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  • Q1
    What enabled the Portuguese sailors to sail into and with the wind?
    lateen sails
    astrolabe
    larger ships
    sextant
    30s
  • Q2
    What was an effect of Europeans finding new lands?
    Europeans didn't change the society that was already in place.
    The explorers carried diseases.
    The explorers encouraged missionaries.
    The explorers enslaved Native Americans and Africans
    30s
  • Q3
    According to the map, which country had the greatest Control of the Western Americas?
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    Spain
    France
    Portugal
    Great Britain
    30s
  • Q4
    Which European country had control of the eastern coast of South America?
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    Great
    Britain
    France
    Portugal
    30s
  • Q5
    What goods were traded between the colonies of the AMericas and European countries?
    tobacco for sugar and molasses
    rum, tobacco, and cotton
    slaves for sugar and molasses
    slaves for tobacco
    30s
  • Q6
    What was Portugal's goals in the 1500s?
    to control the spice trade
    to claim Japan as a trading partner
    to end Arab control of India
    to make China a Portuguese colony
    30s
  • Q7
    Which European nation colonized the blue area?
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    Holland
    France
    England
    Netherlands
    30s
  • Q8
    What was the importance of the Columbian Exchange?
    Goods, ideas, technology, plants, and animals were introduced to areas of the world.
    Native American diseases were sent to Europe and many became sick.
    Christopher Columbus landed on the islands in Caribbean.
    The Columbian Exchange set the value of money between the Americas and Europe.
    45s
  • Q9
    What was the effect of the growing trade between the colonies and the colonial powers?
    The Columbian Exchange slowed.
    There was a growth of capitalism in Europe.
    There was no trading with other European countries.
    Colonies started to trade with one another.
    45s
  • Q10
    What is capitalism?
    international control of production and goods for profit
    government control of production and goods
    employee control of production, goods, and profit
    private control of production and goods for profit
    45s
  • Q11
    Which of these definitions BEST describes the ideas of mercantilism?
    The government shares the profits of trade with its citizens.
    Employees control production of goods and profit.
    Colonies supply the mother country raw materials to use in manufacturing goods.
    Individuals own companies and control trade.
    45s
  • Q12
    Which economic system is depicted in this diagram?
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    Communism
    Capitalism
    Mercantilism
    Socialism
    45s
  • Q13
    What was one factor that caused economies to become more complex after the discovery of the New World?
    outbreak of black death
    global war
    International trade
    expansion of feudal system
    45s
  • Q14
    _______ is an economic system where there is private ownership of goods and businesses.
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    Mercantilism
    Captialism
    Socialism
    Communism
    45s
  • Q15
    How did the French and Indian War impact the influence of France in the New World?
    Weakened France when they lost much of their land in North America
    gave French complete control English colonies
    allowed French to become dominant power in North America
    allowed French to spread influence into South America
    45s

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