Week 4 Test Practice

Why were European countries seeking new trade routes to Asia during the Age of Exploration?

• To spread democracy around the world

• To find faster ways to get valuable goods

• To avoid contact with other empires

• To establish permanent colonies in Europe

A student argues that European diseases were not a major factor in Native American population decline because Native Americans were strong warriors. What is wrong with this claim?

• It is correct; warriors are always immune to disease.

• Wrong: Disease caused catastrophic population declines regardless of warrior strength.

• It is partial; only a few diseases were deadly.

• Insufficient data; we cannot truly know.

Why did European diseases like smallpox cause a drastic decline in Native American populations?

• The diseases were not very deadly

• Native Americans had already left the continent

• They had natural immunity to these diseases

• Native Americans had no immunity to these new diseases

Which explorer’s crew was the first to complete a trip around the Earth?

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco Nunez Balboa

Which crop was transferred from the Americas to Europe during the Columbian Exchange?

• Banana

• Potato

• Wheat

• Rice

According to the Treaty of Tordesillas, which country gained control of Brazil?

• Portugal

• Spain

• France

• England

What did the Treaty of Tordesillas decide about the control of South America?

• Brazil went to Portugal, and the rest of South America went to Spain.

• All of South America went to Portugal.

• All of South America went to Spain.

• Brazil went to Spain, and the rest of South America went to Portugal.

Put the events in order from left to right

• 1521: Hernan Cortes conquers the Aztecs

• 1624: The Dutch found New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island

• 1492: Columbus lands on Hispaniola

• 1607: First permanent English settlement begins in Jamestown

Which of the following events happened in 1494?

• Columbus lands on Hispaniola

• Treaty of Tordesillas sets up Brazil for Portugal and rest of South America for Spain

• Hernan Cortes conquers the Aztecs

• The Dutch found New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island

Who was Spain's rival during the Italian War?

• Germany
• France
• Italy
• Portugal