HISTORY: CHAPTER 16 Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
(T/F) The Age of Exploration was driven in large part by the search for wealth.	TRUE.
(T/F) The first country to launch large-scale voyages of exploration was Spain.	FALSE, it was Portugal.
(T/F) Explorer Amerigo Vespucci concluded that the land discovered by Columbus was not part of Asia, but a new land.	TRUE.
(T/F) Spanish colonization of the Americas resulted in the deaths of millions of Native Americans from overwork, epidemic diseases, and mistreatment on encomiendas.	TRUE.
(T/F) Viceroys were officials chosen by the Spanish king to rule large areas of his American holdings.	TRUE.
(T/F) Slave labor declined in the Americas as a result of the Age of exploration.	FALSE, it increased.
(T/F) During the mercantilist era, wealth was measured by the amount of land that a nation possessed.	FALSE, it was measured by gold and silver.
(T/F) Colonies in the Americas were allowed to sell raw materials to countries other than the home country.	FALSE.
(T/F) Between 10 and 20 percent of all captive Africans did not survive the Middle Passage.	TRUE.
(T/F) Some enslaved Africans coped with inhumane conditions by trying to keep their cultural traditions alive.	TRUE.
What instrument could sailors use to calculate their location based on the position of the sun and stars in relation to the horizon?	An astrolabe.
What was the ultimate goal of the early Portuguese explorers?	To find a water route around Africa to India.
What was the Spanish colonial economy based on?	the mining of gold and silver.
What was a result of the treaty of Tordesillas?	The Spanish Empire was larger than the Portuguese empire.
By what percentage did the population of Native Americans in Spanish colonies drop by?	90%.
What was the economy of New France based on?	fish and fur trading.
What statement describes the food exchange between Europe and the Americas?	Europeans brought WHEAT, SUGAR and SHEEP to the Americas. Europeans TOOK CORN, POTATOES, and TURKEYS to Europe.
How much of all food crops grown around the world today are of American origin?	one-third
What did an increase in business activity due to colonization cause?	A new class of wealthier merchants emerging in Europe.
Where were the slave forts located?	On the West coast of Africa.
The greatest number of African slaves were taken to which country?	Brazil.
What would mercantilists urge that a nation do?	SELL more goods than it BUYS from foreign countries.
Why did some Native Americans help Cortes?	The Aztecs were unpopular with those they had conquered.
Which of the following was a conquistador?	Francisco Pizarro.
Planters in the Americas began to use African slaves for labor, WHY?	disease had killed millions of Native Americans.
What was an effect of the Columbian exchange?	The exchange of foods and animals had a dramatic impact on later societies.
What type of job did French Settlers in Canada usually do?	They were TRADERS
What is the belief that a nation's strength is based on how much gold and silver it possessed?	mercantilism
What is an estate called where cash crops are grown on a large scale?	plantations.
What was one leg of the triangular trade network?	The Middle Passage
Who was a Portuguese prince who was a patron and supporter of explorers?	Henry the Navigator
Who was the conquistador who defeated the Aztec empire?	Hernan Cortes.
Who was the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean?	Vasco Nunez de balboa
Who was the first man to go around the world? (circumnavigate the globe?)	Ferdinand Magellan

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