The New Empire In The Americas Question Preview (ID: 52458)
Native American Settlement, Inventions, Explorers, Christopher Columbus And Columbian Exchange.
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Why was trade in Africa so harsh?
a) The land was too tough to travel.
b) The Berber tribe was taxing caravans and killing other tribes
c) The Africans didn't trade much.
d)
Which invention increased mapmaking and navigation of trade on water routes?
a) Caravan
b) telescope
c) astrolabe
d)
Which invention created faster sails and smoother travel for trade?
a) caravel
b) astrolabe
c) compass
d)
Which invention allowed direction of travel easier for sailors and traders?
a) caravel
b) astrolabe
c) compass
d)
Water trade by boats allowed.....
a) the spread of religion
b) more profitable trading
c) covered more trading territory
d) all the choices
Where did Columbus THINK he was exploring to on his first journey?
a) India
b) Africa
c) The Americas
d)
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
Which one of the following trades in the Columbian Exchange is from the Native Americans?
a) slaves
b) vegetables
c) diseases
d) settlers
Why did some explorers choose to represent a different country when they traveled?
a) they were forced
b) they had a criminal charge against them
c) they wanted more money and adventure
d)
What event created temporary peace amongst the native tribes and Jamestown colonists?
a) The treaty with House of Burgesses
b) The wedding of Pocahontas and John Smith
c) The deaths of first year colonists.
d)
What did an Indentured Servant agree to do in settling a colony?
a) Instead of payment, they worked for free to pay for their passage
b) They would not work until they were paid or fed.
c) They owned slaves but worked until they paid their debts.
d)
How did slavery become a way of life in America?
a) It was forced by African tribes as part of the Columbian Exchange.
b) It was forced by explorers as part of the Columbian Exchange.
c) Farmers in the new colonies became wealthier with free labor.
d)
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