Grade 9 · World History
Empires, trade routes, and revolutions. Written in American English for students, parents, and teachers in the United States.
Open a card to see the answer. These are original practice items for US elementary students — not a state test copy.
Answer: the transfer of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds
Potatoes and maize went to Europe; horses came to the Americas.
Answer: land for loyalty and service
Lords, vassals, and serfs.
Answer: Italy
Art, humanism, and classical learning spread.
Answer: forcibly moved millions of Africans to the Americas
It was part of the triangular trade.
Answer: industrial powers taking political control of other lands
Africa was partitioned at Berlin (1884–85).
Answer: 1914
The US entered in 1917.
Answer: ended WWI and punished Germany harshly
Many historians link it to later unrest.
Answer: many colonies gained independence
India’s independence (1947) is a key example.
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