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Name_______________________ Date_______________ Practice Test Chapter 2 Ms. Kline Directions: Use this review to practice and study for your test. Use your notes and partner to complete this assignment. ______ 1. What did Christopher Columbus think that he found? a. The Caribbean b. France c. Madagascar d. India ______ 2. Which statement about the Columbian Exchange is a FACT not an opinion? a. The Columbian Exchange benefited Europe more than it benefited the Americas b. The Columbian Exchange brought new foods and products to Europe and the Americas c. The Columbian Exchange created a modern Europe d. The Spanish were nicer to the Indians then the Italians ______ 3. What were John Cabot, Giovanni da Varrazzano and Henry Hudson looking for? a. Canada b. St. Lawrence River c. Northwest Passage d. Newfoundland ______ 4. Which explorer sailed around passed the southern tip of Africa to India? a. Vasco Da Gama b. Christopher Columbus c. Francisco Pizzaro d. John Cabot ______5. Who were the mestizos in the Spanish colonies? a. Soldiers who accompanied the Spanish conquistadors b. natives hired by Spanish colonials to mine silver c. People of mixed Indian and European heritage d. The slaves ______ 6. Which of the following brought Spanish explorers to the New World? a. Gold b. Spices c. Religious freedom d. Fur ______ 7. Samuel de Champlain explored which of the following? a. Chesapeake Bay b. St. Lawrence River c. Mississippi River d. Nile River ______ 8. A direct result of the conquest of Tenochtitlan by Herman Cortes in 1521 was the a. throwing out of Jews and Muslims from Spain b. The Spanish left the new world and did not come back c. Fall of the Aztec Empire d. Establishment of Portuguese trade routes around Africa ______ 9. What was one reason that the Spanish conquistadors were able to conquer the Aztec and Inca Empires so quickly? a. The Aztecs and the Incas joined together to fight b. The empires had no armies c. The Spanish had better weapons than the Aztecs and Incas did d. The Aztecs and Incas knew the land well so they could defend it easily ______ 10. Which statement is most closely associated with the policy of mercantilism? a. Colonies should exist for the benefit of the mother country b. When everyone gets along well, trade is bad c. Government should not be involved in the economy d. Local authority should determine the type of goods to be produced ______11. The global transfer of foods, plants and animals during the colonization of the Americas is known as the a. Columbian Exchange b. Middle Passage c. New Rule d. New Imperialism ______ 12. What was a major reason for the end of the Aztec Empire? a. A conflict with the Incan Empire b. Political corruption and an unstable government c. The technology of the Spanish conquistadors d. They did not like each other anymore ______ 13. How many voyages did Christopher Columbus make? a. Two b. Three c. Four d. Five ______ 14. Ferdinand Magellan was the first person to sail where? a. Around the world b. To the Caribbean c. China d. To India ______ 15. Why were millions of Africans transported to the New World after Columbus’s landings? a. They made up colonial militaries b. The colonists wanted diversity or different races in the new colony c. They served as slaves in the colonies d. They were paid to build in colonial cities ______ 16. Henry Hudson’s exploration of the Hudson River, granted the __________ claim to the river. a. Dutch b. Spanish c. French d. Germans True or False – Read the statement and decide whether it is a true or false statement. Write the word TRUE or FALSE on the line next to the question number. If I cannot read your answer, it is WRONG. _____________ 17. Because so many Native workers were dying, the Spanish looked for a new source of labor, and went to Africa to get slaves. _____________ 18. The French were looking for furs and fish. _____________ 19. Vasco Nunez de Balboa, explored the Caribbean coast of Panama, he also went through the forest and saw the Pacific Ocean. _____________ 20. By September 1532, Giovanni Verrazanno led his soldiers into the center of the Incan Empire and took it over. _____________ 21. Cortez returned the Aztec empire in Mexico and destroyed Tenochtitlan. _____________ 22. The French had to create a formal system of government its new colonies. _____________ 23. After a series of deaths in the royalty of England, Protestant Queen Elizabeth I restarted the rivalry with Roman Catholic Spain. _____________ 24. Magellan finally reached the Philippine Islands, where he was killed in battle. _____________ 25. Portugal had become Protestant because the King wanted a divorce and the Catholic Church would not allow it. _____________ 26. The lowest in the Spanish social class were creoles, which were people of Spanish and African heritage _____________ 27. British explorers are called conquistadors and wanted to explore the world. Short Answer – Read the following question. In a 3 or more sentence paragraph, answer the question completely. Use correct grammar and complete sentences 28. What was the Columbian Exchange and what were the positives and negatives? 29. Why did the Spanish defeat the Natives? 30. Explain the Spanish class system. (Hint: The pyramid that we drew.)