European Exploration Vocabulary Quiz

What is the meaning of "exchange" in the context of trade?

• The act of traveling from one place to another

• The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another

• The process of growing crops and raising livestock

• The act of establishing a new settlement

Who were the conquistadors?

• Explorers who mapped the coastlines of the New World

• Settlers who established the first European colonies in the Americas

• 16th-century explorers who defeated Native American civilizations in Mexico, Central America, or South America

• Traders who exchanged goods between Europe and the Americas

What does the term "encomienda" refer to in the context of European exploration?

• A type of currency used by the Spanish during colonization

• A grant by the Spanish King to soldiers or colonists for land and village with Native American population

• A religious ceremony conducted by Spanish colonists

What defines an "ethnic group"?

• A group of people who trade goods with each other

• A group of people with a shared government system

• A group of people sharing a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, and way of life

• A group of people who are immune to the same diseases

________ is when people with different customs, beliefs, language, and traditions live together

What does it mean to be "immune" to a disease?

• To be the carrier of a disease without showing symptoms

• To be able to cure a disease

• To not be affected by a disease

TRUE or FALSE:

Indigenous people or native inhabitants lived in the Old World.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is cultural exchange?

• The study of different cultures and their histories

• Groups of people who share and adopt different aspects of their lives

• The act of establishing a settlement in a new region

• The data about population characteristics

What is the definition of "culture"?

• The process of one country taking control of another

• The data about population characteristics

• The beliefs, customs, arts, way of life, of a particular society, group, place, or time

• A society where groups of people with different customs, beliefs, arts, and way of life live together

What does the term "Ladinos" refer to in the context of European exploration?

• A mix of mestizos and Spanish peoples

• A route by sea between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans

• The forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean

• People of mixed Native American and European, usually French or Italian, ancestry