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Unit 2 Test: ANSWER KEY
Muslim Empires, Exploration and Slave Trade
Matching: Vocab
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Smallpox – Disease that killed millions of Native Americas
Compass – Major tool which made exploration possible for Europeans
Allah – The Arabic word for God
Middle Passage – Voyage that brought captured Africans across the Atlantic
Citrus fruits, olives, grapes – Foods that traveled east to west in the Columbian exchange
God, gold and glory – Motivating factors for European exploration
Gold, guns, manufactured goods – Items traded for captured Africans
Taj Mahal – Reflective of Muslim architecture and built by the Mughals
Islam – The religion practiced by Muslims
Atahualpa – Ruler of the Incan Empire
Main Ideas: Multiple Choice
11. The holiest sites for Muslims are located in Saudi Arabia and Israel. Which continent are they a
part of?
a. Europe
b. Asia
c. Africa
d. The Middle East
12. The world’s three major monotheistic religions are:
a. Judaism, Hinduism and Islam
b. Christianity, Islam and Catholicism
c. Hinduism, Judaism and Buddhism
d. Judaism, Christianity and Islam
13. The Suleyman Mosque is located in the present day city of Istanbul, Turkey. This city’s previous
name was _______________.
a. Persia
b. Esfahan
c. Constantinople
d. It was always called Istanbul
14. The Taj Majal was built during the reign of the Mughal Empire in India. It is a:
a. Mosque
b. Tomb
c. Museum
d. Church
15. In “Guns, Germs and Steel,” Jared Diamond argues that no one civilization has a monopoly on
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a. Intelligence
b. Wealth
c. Strength
d. Religion
The Treaty of Tordesillas is best described as:
a. An agreement to determine who would control trade in the Atlantic Ocean
b. An agreement to settle disputes over the border between Portugal and Spain
c. An agreement about an imaginary line through the Atlantic Ocean and South America
d. An argument between the British and the French
Where in the Americas did Christopher Columbus first land?
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
Bartolome de las Casas was:
a. The conquistador who conquered the Inca
b. The best friend of Christopher Columbus
c. A missionary who spoke out against the treatment of Native Americans
d. A famous captain of a slave ship
A part of the Columbian Exchange, which of the following was carried west across the Atlantic?
a. Livestock
b. Tobacco
c. Potatoes
d. Tomatoes
This theory says that a country’s power depends mainly on its wealth:
a. Joint-stock company
b. Guns, germs and steel
c. God, gold and glory
d. Mercantilism
Interpreting Charts: Multiple Choice
21. Where were sugar plantations located?
a. West Indies
b. Africa
c. Spain, Portugal, the Azores, Madeira Islands
d. New England, New York, Philadelphia
22. What did shops transport on the Middle Passage?
a. Coins, enslaved Africans, and sugar
b. Gold and enslaved Africans
c. Run, trade goods, and currency
d. Sugar, molasses and enslaved Africans
23. Which places were part of all three triangular trade routes?
a. England
b. West Indies and southern colonies
c. New England, New York, and Philadelphia
d. Africa
24. What did England export?
a. Salt, fruit, and wines
b. Sugar, molasses, and fruit
c. Bills of exchange
d. Manufactured goods
25. What did the West Indies export both to England and to New England, New York, and
Philadelphia?
a. Sugar and molasses
b. Coins and enslaved Africans
c. Fruit and bills of exchange
d. Sugar, coins, molasses and enslaved Africans
Using a Primary Source: Multiple Choice
“where there is a vacant place, there is liberty for . . . [Christians] to come and inhabit, though they
neither buy it nor ask their leaves . . . Indeed no nation is to drive out another without special commission
from Heaven . . . unless the natives do unjustly wrong them, and will not recompense the wrongs done in
a peaceable fort [way]. And then they may right themselves by lawful war and subdue the country unto
themselves.”
John Cotton, quoted in The Annals of America
26. What do you think Native Americans might have said about Cotton’s statement that America
was a “vacant place?”
a. Agreed that the continent was largely empty
b. Discussed development plans with them
c. Pointed out that they inhabited the land
d. Offered to sell the land to him
27. How might the last part of Cotton’s statement have helped the Puritans justify taking land from
the Native Americans?
a. Puritans could claim natives had wronged them
b. Natives could claim puritans had wronged them
c. Puritans believed war was wrong in all circumstances
d. Native Americans were willing to negotiate their grievances
Complete the Chart
28. Create a chart and fill in 2 positive and 2 negative outcomes of the Columbian Exchange (use
the section in chapter 4!!!)
Short Answer/Identification
29. a. Triangular Trade
b. Middle Passage
30. a. Explain how guns, germs and steel provided advantages to Europeans.
b. Explain why God, Gold and Glory were motivating factors for European exploration.