WorksheetsUnit 3: Age of Exploration, Africa Civilizations, Mesoamerica
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The European colonial expansion was a key step in the development of what?
a)
new art
b)
new religion
c)
A world economy
d)
None of the above
2.
Horses and Smallpox came from which part of the World
a)
New World
b)
Old World
c)
Future World
d)
Distant World
3.
1494; Spain and Portugal divided the world into Spanish and Portuguese areas; giving just the eastern half of Brazil to Portugal and leaving the rest of Latin America to Spain.
a)
Treaty of Tordesillas
b)
Tenochtitlan
c)
Treaty of Paris
d)
Non of the Above
4.
Under the theory of mercantilism, what was a 'favorable' balance of trade?
a)
Importing goods of greater value than the value of exported goods.
b)
Importing more raw materials than manufactured goods.
c)
Exporting goods of greater value than the value of imported goods.
d)
Establishing an equal value of imports and exports.
5.
Started in 1325 AD; the island capital city of Aztec; linked to the mainland by causeways; network of canals throughout city.
a)
Inca Empire
b)
Tikal
c)
Tenochtitlan
d)
Washington D.C.
6.
Where would you find these ancient city-state ruins?
a)
Mexico and Central America
b)
Australia
c)
Europe
d)
Antarctica
7.
What is the estimated number of enslaved Africans brought to the Americas between the early 1500s and the late 1800s?
a)
Five million
b)
Ten million
c)
Twenty million
d)
One million
8.
Which Portuguese explorer was the first to reach India by sea?
a)
Ferdinand Magellan
b)
Bartolomeu Dias
c)
Vasco da Gama
d)
Pedro Álvares Cabral
9.
Which of the following things were involved in the Columbian Exchange?
a)
Plants
b)
Animals
c)
Diseases
d)
All of the above
10.
Three primary motivations for Europeans to explore new parts of the world
a)
Guns, Germs, and Steel
b)
Spices, Silk, and Silver
c)
Ships, Science, and Sovereignty
d)
God, Gold, and Glory
11.
Was a legal system that was employed mainly by the Spanish crown during the colonization of the Americas to regulate Native American labor
a)
Encomienda
b)
Mercantilism
c)
Triangular Trade
d)
mestizos
12.
Led a conquest of Inca Empire of Peru beginning in 1535; by 1540, most of Inca possessions fell to the Spanish
a)
Hernando Cortes
b)
Francisco Pizarro
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
George Washington
13.
A person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)
a)
Mestizo
b)
Encomienda
c)
Asian
d)
African American
14.
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Vasco Da Gama
c)
Amerigo Vespucci
d)
Hernando Cortes
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