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The New Empire In The Americas
Test Description: Native American settlement, Inventions, Explorers, Christopher Columbus and Columbian Exchange
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Why was trade in Africa so harsh?
A
The Africans didn't trade much.
B
The land was too tough to travel.
C
The Berber tribe was taxing caravans and killing other tribes
2) Which invention increased mapmaking and navigation of trade on water routes?
A
telescope
B
Caravan
C
astrolabe
3) Which invention created faster sails and smoother travel for trade?
A
caravel
B
astrolabe
C
compass
4) Which invention allowed direction of travel easier for sailors and traders?
A
astrolabe
B
compass
C
caravel
5) Water trade by boats allowed.....
A
more profitable trading
B
all the choices
C
covered more trading territory
D
the spread of religion
6) Where did Columbus THINK he was exploring to on his first journey?
A
India
B
Africa
C
The Americas
7) Which one is NOT an effect of Columbus discovery in the West Indies/America?
A
the increase of trade amongst continents
B
African slave trade
C
the motivation of more exploration by Europeans
D
finding Jamestown colony
8) Which one of the following trades in the Columbian Exchange is from the Native Americans?
A
vegetables
B
diseases
C
slaves
D
settlers
9) Why did some explorers choose to represent a different country when they traveled?
A
they had a criminal charge against them
B
they wanted more money and adventure
C
they were forced
10) What event created temporary peace amongst the native tribes and Jamestown colonists?
A
The deaths of first year colonists.
B
The wedding of Pocahontas and John Smith
C
The treaty with House of Burgesses
11) What did an Indentured Servant agree to do in settling a colony?
A
They owned slaves but worked until they paid their debts.
B
Instead of payment, they worked for free to pay for their passage
C
They would not work until they were paid or fed.
12) How did slavery become a way of life in America?
A
It was forced by explorers as part of the Columbian Exchange.
B
It was forced by African tribes as part of the Columbian Exchange.
C
Farmers in the new colonies became wealthier with free labor.
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