How foods, languages and inventions spread from place to place

Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence

Circle the best answer.

1. 1.

   Tala's chain has a blank: where were potatoes first grown?

   • The plains of North America
   • China, in eastern Asia
   • The Andes of South America
   • Ireland, in northern Europe
2. 2.

   Zee's chain has a blank: who brought potatoes to Europe?

   • No one: potatoes first grew there
   • Chinese traders on the Silk Roads
   • The Spanish
   • Farmers from Ireland
3. 3.

   Ari's chain has a blank: where does potato growing expand fastest in the 2000s?

   • The Andes, where potatoes began
   • Antarctica
   • Southern and eastern Asia
   • Northern Europe, and nowhere else
5. 4.

   Bo reads the words cultural diffusion. What do they mean?

   • A map of mountains
   • Culture spreading from place to place
   • A kind of potato
   • A culture staying in one place for good
6. 5.

   Jun reads that early Europeans grew tomatoes for show. What does that mean?

   Use the picture in question 4.

   • Grown to sell in markets for food
   • Grown for looks, not food
   • Grown on ships
   • Grown in the Andes
7. 6.

   Which box is the first cause in Kira's chain?

   Use the picture in question 4.

   • The Spanish arriving in Europe
   • Potato growing in Asia in the 2000s
   • Potatoes first grown in the Andes
   • The potato as a crop in Europe
8. 7.

   Who likely carried chili peppers to Africa and Asia, Milo asks?

   Use the picture in question 4.

   • Farmers from the Andes walking to Asia
   • No one: chilies began in Asia
   • Chinese traders in the 1900s
   • Portuguese and Spanish traders
9. 8.

   Why did foods from the Americas reach Europe in the 1500s, Noah asks?

   Use the picture in question 4.

   • Europe had grown them for centuries
   • Ships began crossing the Atlantic
   • Europeans walked to the Andes
   • The plants spread by wind across the ocean
10. 9.

    Why might Europeans at first grow tomatoes but not eat them, Pia asks?

    Use the picture in question 4.

    • Tomatoes would not grow in Europe
    • The Spanish banned eating them
    • They thought it was poisonous
    • Tomatoes cost too much to buy
11. 10.

    Ren's friend says the potato began in Ireland. Which reply fits the chain?

    Use the picture in question 4.

    • Disagree: it began in the Andes
    • Agree: Ireland is where it is grown most today
    • Agree: the Spanish found it in Ireland
    • Disagree: it began in China