Worksheets10/10 Vocabulary Practice
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Match the following terms with their definitions:
an area that is controlled by or belongs to a country and is usually far away from it
colonies
can be sold easily in markets
cash crops
a large farm where cash crops are grown
plantation
to make settlements in a new place, to form colonies
colonize
Which of the following is the definition of the "Columbian Exchange"?
an exchange of goods, ideas and skills from the Old World (Europe, Asia and Africa) to the New World (North and South America) and vice versa.
a labor system where a person is bound by a contract to work for another for a specified time, especially in return for payment of travel expenses
an instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the position of the stars and planets
Indentured servants were bound by a _________________ to work for a specified amount of time, usually in return for payment or travel expenses.
contract
amendment
treaty
they were not bound by anything
The system in a country that involves making, buying, and selling goods:
economic
settlement
caravel
Which of these navigational technologies in the Age of Exploration showed which direction was north?
astrolabe
Mercator projection
magnetic compass
Which one of these navigational technologies was used by sailors to help determine their location? (by observing the position of the stars/planets)
astrolabe
caravel
Mercator projection
Early Europeans referred to the area highlighted in green as the ________________________.
Old World
New World
An ongoing competition:
rivalry
settlement
economic
An economic and political system with government-controlled trade:
mercantilism
self-sufficiency
Columbian Exchange
The Silk Road
Which of the following is a synonym for the term "native"?
indigenous
caravel
immigrant
