Name: ____________________________________ February 19, 2016
World History Unit 4 – Transoceanic Trade
Unit 4 Test – Study Guide
Period: __________
Skill 1 - Vocabulary and Key Terms
Directions: Define the following terms, vocabulary words, and concepts as they apply to this unit (aka
in context)
1. Transoceanic
2. Cultural Diffusion
3. Renaissance
4. Colonialization
5. Manifest Destiny
6. Strait
7. Secular
8. Milan, Venice, Genoa, and Florence
9. Eunuch
10. Fleet
11. Inflation
12. Revolt
13. Tribute
14. Mulattoes
15. Encomienda
16. Demographics
17. Columbian Exchange
Skill 2- Mapping
Directions: For each map, depict the designated task…don’t forget to include your compass.
1. Map the Atlantic slave trade, be sure to include participating continents and oceans as well
as the dispersion of raw and manufactured goods.
2. Map Magellan’s travel route…depict his travel route, label his strait, the place he died and
where his journey began.
3. Map 5 countries that colonized the following places in the Americas. Create a key so that
the reader can follow along easily.
Skill 3 - Notable Individuals
Directions: List the influence, significance, and/or achievements of the individuals below.
Individual
Medici Family
Zheng He
Ferdinand Magellan
Bartolomeo De las Casas
Ming Dynasty
Christopher Columbus
Spanish Empire
Significance
Nationality
Skill 4- Nationalities, Continents and Countries
Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct country and continent.
English are from _________________________. Which is on the continent of _______________.
Dutch are from _________________________. Which is on the continent of _______________.
Spaniards are from _______________________. Which is on the continent of _______________.
Portuguese are from _________________________. Which is on the continent of _______________.
French are from ______________________________. Which is on the continent of _______________.
Skill 5 – CRS Standards Skills
CLR – close reading, locating details
Directions: Using this excerpt from the journal of Christopher Columbus, answer the questions that
follow.
“Monday, 6 August. The rudder of the caravel Pinta became loose, being broken or
unshipped. It was believed that this happened by the contrivance of Gomez Rascon and
Christopher Quintero, who were on board the caravel, because they disliked the voyage. The
Admiral says he had found them in an unfavorable disposition before setting out. He was in
much anxiety at not being able to afford any assistance in this case, but says that it somewhat
quieted his apprehensions to know that Martin Alonzo Pinzon, Captain of the Pinta, was a man
of courage and capacity.”
1. What evidence does Columbus use to support his accusation that Rascon and Quintero damaged
the ship?
a. it happened by contrivance
b. these crew members were partial to the
voyage
c. Columbus doesn’t think their marine skills
were sophisticated
d. not enough information to answer the
question
2. Why did the admiral not tell Columbus about the negative energy he felt from Rascon and
Quintero?
a. the admiral had faith in the navigational
skills of the Captain
c. the admiral was a man of courage and was
foes with the captain
b. the admiral knew it wasn’t his business to
intervene
d. the admiral wasn’t embarking on the
voyage so his opinion is uncalled for
3. What made the admiral anxious?
a. he was uncomfortable with his seating
arrangement for the voyage
c. the admiral has no power over the fleet or its
choice of crew members
b. there was nothing he could do to alert the
captain of the dispositions of Rascon and
Quintero
d. the anxiety of the admiral is not addressed
in the above passage.
IDT – central theme or idea
Directions: Using this excerpt from the journal of Christopher Columbus, answer the questions that
follow.
"As I saw that they [natives] were very friendly to us, and perceived that they [natives] could
be much more easily converted to our holy faith by gentle means than by force, I presented
them [natives] with some red caps, and strings of beads to wear upon the neck, and many
other trifles of small value, wherewith they [natives] were much delighted, and became
wonderfully attached to us.”
1. What is the central idea of the passage above?
a. Trading
c. Natives like trade
b. Appreciation of goods
d. Conversion through bribes
REL – relationships between events, individuals, comparative relationships
Directions: Using this excerpt from the journal of Christopher Columbus, answer the questions that
follow.
“…as your Highnesses will see by those seven [natives] which I have ordered to be taken and
carried to Spain in order to learn our language and return, unless your Highnesses should
choose to have them all transported to Castile, or held captive in the island. I could conquer
the whole of them with fifty men, and govern them as I pleased. Near the islet I have
mentioned were groves of trees, the most beautiful I have ever seen, with their foliage as
verdant as we see in Castile in April and May.”
1. The tone in which Columbus describes the people and the tone in which he describes the trees is
BEST described as:
a. actively excited; eager
c. greedy; impressed
b. amazed; with disdain
d. controlling; inferior
WME-Word choice and meaning
Directions: Using this excerpt from the journal of Christopher Columbus, answer the questions that
follow.
“…as your Highnesses will see by those seven [natives] which I have ordered to be taken and
carried to Spain in order to learn our language and return, unless your Highnesses should
choose to have them all transported to Castile, or held captive in the island. I could conquer
the whole of them with fifty men, and govern them as I pleased. Near the islet I have
mentioned were groves of trees, the most beautiful I have ever seen, with their foliage as
verdant as we see in Castile in April and May.”
1. Why would Columbus compare the trees he saw in America to those in Castile?
2. “groves of trees” most nearly means.
a. The texture or ridges in the tree
c. farms or orchards of trees
b. cluster of trees
d. the root part of the tree
SYN – Draw logical conclusions using information multiple portions of a text
“…afterwards they came swimming to the boats, bringing parrots, balls of cotton thread, javelins,
and many other things which they exchanged for articles we gave them, such as glass beads, and
hawk's bells; which trade was carried on with the utmost good will. But they seemed on the whole to
me, to be a very poor people. They all go completely naked, even the women, though I saw but one
girl. All whom I saw were young, not above thirty years of age, well made, with fine shapes and
faces; their hair short, and coarse like that of a horse's tail, combed toward the forehead, except a
small portion which they suffer to hang down behind, and never cut. Some paint themselves with
black, which makes them appear like those of the Canaries, neither black nor white; others with
white, others with red, and others with such colors as they can find. Some paint the face, and some
the whole body; others only the eyes, and others the nose. Weapons they have none, nor are
acquainted with them, for I showed them swords which they grasped by the blades, and cut
themselves through ignorance.”
Step 1: Underline 5 references to the indigenous American’s physical appearance
Step 2: How does Columbus and his crew get the natives on his side? (Your response should be 3
sentences minimum.)
Put a star next to four examples of him gaining their trust.
Step 3: What is the tone behind his opinions of the natives? What does he think of them?
Step 4: What is up Columbus’ sleeve as far as these people and their land? (Your response should be
a minimum of 3 sentences, circle 3 supporting pieces of evidence for your answer.)
Step 5: Why does Columbus add in the last piece about their weaponry ignorance? What does this
intel support, that he’s already mentioned?