the Old World is known as
the Columbian Exchange
the triangular trade
the Middle Passage
the House of Burgesses
Spanish explorers traveled to the Americas to
claim land
find slave labor
find gold
find a direct route to Asia
Which of the following is the reason European rulers first encouraged early ocean exploration?
they wanted to find new trade routes
they wanted to spread Christianity
they wanted to test new navigational tools
they wanted to conquer new lands
Christopher Columbus thought he had reached India, but he had really landed in
South America
Indonesia
the Caribbean
Florida
What was the purpose of Columbus' expeditions?
find a shorter route to Asia by sailing west
find the Northwest passage
enslave the native people
claim land for Italy
What did Europeans NOT bring to the Americas?
smallpox
pigs
horses
cocoa
A colony is
a settlement in a distant land whose citizens keep close ties to theri parent country through trade and government
an expedition sent to explore a foreign land
a group of individuals who unite for a common cause
The time period during which Europeans explored and created colonies was
12th to 20th centuries
15th to 19th centuries
13th to 15th centuries
11th to 14th centuries
The Old World is
Africa, Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia, the Americas
Africa, Australia, Asia
The Americas includes all of the following EXCEPT
North America
Central America
South America
the Caribbean
the Pacific Islands
The New World is
Africa, Asia, Europe
Australia
the Americas
The country that sets up colonies was called
the daughter country
the mother country
the father country
What was the Bering Land Bridge
The name of the first nomadic hunters to inhabit the New World
The disease that killed so many Native Americans
A land bridge that formed between Alaska and Siberia.
The type of ship that Columbus sailed
What continents are in the Old World?
North America
Oceania
Europe
Asia
Africa
What continents are in the New World?
North America
South America
Europe
Asia
Africa
How many Native Americans over three centuries are believed to have died from European diseases?
20-40%
40-60%
50-90%
Which country colonized Brazil?
Spain
France
Portugal
England
Where did horses come from?
Old World
New World
Where did cinchona come from?
New World
Old World
What did so many native people of the Americas die from European diseases?
they went to Europe
they were already sickly people
they were not strong
they had never been exposed to them before
Which was NOT a European disease brought over in the Columbian Exchange?
smallpox
chicken pox
malaria
measles
