Unit 2 Test

Question 1

Technically what European people were the first to set foot in the new world?

Answer 1

The Vikings

Question 2

Why do they not get credit for finding the new world?

Answer 2

There were a quite few and the few small settlements that had been found did not last.

Question 3

Before the 1400s, what route was the most used for trade between Europe and India and China?

Answer 3

The Silk Road

Question 4

Who sailed around the tip of Africa and made it all the way to India for Portugal?

Answer 4

Vasco De Gama

Question 5

When Portugal found a water route to Asia, what impact did that have on Spain after they heard Columbus’s proposal to sail west to get to Asia?

Answer 5

The discovery of a water route to Asia by the Portuguese led to the treaty of Tordesillas in 1994, which divided the Atlantic Ocean between Spain and Portugal

Question 6

Where was Columbus from ?

Answer 6

Genoa, Italy

Question 7

Who was he sailing for as he sailed toward the new world?

Answer 7

Christopher Columbus

Question 8

What was the impact on the people in the new world when Columbus landed and started exploring the Caribbean Islands?

Answer 8

Initiating the genocide of Hispaniola’s indigenous Arawak population.

Question 9

Why did Columbus name the people of the new world Indians?

Answer 9

He thought he had found a new route to the East.

Question 10

In the 1400s when products from Asia were in great demand but there was only a small supply of those products, what was their value in Europe?

Answer 10

Luxury goods

Question 11

Were European products in demand in Asia?

Answer 11

Yes

Question 12

What recent inventions and advances helped Europeans explore the world?

Answer 12

Astrolabe and magnetic compass

Question 13

Why was the Portuguese prince Henry the navigator famous during the times exploration if he was t actually an explorer?

Answer 13

Hebert funded and planned expedition to satisfy his curiosity, expand the territory and wealth Portugal, and to spread Christianity.

Question 14

What was transported from Europe to Africa?

Answer 14

Arms, textiles and wine

Question 15

What was transported from Africa to the new world?

Answer 15

The slaves

Question 16

What was transported from the new world to Europe?

Answer 16

Corn Maize), potatoes, cassava, and sweet potatoes, together with secondary food crops such as tomatoes, peanuts, pumpkin, squashes, pineapples, and chili peppers.

Question 17

What was the Columbian Exchange?

Answer 17

He exchange of plants, animals, diseases, ideas, and people between the Americas and the old world (Europe, Asia and Africa) that began in the 15th century.

Question 18

What was the Columbian exchange?

Answer 18

He exchange of plants, animals, diseases, ideas, and people between the Americas and the old world (Europe, Asia and Africa) that began in the 15th century.

Question 19

Who endured the most suffering when diseases were transported across the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer 19

The Native people of the Americas had no such immunities. Adults and children were alike were stricken by numerous viral epidemics.

Question 20

What was the long term impact of the Slave Trade on Africa even after it ended?

Answer 20

The evidence suggests that it has affected a wide range of important outcomes.

Question 21

What two rivers did French explorers concentrate their exploration of North America?

Answer 21

Lawrence and Mississippi River

Question 22

What was the impact of the seven years war on the colonies that now make up the United States and Canada?

Answer 22

Laid the bicultural foundations on modern Canada.

Question 23

Later in the 1800s how did the United States gain control over French territory between Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains?

Answer 23

The Louisiana purchased encompassed 530,000,000 acres of territory in North America that the United States purchased from France in 1830 for $15million.

Question 24

What was the impact of England destroying nearly half the Spanish Armada?

Answer 24

Launched Elizabeth onto the global stage.

Question 25

What was the earliest permanent settlement in the English colonies?

Answer 25

Jamestown, Virginia

Question 26

Which of the three main Native American Empires held out the longest against the Spanish?

Answer 26

Aztec, Maya, and Inca

Question 27

In the Mayan culture the gods they worshiped were all connected to what?

Answer 27

The maya believed that their gods were responsible for the success or failure of their crops.