Americas & Colonial Encounters

Question 1

In what year did enslaved people in Saint-Domingue (modern Haiti) rebel, beginning the Haitian Revolution?

Accepted Answer

1791

Answer

1789

Answer

1800

Answer

1804

Question 2

Who led the Haitian Revolution to its successful conclusion and became Haiti's first independent ruler?

Accepted Answer

Jean-Jacques Dessalines

Answer

Toussaint Louverture

Answer

Jean-François

Answer

Georges Biassou

Question 3

When did Saint-Domingue officially declare independence as the Republic of Haiti?

Accepted Answer

January 1, 1804

Answer

November 29, 1803

Answer

December 31, 1803

Answer

February 14, 1804

Question 4

In what year did Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés land in Mexico, beginning the conquest of the Aztec Empire?

Accepted Answer

1519

Answer

1521

Answer

1510

Answer

1530

Question 5

What was the final victory date when Spanish forces and Tlaxcalan allies captured the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan?

Accepted Answer

August 13, 1521

Answer

June 15, 1520

Answer

November 8, 1519

Answer

September 28, 1521

Question 6

What term describes the widespread exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe after 1492?

Accepted Answer

Columbian Exchange

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Trade Route Transfer

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Atlantic Migration

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Global Trade System

Question 7

Which of these crops originated in the Americas and were transferred to Europe and Africa via the Columbian Exchange?

Accepted Answer

Maize, potatoes, and tomatoes

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Wheat, rice, and barley

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Oats, rye, and millet

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Beans, lentils, and peas

Question 8

Which Old World animals were brought to the Americas during the Columbian Exchange?

Accepted Answer

Horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs

Answer

Camels, llamas, alpacas, and vicunas

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Elephants, rhinos, and giraffes

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Bison, elk, and moose

Question 9

What disease from the Old World had the most devastating effect on indigenous American populations after 1492?

Accepted Answer

Smallpox

Answer

Measles

Answer

Typhus

Answer

Bubonic plague

Question 10

Which disease, likely originating in the Americas, spread globally beginning in the 1490s via the Columbian Exchange?

Accepted Answer

Syphilis

Answer

Smallpox

Answer

Measles

Answer

Typhus

Americas & Colonial Encounters

In what year did enslaved people in Saint-Domingue (modern Haiti) rebel, beginning the Haitian Revolution?

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