Ch 1 SG US I

What is a cash crop?

• A farm product grown strictly for sale

• A term used to describe an item in short supply

• A political and economic system developed in Europe in the Middle Ages

• A group of families descended from the same common ancestor

What does the term "scarce" mean?

• A farm product grown strictly for sale

• A term used to describe an item in short supply

• A political and economic system developed in Europe in the Middle Ages

• A person who moves regularly in search of food

What does the term "barter" mean?

• Someone who rules over a state or territory

• Trade

• A new era of transatlantic trade

• A group of families descended from the same ancestor

Who is a monarch?

• Someone who rules over a state or territory

• A person who moves regularly in search of food

• A new era of transatlantic trade

• A group of families descended from the same ancestor

What does the term "Columbian Exchange" refer to?

• New era of transatlantic trade

• A group of families descended from the same ancestor

• Someone who rules over a state or territory

• Trade

What does the term "Savanna" refer to?

• Grassland

• Rainforest

• Desert

• Tundra

Why did Europeans fight the Crusades?

• To establish new trade routes to the Indies.

• To put limitations on European trade.

• To take control of Jerusalem from Muslim Turks.

• To spread Christianity in Asia.

How was slavery in Africa different from slavery as it developed in the Americas?

• Women and children were not enslaved.

• Enslavement lasted only 7 years.

• Slaves could move up in society and out of slavery.

• Slavery was based on race.

Why did Spain decide to back Columbus's voyage to the west?

• To help finally defeat the Muslims.

• To make Columbus rich and famous.

• To give Spain a trading advantage over Portugal.

• To discover new lands for settlement.

Name one animal that the Columbian Exchange brought to the Americas.

• Llamas

• Horses

• Turkeys

• Alpacas