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Chapter 3 Explorers

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the Columbian Exchange?

(pg 17-20)

a)

The global exchange of animals, plants, diseases, and technology over continents

b)

A method of making money created by Christopher Columbus

c)

The exchange of slave labor from Africa to the Americas

2.

Which of the following is a way exploration affected the Natives of the Americas?

(pg 8)

a)

They contracted many diseases and many died

b)

They were treated well by the Europeans

c)

They were exposed to Llamas

3.

How did the Columbian Exchange affect Europe?

(pg 17-20)

a)

Europeans could use coins for the first time because they had gold and silver

b)

American food plants, such as corn and potatoes, improved the diet of Europeans

c)

Transportation in Europe improved because of the horses brought from the Americas

4.

How did diseases impact the New World?

a)

The Europeans all died from diseases

b)

The Native America population decreased

5.

____________ defeated the Aztecs.

(pg 5-7)

a)

Cortes

b)

Pizarro

c)

Moctezuma

d)

Atahuallpa

6.

Why was the smallpox terrible for Native Americans?

(pg 8)

a)

Since they did't have natural immunity, many died from it

b)

It turned them bibulous

c)

It possessed them and turned them into zombies

7.

Which Native American group of people did Hernan Cortes conquer in 1519?

(pg 5-7)

a)

The Inca

b)

The Aztec

c)

The Mayans

8.

Which Native American group of people did Francisco Pizzaro defeat in South America?

(pg 9-13)

a)

The Inca

b)

The Aztec

c)

The Mayans

9.

Look at the chart to answer the question:

Which part of the world did corn come from?

a)

The Old World (Europe, Asia, Africa)

b)

The New World (North America, South America)

10.

Look at the chart to answer the question:

Which part of the world did wheat come from?

a)

The Old World (Europe, Asia, Africa)

b)

The New World (North America, South America)

11.

Look at the chart to answer the question:

Which of these foods is from the New World?

a)

bananas

b)

grapes

c)

pumpkins

d)

coffee

12.

Many European countries sent explorers, like Henry Hudson, to the Americas to continue to search for this route to Asia...

(page 28-29)

a)

The Southwest Passage

b)

The Spice Route

c)

The Northwest Passage

13.

What were the French eager to set up in the Americas?

(pg 26)

a)

new settlements to relieve overcrowding

b)

slave trade

c)

farms to grow food to send back to France

d)

the fur trade

14.

What do we call the exchange of goods between the Old World and the New World?

a)

The European Exchange

b)

The Silk Road

c)

The Spice Route

d)

The Columbian Exchange

15.

Which country dominated exploration of the New World during the 1500s and conquered Mexico and most of Central America?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Portugal

16.

What was the reason the Europeans first started to explore?

a)

To look for new waterways

b)

To look for spices

c)

To look for new land

d)

All of the above

17.

What are the contributing factors why the French had trouble establishing settlements in North America?

a)

the French people did not want to trade with the native people

b)

the French government did not allow the Huguenots (protestants) to settle in North America or the poor people to own land

18.

Which country’s colonists became rich on beaver fur trade in North America?

(pg 28-29)

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Spain

19.

Why did the French have better relations with Native Americans than the Spanish in the Americas?

(pg 26-29)

a)

The French did not bring diseases from their home country as other nations did.

b)

The French treated the Native Americans with respect. They even learned their language and married the Native Americans

c)

The French forced the Native Americans to convert to Christianity.

20.

Why did the French begin to settle in the America's? (pg 26)

a)

To find wealth

b)

To teach the Catholic religion

c)

They saw Spain was creating colonies and they wanted some of the power

d)

All of the Above

21.

What did they call the Dutch settlement?

(pg 27)

a)

New Dutch

b)

New Netherlands

c)

New World

22.

According to history, What did the Natives get for the island of Manhattan?

(pg 27)

a)

$24 worth of knives, beads and other goods

b)

25 thousand dollars

c)

25 million in blankets and goods