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WorksheetsUnit 6 Test Review
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 30mins
What came from the New World? (select all that apply)
Maize (Corn)
Potatoes
Tomatoes
Turkeys
Cocoa (Chocolate)
Which of the following describes the Columbian Exchange?
The exchange of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas from Old World to New World and from New World to Old World
The sending of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas from the Old World to New World only
The sending of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas from the New World to Old World only
The sending of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas from South America to North America only
SELECT ALL: The Columbian Exchange was negative for
Europeans
Natives of the Americas
Aztecs
Africans
How did the plants, animals, diseases, and people transported during the Columbian Exchange create a much different world from what it was before 1492?
By introducing new technologies
By promoting isolationism
By fostering cultural exchange
By maintaining status quo
How did explorers like Ferdinand Magellan help forge a global world?
By discovering the Americas
By establishing trade routes to Asia
By initiating the Columbian Exchange
By circumnavigating the globe
Briefly describe what the conquistador Hernan Cortez is famous for.
Conquering the Aztec Empire
Conquering the Inca Empire
Discovering the Amazon River
Establishing trade with China
How did technological innovations like the astrolabe help Europeans explore areas not known to them?
By improving navigation and determining latitude
By enhancing communication with indigenous peoples
By creating detailed maps
By facilitating trade routes in the Americas
What were the effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on Africa and on the colonies in the Americas?
Economic prosperity and cultural unity in Africa, and social harmony in the Americas
Cultural exchange in Africa, and political stability in the Americas
Economic exploitation and social disruption in Africa, and labor force development in the Americas
Political empowerment in Africa, and technological advancements in the Americas
What term can be defined as "the voyage that brought captured Africans to the West Indies, and later to North and South America, to be sold as slaves—so called because it was considered the middle leg of the triangular trade?"
(a)
What term can be defined as "the biggest deportation in history and a determining factor in the world economy in the 18th century; Upwards of 12 million Africans were torn from their homes, deported to the American continents, and sold as slaves?"
(a)
Why were large numbers of slaves forced to come to the New World?
to provide agricultural labor
to assist Christian missionaries
to teach settlers important farming skills
to defend settlements from American Indians
Which explorer did Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain first fund to search for a western route to India?
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Christopher Columbus
Bartolomeu Dias
Francisco Pizarro
What was the Middle Passage?
the route over which raw goods from Europe were transported to the Americas
the journey across the Atlantic taken by African slaves forced to go to the Americas
the journey across the Atlantic taken by European settlers traveling to the Americas
the route over which manufactured goods from Europe were transported to the Americas
How did caravels compare to earlier ships that explorers relied upon?
They were quicker and more maneuverable than earlier ships.
They had rudimentary motors, whereas earlier ships relied entirely upon sails.
They had significantly greater carrying capacity than earlier ships.
They were heavily armored, whereas earlier ships were more vulnerable to attack.
