Unit 1 Test Review

Which statement explains the long-term significance of the travels of Christopher Columbus?

• His interactions with the indigenous peoples served as a model for fair treatment of minorities.

• His ships were the first to complete an around-the-world voyage and prove the earth was round.

• His calculations of the distance between Europe and Asia became the basis for our modern maps.

• His voyages started a vast cultural exchange between the two hemispheres.

Which statement describes an impact of the Columbian exchange on the lives of Europeans?

• (1) The combination of new products and ideas promoted economic growth.

• (2) Native Americans immigrated to Europe and competed with Europeans for jobs.

• (3) Millions of Europeans were killed by new American diseases.

• (4) Introduction of the Native American religions resulted in the decline of the Roman Catholic Church.

What was one effect of the Columbian exchange?

• (1) rapid decline in European population

• (2) economic instability in China and Japan

• (3) introduction of new foods to both Europe and the Americas

• (4) spread of Hinduism into Latin America

Which conclusion about the slave trade in Africa is supported by this map?

• 1) Most of the slaves came from eastern Africa.

• (2) Few people were taken from Africa to other continents.

• (3) Several European countries participated in the slave trade.

• (4) The slave trade began in southern Africa.

The presence of which pair of geographic conditions discouraged the development of a plantation economy in the New England Colonies?

• A) wide coastal plain and absence of good harbors

• B) rocky soil and short growing season

• C) numerous rivers and humid climate

• D) flatlands and lack of forests

Climatic conditions in the southern colonies most directly influenced the development of

• A) democratic institutions

• B) a canal system

• C) the plantation system

• D) the coal industry

In which area did good harbors, abundant forests, rocky soil, and a short growing season most influence the colonial economy?

• A) Southern Colonies

• B) Middle Atlantic region

• C) Northwest Territory

• D) New England Colonies

In its economic relationship with its North American colonies, Great Britain followed the principles of 18th century mercantilism by

• A) outlawing the African slave trade

• B) limiting the colonies' trade with other nations

• C) encouraging the development of manufacturing in the colonies

• D) establishing laws against business monopolies

According to the theory of mercantilism, the principle purpose of the thirteen original colonies was to provide Great Britain with

• A) naval bases

• B) raw materials and markets

• C) workers and manufactured goods

• D) military recruits

During the early to mid-1700s, the British policy of salutary neglect toward the American colonies contributed to

• A) a decline in colonial manufacturing

• B) the decline of slavery in the northern colonies

• C) a decrease in French and Spanish influence in North America

• D) the development of independent colonial trade practices