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Class _______
Social Studies 7
Reddington/Deleo
Theme: Conflict, Adversity and Change
Directions:
This question is based on the accompanying six documents. The
question is designed to test your ability to work with historical
documents. Some of the documents have been edited for the purposes
of the question. As you analyze the documents, take into account both
the source of each document and any point of view that may be
presented in the document.
Historical Background:
Though accidental, it was Columbus’s discovery of the New
World that catapulted Europe into the Age of Exploration. For various
reasons, the competition to explore and colonize America caused
significant social, political and economic changes between the 15th and
17th centuries.
Task:
Using information from the documents and your knowledge of
history, answer the questions that follow each document in Part
A. Your answers to the questions will help you to write the Part
B essay, in which you will be asked to:

Describe three changes that occurred in America as a result of European
exploration and colonization

Explain whether or not each of these changes had a positive or negative
impact on the Americas
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Document 1: “The Columbian Exchange”
1. Using information from the document complete the chart by
identifying two goods that were exchanged between the
continents. (.5, .5, .5, .5 points)
1.
Goods Brought to America
Goods Brought to Europe, Africa and Asia
1.
2.
2.
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2. Using the map, explain TWO negative exchanges that took place
during the Age of Exploration. (2 points)
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Document 2a-b
" There was then no sickness; they had no aching
bones; they had then no high fever; they had then
no smallpox; they had then no abdominal pain;
they had then no consumption; they had then no
headache. At that time the course of humanity
was orderly. The foreigners made it otherwise
when they arrived here." (Chronicle of Chilam
Bayam.)
2a
"It was the month of Tepeilhuitl when it began and
it spread over the people as great destruction.
Some it quite covered with pustules on all parts -their faces, their heads, etc. There was a great
havoc. Very many died of it. They could not walk;
they only lay in their resting places and beds. They
could not move ; they could not stir; they could
not change positions , nor lie in one side; nor face
down , nor on their backs. And if they stirred,
much did they cry out. Great was its (smallpox)
destruction. Covered, mantled with pustules, many
people died of them. " (Sahagun - Florentine
Codex)
2b
3. According to the text document above, what was native life like
before the Europeans came to America? (2 points)
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4. Explain what native life was like after the Europeans came to
America. (2 points)
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Document 3
5. Based on the line graph, identify what happened to the Native
American population in the years of European exploration? (1
point)
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6. Between which years is the most drastic change in the Native
American population in Mexico? (1 point)
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Document 4
7. What does the graph above illustrate about European settlement
in the Americas?
(1 point)
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8. What was the destination of most enslaved Africans between
1500-1870? (1 point)
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Document 5
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Bartolome de Las Casas claimed that
millions had died because the Spanish made
gold their ultimate aim, seeking to load
themselves with riches (mercantilist theory)
in the shortest possible time.”
Describing what he had witnessed in the
West Indies, Las Casas wrote, "… My eyes
have seen these acts so foreign to human
nature, and now I tremble as I write …"
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9. What was Bartolome de Las Casas witnessing in America?
(1 point)
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10. What economic reason did Las Casas give for the Spanish
destruction of more than forty million people? (1 point)
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Document 6
“In this vast and very fertile vineyard of the Indian tribes which they call the Pimas…I have
been able, through the celestial favors of the heavenly saints, to wash about three hundred
Indians in the holy water of baptism… God willing, hundreds, and later, thousands will be
gathered into the most holy Mother Church… In this charge where I am working, a mission
[has] been established, and many very suitable rooms of a house [have] been built. We are
now occupied in the building of a new church, with the help of some soldiers, and its walls
have… happily arisen to a height of several feet.”
-From a letter written by Father Kino, June 30, 1687.
Source: American Journey
.
11. Based on this document, explain what change was taking place in
the Pima tribe? (2 points)
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Score
Social Studies 7
Reddington/Deleo
Theme: Conflict, Adversity and Change
Directions:
This question is based on the accompanying six documents. The
question is designed to test your ability to work with historical
documents. Some of the documents have been edited for the purposes
of the question. As you analyze the documents, take into account both
the source of each document and any point of view that may be
presented in the document.
Historical Background:
Though accidental, it was Columbus’s discovery of the New
World that catapulted Europe into the Age of Exploration. For various
reasons, the competition to explore and colonize America caused
significant social, political and economic changes between the 15th and
17th centuries.
Task:
Using information from the documents and your knowledge of
Social Studies, answer the questions that follow each document
in Part A. Your answers to the questions will help you to write
the Part B essay, in which you will be asked to:

Describe three changes that occurred in America as a result of European
exploration and colonization

Explain whether or not each of these changes had a positive or negative
impact on the Americas
Social Studies 7
Reddington/Deleo