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When Worlds Collided: The Impact of Exploration

When Worlds Collided: The Impact of Exploration

Assessment

Passage

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Social Studies

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6th - 8th Grade

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Hard

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Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating

Standards-aligned

Created by

Elizabeth Poulnot-Hodgkiss

Used 1+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the central idea of the passage?

Exploration mostly benefited Native Americans

European exploration caused political, population, and economic changes

The Columbian Exchange only involved trade of crops

Native empires quickly recovered after exploration

Tags

Applying

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the word immunity most nearly mean as used in the passage?

The ability to travel safely

Protection against disease

A form of medicine

A type of government

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term describes the transfer of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the Americas, Europe, and Africa?

Triangular Trade

Columbian Exchange

Middle Passage

Transatlantic Trade

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Analyzing

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Evaluate the consequences of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on African societies.

It caused long-lasting harm and reinforced inequality.

It improved African economies through trade.

It led to the abolition of slavery.

It strengthened African political systems.

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Evaluating

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The journey across the Atlantic for enslaved Africans was known as the ___ Passage.

Middle

Triangle

Last

African

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The forced movement of millions of Africans to the Americas was called the ___ Slave Trade.

Transatlantic

Middle

African

American

7.

REORDER QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Put this cause and effect chain in the correct order.

European exploration

slave trade

Population loss

labor shortages

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