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

A
the Commercial Revolution
B
the Columbian Exchange
C
the Triangular Trade
D
the mercantilism economy
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One of the long-reaching effects of the Spanish conquest was the spread of what religion across the Americas?

A
Buddhism
B
Hinduism
C
Catholicism
D
Protestantism
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Which items originated in the Americas and became European staples as a result of the Columbian Exchange?

A
corn, chocolate, rice, and sugar
B
rice, cattle, tomatoes, gold
C
wheat, chocolate, pineapples, potatoes
D
corn, potatoes, chocolate, tomatoes
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Which best describes the Incas?

A
a large and rich empire in South America
B
a small and poor indigenous tribe in Central America
C
a large and rich empire in Mexico
D
a small and poor Indigenous tribe in South America
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Though the Aztecs held the most powerful empire in Central America, which Spanish advantage contributed to the Aztecs’ defeat?

A
a powerful army
B
more land
C
strong leaders
D
immunity to smallpox
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Which answer best describes the effects of the slave trade on the African people?

A
The population declined as a result of forceful removal from the continent and being killed in war.
B
The slave trade led to raids by Europeans to capture African people and transport them to the New World.
C
They shifted commercially away from agriculture to the trade of manufactured goods.
D
Their population declined because few Africans in child-bearing years remained on the continent.
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What happened to Indigenous peoples in the Americas after 1492?

A
They began growing tea and coffee.
B
Most perished from disease.
C
Their population decreased by nearly twenty percent.
D
They began selling horses for gold.
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Which conflict in the 1700s changed the balance of power in Europe and the Americas to favor England and Prussia?

A
the Revolutionary War
B
the Seven Years’ War
C
the Spanish and Indian War
D
the Treaty of Paris
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Which leader was defeated by Francisco Pizarro?

A
Bartolomé
B
Montezuma
C
Cortés
D
Atahualpa
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Which statement most accurately describes the main difference between the Southern and New England colonies?

A
The Southern colonies were founded for farming, while the New England colonies were founded for manufacturing and commerce.
B
The Southern colonies had elected governors, while the New England governors were appointed by the British.
C
The Southern colonies were founded mainly by Puritans, while the New England colonies were founded by those who disagreed with Puritan rule.
D
The Southern colonies were founded by people seeking profit, while the New England colonies were founded by people seeking religious freedom.
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What happened as a result of the Treaty of Paris?

A
Spain, the predominant colonial power from 1500 to 1650, was officially forced out of North America.
B
The British won the fight over the fertile Ohio River Valley and gained control of most French lands in North America.
C
The Prussians gained control of Portugal and Eastern Europe by 1800.
D
The British became the dominant colonial power in the Americas by 1800.
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Which choice most accurately describes the consequences that France faced after the Seven Years’ War?

A
The French were pushed out of the Ohio River Valley, and their lands were given to the British.
B
The French gave up their colonies west of the Mississippi and Canada to Britain, and they gave New Orleans to Spain.
C
The French were pushed out of the contiguous United States, and their lands were given to the British.
D
The French gave up their colonies east of the Mississippi and Canada to Britain, and they gave New Orleans to Spain.

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