CHAPTER 20 TEST REVIEW
SALUTE!
What was one result of the loss of
native lives to disease?
• a. the ruin of several tobacco and sugar cane
plantations
• b. a growing tolerance between the colonists
and the natives
• c. fewer battles between the colonists and
natives over land
• d. a severe shortage of labor in the colonies
• d. a severe shortage of labor in the colonies
Why did the English want to take
control of New Netherland?
• a. As they pushed west into the continent, they
collided with New Netherland.
• b. The Dutch and the English were longtime
enemies.
• c. New Netherland separated England’s northern
and southern colonies.
• d. The English wanted to take control of the fur
trade and the Hudson Bay.
• c. New Netherland separated England’s northern
and southern colonies.
On what assumption was the encomienda
system based?
• a. that Europeans had the right to demand
labor from Native Americans
• b. that exposure to European culture would
help educate Native Americans
• c. that living on Spanish plantations would
convert Native Americans to Christianity
• d. that mestizos had more rights than fullblooded Native Americans
• a. that Europeans had the right to demand
labor from Native Americans
Which of the following did NOT aid the
Spanish in conquering the Aztecs?
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a. disease
b. larger forces
c. native enemies
d. superior weapons
b. larger forces
What helped to increase the slave
trade in Africa during the seventh
century?
• a. the crusades and holy wars
• b. the spread of Islam into Africa
• c. an increase in trade between Europe and
Asia
• d. the establishment of trade networks
between Africa and Portugal
• b. the spread of Islam into Africa
• Which of the following areas was originally
founded as a settlement by the Dutch?
• a. Quebec
• b. Montreal
• c. New York
• d. Massachusetts
• c. New York
As part of the Columbian Exchange,
which of the following was carried
west across the Atlantic?
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a. livestock
b. tobacco
c. potatoes
d. tomatoes
a. livestock
Which European country was the first
to import enslaved Africans to the
Americas?
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a. the Netherlands
b. France
c. England
d. Spain
d. Spain
What prompted a wave of new businesses and
trade practices in Europe in the 16th and 17th
centuries?
• a. the global transfer of foods, plants, and
animals during colonization
• b. new wealth from the Americas and the growth
in overseas trade
• c. people pooling their wealth for a common
purpose
• d. European countries becoming able to sell more
goods than they bought
• b. new wealth from the Americas and the growth
in overseas trade
What did the encomienda system
provide for New Spain?
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a. more land
b. more settlers
c. military protection
d. a cheap labor source
d. a cheap labor source
Where in the Americas did Christopher
Columbus land first?
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a. an island in the Caribbean Sea
b. the southern tip of South America
c. the coast of what is today Panama
d. the eastern coast of North America
a. an island in the Caribbean Sea
What was the purpose of most of the
joint-stock companies of the 1500s
and 1600s?
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a. financing wars in Africa
b. funding colonies in the Americas
c. paying for the building of slave ships
d. funding the digging of gold mines
b. funding colonies in the Americas
Why did Europeans see Africans as a better a
source of labor than Native Americans?
• a. Africans had complete immunity to all diseases, so
they wouldn’t die off.
• b. Africans had no experience in farming, so they
wouldn’t try to do things
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• c. Africans were strangers in the Americas, so they
wouldn’t have allies or places to hide.
• d. Africans were already Christians, so they didn’t have
to be converted.
• c. Africans were strangers in the Americas, so they
wouldn’t have allies or places to hide.
Who conquered the Aztec empire?
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a. Hernando Cortés
b. Francisco Pizarro
c. Ferdinand Magellan
d. Vasco Núñez de Balboa
a. Hernando Cortés
What was the main economic activity
in New France?
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a. finding gold and spices
b. building a fur trade
c. finding religious freedom
d. creating long-term colonial investments
b. building a fur trade
How did slavery in African and Muslim societies
differ from slavery in the Americas?
• a. People in African and Muslim societies could
not escape their slavery.
• b. Slavery in the Americas was based on race and
heredity.
• c. Enslaved people in African and Muslim
societies could not rise socially.
• d. The slavery in Africa and Muslim societies was
based primarily on race.
• b. Slavery in the Americas was based on race and
heredity.
What was one effect in Europe of the
financial success of American
colonies?
• a. The prices of goods steadily increased.
• b. The prices of goods steadily decreased.
• c. The supply of goods increased to meet
demand.
• d. Both the prices and supply of goods steadily
increased.
• a. The prices of goods steadily increased.
How did Bartolemé de Las Casas affect
race relations in the Americas?
• a. He urged better treatment of Native Americans but
proposed using African laborers.
• b. He led a well-organized uprising against the Spanish
to protest the
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• c. He started a colony in present-day Arizona based on
equality of all men.
• d. He visited the king of Spain to protest the treatment
of Native Americans.
• a. He urged better treatment of Native Americans but
proposed using African laborers.
According to the policy of mercantilism, how
could a nation increase its wealth?
• a. It should center its wealth and power in its
government.
• b. It should spread its wealth and power
among private individuals.
• c. It should sell more goods than it buys from
other countries.
• d. It should buy more goods than it sells to
other countries.
• c. It should sell more goods than it buys from
other countries.
How was Africa affected by the
Atlantic slave trade?
• a. Many cultures lost their fittest members, and
families were torn apart.
• b. All African countries prospered and grew to be
world powers.
• c. Kings were able to stop rebellions with the
firearms they received in trade.
• d. African empires became safer because they
traded away their criminals.
• a. Many cultures lost their fittest members, and
families were torn apart.
TEST ESSAY TOPICS
• The St. Lawrence Waterway
• The African slave trade: causes, contributors,
impact on population and culture
• Competing claims in North America