World Geography

How did the Columbian Exchange most influence the native people in North America?

• It introduced new foods leading to longer life-spans.

• It introduced new technologies leading to a shorter workday.

• It introduced new diseases causing a rapid decline in population.

• It introduced new crops causing a shift to an agricultural lifestyle.

Which of the following contributed to the growth of American cities during the late 1800s?

• Access to free housing

• Industrialization

• Cleanliness of city life

• Access to inexpensive land

What is ONE PUSH Factor and ONE PULL Fctor that led to Westward Migration inside the United Stattes?

Which historic event caused the greatest change to the settlement patterns in much of United States?

• First World War

• Second World War

• Industrial Revolution

• Fall of the Soviet Union

In the late 1840s, a plant disease devastated potato crops throughout Irelnad. Many Irish people depended on the crop for food. The loss of the potato crops led to widespread famine. Many people left Ireland and relocated for new opportunities. How did this event most influence routes of migration from Ireland?

• Socail push factors led many Irish people to cross the English Channel.

• Political pull factors led many Irish people to move south into England.

• Environmental push factors led many Irish people to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

• Economic pull factors led many Irish people to move into better fields in Europe.

The factors that encourage people to leave their place of origin and migrate to another place are called "push" factors. These "push" factors may include

• economic opportunity and political and religious freedom

• religious freeedom and food and housing shortages

• lack of employment and food, housing shortages, and persecution

• effective advertising, expansive housing markets and political freedom

What did the Columbian Exchange do?

• Columbus exchanged his army for a new unit.

• It brought different crops animals and disease to the Old/New worlds.

• Brought imperialism to the old world

• Allowed the Europeans to conquer Alaska

When over farming, drought, and windstorms struck the southern part of the United States, what was the direct result?

• It caused the Irish Potato Famine.

• It caused the Dust Bowl and led to mass migration the west of the United States.

• The Gold Rush made many Americans flee their farms for economic oppotunity.

• It led to Manifest Destiney in the United States.

What type of vegetation dominated the basin of the Amazon River in South America?

• mountain tundra

• tropical rain forest

• brush grass savanna

• deciduous woodland

Which of the following climates is shared by Canada and the U.S.?

• tropical wet

• dry desert

• cold tundra

• dry tropical