Exploration and Colonization Pre-Quiz/Pre-Test
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- Q 1/16Score 0Which reason best completes this list?29GHJF
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- Q1Which reason best completes this list?GHJF30s
- Q2Which motive best completes the diagram?ACDB30s
- Q3Which conclusion about Spanish colonialism in the Americas can be drawn from this diagram?Mestizos and mulattoes controlled the most land in the colonies.The fewest people in the population had the greatest power.Africans and Native Americans were politically powerful.The peninsulares made up the majority of the population.30s
- Q4People of Spanish and Native American Descent.Native AmericansMestizosCreolesPeninsulares30s
- Q5the policy of acquiring full or partial control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and using it economically.humanismCapitalismMiddle PassageColonialism30s
- Q6The theory that a nation's economic strength came from keeping control of their colonial trade.CommunismCapitalismMercantilismFeudalism30s
- Q7The exchange of goods, ideas, diseases, etc. between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Changed the diets of people worldwide and killed off a large portion of Native Americans.Encomienda SystemColonialismColumbian ExchangeMiddle Passage30s
- Q8The Encomienda system was meant to be similar to European Feudalism. Native Americans would works on encomenderos land and pay tribute to them and in return they would be protected and educated by the . This quickly dissolved and looked most similar to what?humanismslaverywarimperialism30s
- Q9A group of people who leave their native country to form a new land connected with their native country. They usually push out or control the people who originally lived there.colonycreolesencomiendamestizos30s
- Q10The system in South America that determined where you would be in society based on your birth. For example, if you were born a peninsulare you had more rights than a mestizo.FeudalismCaste SystemSeparation of PowersEncomienda System30s
- Q11Which of these best describes the results of European Exploration?Friendly relationships develop between Native groups and Europeans.Europeans push their religion on native groups, set up colonies to bring wealth back to Europe.Native groups become wealthierNo lasting impact.30s
- Q12How did the Columbian Exchange effect the old world (Europe and Asia)?It changed the foods that people ate, altering their culture.It introduced the horse to Europe, allowing for larger farms and more crop production.It spread diseases like small pox, killing many Europeans.It caused a world war.30s
- Q13My name is Fadia and I am from Syria. In 2011, I came to the US after a civil war erupted in my country. I have a degree in criminal law and public policy, but I have spent the past few years working low-paying jobs until the RAND Corporation gave me a job researching the refugee experience. I am happy here but I always worry about my people back home. Based on this story, what caused Fadia to move?Push FactorPull Factor30s
- Q14Person responsible for freeing much of South America from Spanish rule, later became a dictator.John NewtonChristopher ColumbusSimón BolívarEmilio Aguinaldo30s
- Q15The part of the triangular trade where Africans were brought to the Americas to be sold.Middle PassageSilk RoadAfrican DiasporaColumbian Exchange30s
