Week 20 World History: The Atlantic World 1492-1800

 

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This world history resource focuses the Atlantic world
in 1492 to 1800 and includes quiz questions and
answers and video links to related topics.

I utilized World History: Patterns of Interaction (Holt McDougal) for our world history textbook. It has multiple options for different learning styles and covers a wide array of information.

This quiz accompanies Chapter 20: pages 550-585.

Directions for the quiz:

• Scroll down and click on the thumbnail to enlarge to full screen.
• Click on the graphic to advance to the next screen.
• Choose an answer for each question.
• Compare your answers with those provided.

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Below are free videos to accompany chapter 20:

• Hernando Cortez
• Francisco Pizarro
• Ponce de Leon
• Encomienda System
• Rise & Fall of the Inca Empire
• New France
• Jamestown
• New England Colonies
• Blackbeard’s Face Was His Greatest Weapon
• Crash Course: Natives & the English
• Native Americans & Disease Pandemics
• Atlantic Slave Trade
• Crash Course: The Columbian Exchange
• Crash Course: Capitalism & Socialism
• Joint-Stock Company
• Mercantilism
• Balance of Trade

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World History Week 20: The Atlantic World 1492-1800

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In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed west across the
Atlantic Ocean & landed on a Caribbean Island he named _____.
Answer choices include: St. Augustine, Columbia, San Salvador, Roanoke

The correct answer is San Salvador.

The crew of _____ was the first to circumnavigate the world.
 Answer choices include: Amerigo Vespucci, Christopher Columbus,
Cubeza de Vaca, Ferdinand Magellan

The correct answer is Ferdinand Magellan.

Hernando Cortéz’s army and _____ successfully
prevailed against the Aztec Empire.
Answer choices include: native warriors/translator,
European diseases, superior weapons, all of these

The correct answer is all of these.

What did Francisco Pizarro do after receiving the largest ransom
in history for Atahualpa’s safe return?
Answer choices include:
He released Atahualpa.
He demanded more gold.
He had Atahualpa executed anyway.
He forced his oldest daughter to marry Atahualpa.

The correct answer is: He had Atahualpa executed anyway.

Many Spaniard men developed relationships with Native American women,
resulting in a significant ____ population.
Answer choices include: mestizo, aboriginal, chindian, polynesian

The correct answer is mestizo.

What was Brazil’s main commodity after Cabral claimed the land for Portugal?
Answer choices include: sugar cane, tea, maize, silver

The correct answer is sugar cane.

In 1513, _____ landed on what is now Florida and claimed the area of Spain.
Answer choices include: Francisco Pizarro, Juan Ponce de Leon,
Christopher Columbus, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

The correct answer is Juan Ponce de Leon.

The Spanish explorers instituted the ____ system in which native people
were forced to farm, ranch, or mine for Spanish landlords.
Answer choices include: slavery, easement, encomienda, terra nullius

The correct answer is encomienda.

A Pueblo rancher, ___, led a successful rebellion against the Spanish.
Answer choices include: Bartolome de Lás Casas, Malinche, Jack Cade, Popé

The correct answer is Popé.

Samuel de Champlain founded ____ for the French in 1608.
Answer choices include: Quebec, Hispaniola, Jamestown, New Netherland

The correct answer is Quebec.

In 1606, the English established their 1st permanent
North American settlement called ____ on Virginia’s coast.
Answer choices include: São Vicente, Jamestown, Albemarle Point, Roanoke

The correct answer is Jamestown.

England’s demand for ___ helped Jamestown to survive financially.
Answer choices include: beans, tobacco, coffee, tomatoes

The correct answer is tobacco.

Which Caribbean Islands were colonized by England?
Answer choices include: Haiti & Guadeloupe,
Antilles & Aruba, Barbados & Jamaica, All of these

The correct answer is Barbados & Jamaica.

In 1750, how many English colonies stretched from Maine to Georgia?
Answer choices include: 7, 13, 17, 23

The correct answer is 13.

Starting in the early 1500s, European colonists began using
approximately 9.5 million enslaved _____ on plantations & farms.
Answer choices include: Africans, Native Americans, Australians, Chinese

The correct answer is Africans.

Approximately __ percent of Africans aboard slave ships died
during the grueling voyage that was part of the Middle Passage.
Answer choices include: 2, 5, 10, 20

The correct answer is 20.

The transfer of foods, plants, and animals between the
Americas, Asia, and Africa is known as the ____.
Answer choices include: Underground Railroad, NAFTA,
Colombian Exchange, Silk Road

The correct answer is Colombian Exchange.

An economic system encouraging private ownership &
investment of resources, called ____, helped many European businesses to grow & flourish.
Answer choices include: socialism, capitalism, communism, feudalism

The correct answer is capitalism.

When investors buy shares in a company, this is known as a ____ company.
Answer choices include: parent, subordinate, joint-stock, public

The correct answer is joint-stock.

An economic policy known as mercantilism resulted in a
primary goal of obtaining ____ to become self-sufficient.
Answer choices include: art, religious converts, knowledge, wealth

The correct answer is wealth.

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