In the 1500s and 1600s, Portuguese traders carried crops from the Americas to West Africa, where they became important foods. Which pair of crops did they carry?

In the transatlantic triangular trade, ships sailed from Europe to West Africa carrying cloth, iron bars, and guns. What did those same ships carry on the next leg, west across the Atlantic?

The forced voyage that carried enslaved Africans from West Africa to the Americas is called the Middle Passage. Which ocean did those ships cross?

Okra, black-eyed peas, and yams became common foods in the American South. How did these plants first reach the Americas?

The banjo grew out of gourd-bodied string instruments such as the akonting and the ngoni. From which region did those older instruments come?

Spanish colonists brought horses to the Americas in the 1500s. By the 1700s, how had horses changed daily life for Plains nations such as the Comanche and the Lakota?

Potatoes were first grown by farmers in South America and were later planted by farmers in Europe.

After contact, diseases such as smallpox and measles killed millions of Indigenous people. What made these epidemics so deadly in the Americas?

Today Spanish is spoken in Mexico, Peru, and Argentina, while Portuguese is spoken in Brazil. What best explains this pattern?

Cacao beans were grown in Mesoamerica and made into a drink there long before 1492. What happened to cacao after contact with Europe?

Caribbean sugar plantations shipped sugar to Europe and bought cloth and iron tools from Europe. Each region relied on the other. Which economics term names this relationship?

Sugar cane grows best in places that are hot and rainy all year. Where did European colonists build most of their American sugar plantations?

In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean with ships paid for by the rulers of Spain. What was he trying to reach?

Most enslaved Africans brought to the Americas came from East Africa.

Which example best shows economic interdependence between regions?

True or False: Physical features such as mountains, rivers, and oceans can affect how regions trade and communicate.

What is cultural diffusion?

Which situation is an example of a regional connection within the United States?

Ana's family moves from a small town to a city in another region because a factory there is hiring workers. Which reason for migrating does this show?

True or False: Advances in transportation and communication have made it easier for regions to become connected globally.