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Question 1

What caused Europe’s population to increase, to provoke its interest in trade, and provided its population with large amounts of gold and silver?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the Columbian Exchange

Question 2

Which answer best describes the effects of the slave trade on the African people?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The population declined as a result of forceful removal from the continent and being killed in war.

Question 3

What happened as a result of the Treaty of Paris?

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The British won the fight over the fertile Ohio River Valley and gained control of most French lands in North America.

Question 4

Which explorer is known for being the first to circumnavigate the globe, yet died in Asia before completing his journey?

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Ferdinand Magellan

Question 5

One of the long-reaching effects of the Spanish conquest was the spread of what religion across the Americas?

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Catholicism

Question 6

Which best describes the Incas?

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a large and rich empire in South America

Question 7

What happened to Indigenous peoples in the Americas after 1492?

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Most perished from disease.

Question 8

Which items originated in the Americas and became European staples as a result of the Columbian Exchange?

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corn, potatoes, chocolate, tomatoes

Question 9

Which choice most accurately describes the consequences that France faced after the Seven Years’ War?

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The French gave up their colonies east of the Mississippi and Canada to Britain, and they gave New Orleans to Spain.

Question 10

How did Robert de La Salle help extend France’s influence in the Americas?

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He explored the Mississippi River and built trading posts on it.

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