Week 7: Study Guide Multiple Choice

Question 1

What was the Columbian Exchange?

A) A cultural movement in Europe

B) A transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and the Old World

C) A trade route connecting Asia and Europe

D) A political agreement between European countries

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which crop from the Americas significantly increased population growth in Europe?
A) Wheat
B) Corn
C) Potato
D) Rice

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What term describes the belief that the Americas were an untouched wilderness before European arrival?

A) Pristine Myth
B) Untouched America
C) American Eden
D) Terra Nullius

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Jared Diamond attributes European success to which of the following factors?
A) Geographic luck
B) High literacy rates
C) Religious unity
D) Climate diversity

Answer 4

A

Question 5

Which animal provided Europeans with significant military and agricultural advantages?

A) Camels
B) Elephants
C) Horses
D) Zebras

Answer 5

C

Question 6

What major disease devastated indigenous populations in the Americas after European contact?
A) Malaria
B) Smallpox
C) Cholera
D) Polio

Answer 6

B

Question 7

What economic policy emphasized resource extraction and colonial trade to increase national wealth?

A) Socialism
B) Mercantilism
C) Capitalism
D) Communism

Answer 7

B

Question 8

In which century did the Industrial Revolution begin?
A) 15th
B) 16th
C) 18th
D) 20th

Answer 8

C

Question 9

Which civilization is known for creating terra preta soil in the Amazon?

A) Incas
B) Aztecs
C) Cahokians
D) Indigenous Amazonians

Answer 9

D

Question 10

The phase of European empires focused on extraction of resources like gold and silver was known as the:
A) Industrial Empires
B) Empires of Conquest
C) Mercantile Empires
D) Free Trade Empires

Answer 10

B