Ch 2 Study Guide

What was the purpose of Christopher Columbus’s voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492?

• to conquer the New World

• to trade with Native Americans

• to find a western route to Asia

• to discover new continents

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Who conquered the Aztec and Inca empires in the 16th century?

• the Portuguese

• the Spanish

• the Dutch

• the English

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What were the conquistadors who explored the American Southwest in the 1500s looking for?

• an enormous canyon that stretched for hundreds of miles

• Native Americans whom they could enslave

• a legendary city on a mountaintop

• cities of gold described in Native American legends

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What was the Northwest Passage?

• a. a supposed water route to Asia through the Western Hemisphere

• b. the shortest sea route from Europe to North America

• c. the most direct route from West Africa to North America

• d. a water route across the Arctic

Which country challenged Spain’s position as the dominant world power by defeating the Spanish Armada in 1588?

• France

• Portugal

• the Netherlands

• England

Who provided the labor on Spanish haciendas and plantations in the Americas?

• Creoles

• unpaid Native Americans and enslaved Africans

• Mestizos

• indentured servants from various European countries

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What was one of the negative effects of the Columbian Exchange?

• Europeans introduced tobacco to the New World.

• Honeybees from the New World wiped out native bees in Europe.

• Millions of Native Americans died from European diseases.

• Millions of Europeans died from Native American diseases.

What was one of the positive effects of the Columbian Exchange?

• New foods were introduced to Europe and to the Americas.

• Europeans learned about a cure for smallpox.

• Bison were brought to North America.

• Horses were introduced to Europe.

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

What was the Middle Passage?

• the voyage of ships carrying enslaved Africans to the Americas

• the voyage of ships carrying trade goods to West Africa

• the voyage of ships carrying products from the Americas to Europe

• a three-part system of trade connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas

Where did the use of enslaved Africans as a labor force initially begin in the Americas?

• on rice plantations in the Chesapeake Bay region

• on sugar plantations in the Caribbean

• on cotton plantations in the American South

• on mountain farms in Peru