Question 1

Please define the following key terms
-creole

Accepted Answer

Creole is a term that can have various m

Question 2

How was America depicted on the Waldseemüller map published in 1507?

Accepted Answer

A) America was not shown on the map. 
B) America was shown as a separate continent from Asia. 
C) America was depicted as envisioned by Columbus, who considered it part of Japan. 
D) America was shown as part of the Spanish empire. 
E) North America was not shown. 
A) America was not shown on the map. 
B) America was shown as a separate continent from Asia. 
C) America was depicted as envisioned by Columbus, who considered it part of Japan. 
D) America was shown as part of the Spanish empire. 
E) North America was not shown.

Question 3

Ordinary people of the Inca empire lived in groups called ayllu,whose characteristics did NOT include

Accepted Answer

A) residing in small kin networks. 
B) belief in a single god. 
C) working land in zones to prevent agricultural disaster. 
D) belief in a common ancestor. 
E) marriage in subgroups. 
A) residing in small kin networks. 
B) belief in a single god. 
C) working land in zones to prevent agricultural disaster. 
D) belief in a common ancestor. 
E) marriage in subgroups.

Question 4

Why was Malinche crucial to Cortés in his conquest of Mexico?

Accepted Answer

A) She was married Cortés. 
B) She was a former Maya noblewoman. 
C) Knowing Nahuatl, Mayan, and Spanish, she acted as an interpreter. 
D) She was regarded as a spiritual leader among the Nahua peoples. 
E) She served as a spy for Spain. 
A) She was married Cortés. 
B) She was a former Maya noblewoman. 
C) Knowing Nahuatl, Mayan, and Spanish, she acted as an interpreter. 
D) She was regarded as a spiritual leader among the Nahua peoples. 
E) She served as a spy for Spain.

Question 5

Who were the humanists and what did they teach and believe?

Accepted Answer

The humanists were a group of scholars,

Question 6

Why did Spanish and Portuguese scholars reject Columbus's proposal to sail to the Indies by way of the Atlantic?

Accepted Answer

A) They believed the route he planned would take him into the frigid zone. 
B) They thought landmass of the Americas was too large to circumnavigate. 
C) They thought Columbus's calculations made the world too big. 
D) They believed the trip from Spain to Japan was longer than Columbus realized. 
E) They cited other passages in the Bible that rejected Columbus's passages. 
A) They believed the route he planned would take him into the frigid zone. 
B) They thought landmass of the Americas was too large to circumnavigate. 
C) They thought Columbus's calculations made the world too big. 
D) They believed the trip from Spain to Japan was longer than Columbus realized. 
E) They cited other passages in the Bible that rejected Columbus's passages.

Question 7

The Sapa Inca claimed descent from

Accepted Answer

A) the first human. 
B) the sun-god. 
C) a jaguar. 
D) the wife of the moon. 
E) an alien from another planet. 
A) the first human. 
B) the sun-god. 
C) a jaguar. 
D) the wife of the moon. 
E) an alien from another planet.

Question 8

Please define the following key terms
-Petrarch

Accepted Answer

Petrarch, whose full name is Francesco P

Question 9

Pizarro easily defeated the Incas,because smallpox had already traveled overland killing many Inca including the ruling Sapa Inca.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Please define the following key terms
-Christopher Columbus

Accepted Answer

Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) was an

Question 11

Knowledge was spread throughout Europe by the use of printed material and paper,both invented by the Chinese.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Please define the following key terms
-Tenochtitlan

Accepted Answer

The answer of Please define the following key terms
-Tenochtitlan...

Question 13

Please define the following key terms
-humanism

Accepted Answer

The answer of Please define the following key terms
-humanism...

Question 14

Please define the following key terms
-altepetl

Accepted Answer

The term "altepetl" is a Nahuatl word th

Question 15

The Inca eventually fell to Pizarro and his troops because

Accepted Answer

A) Atahualpa fled to avoid the same fate as Moctezuma. 
B) the Inca high priests saw the Spanish as the coming of their own gods. 
C) the Spanish had been decimated by malaria. 
D) the Spanish refused to negotiate with Atahualpa. 
E) smallpox had already weakened the ranks and leadership of the Inca. 
A) Atahualpa fled to avoid the same fate as Moctezuma. 
B) the Inca high priests saw the Spanish as the coming of their own gods. 
C) the Spanish had been decimated by malaria. 
D) the Spanish refused to negotiate with Atahualpa. 
E) smallpox had already weakened the ranks and leadership of the Inca.

Question 16

By 1500,the Mexica ruled over a subject population of

Accepted Answer

A) 50 to 60 million. 
B) 15 to 20 million. 
C) 400,000 to 500,000. 
D) 1 to 2 million. 
E) 4 to 6 million. 
A) 50 to 60 million. 
B) 15 to 20 million. 
C) 400,000 to 500,000. 
D) 1 to 2 million. 
E) 4 to 6 million.

Question 17

Columbus believed that his trans-Atlantic voyages brought him to

Accepted Answer

A) Mongolia. 
B) Siam. 
C) India. 
D) China. 
E) Japan. 
A) Mongolia. 
B) Siam. 
C) India. 
D) China. 
E) Japan.

Question 18

The Nahua deities were believed to subsist on

Accepted Answer

A) human blood. 
B) nothing but air. 
C) gold nuggets. 
D) the feathers of song birds. 
E) bread and water. 
A) human blood. 
B) nothing but air. 
C) gold nuggets. 
D) the feathers of song birds. 
E) bread and water.

Question 19

Please define the following key terms
-Moctezuma

Accepted Answer

Moctezuma II, also known as Montezuma, M

Question 20

The main reason the Inca conquered neighboring lands was because they

Accepted Answer

A) wanted the crops and goods such lands produced. 
B) believed it was their religious obligation. 
C) wanted a larger population. 
D) saw such lands as military threats. 
E) needed land for their growing population. 
A) wanted the crops and goods such lands produced. 
B) believed it was their religious obligation. 
C) wanted a larger population. 
D) saw such lands as military threats. 
E) needed land for their growing population.

Please define the following key terms -creole

How was America depicted on the Waldseemüller map published in 1507?

Ordinary people of the Inca empire lived in groups called ayllu,whose characteristics did NOT include

Why was Malinche crucial to Cortés in his conquest of Mexico?

Who were the humanists and what did they teach and believe?

Why did Spanish and Portuguese scholars reject Columbus's proposal to sail to the Indies by way of the Atlantic?

The Sapa Inca claimed descent from

Please define the following key terms -Petrarch

Pizarro easily defeated the Incas,because smallpox had already traveled overland killing many Inca including the ruling Sapa Inca.

Please define the following key terms -Christopher Columbus

Knowledge was spread throughout Europe by the use of printed material and paper,both invented by the Chinese.

Please define the following key terms -Tenochtitlan

Please define the following key terms -humanism

Please define the following key terms -altepetl

The Inca eventually fell to Pizarro and his troops because

By 1500,the Mexica ruled over a subject population of

Columbus believed that his trans-Atlantic voyages brought him to

The Nahua deities were believed to subsist on

Please define the following key terms -Moctezuma

The main reason the Inca conquered neighboring lands was because they

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Exam 1: Maritime Expansion in the Atlantic World,1400–1600

Please define the following key terms -creole

How was America depicted on the Waldseemüller map published in 1507?

Ordinary people of the Inca empire lived in groups called ayllu,whose characteristics did NOT include

Why was Malinche crucial to Cortés in his conquest of Mexico?

Who were the humanists and what did they teach and believe?

Why did Spanish and Portuguese scholars reject Columbus's proposal to sail to the Indies by way of the Atlantic?

The Sapa Inca claimed descent from

Please define the following key terms -Petrarch

Pizarro easily defeated the Incas,because smallpox had already traveled overland killing many Inca including the ruling Sapa Inca.

Please define the following key terms -Christopher Columbus

Knowledge was spread throughout Europe by the use of printed material and paper,both invented by the Chinese.

Please define the following key terms -Tenochtitlan

Please define the following key terms -humanism

Please define the following key terms -altepetl

The Inca eventually fell to Pizarro and his troops because

By 1500,the Mexica ruled over a subject population of

Columbus believed that his trans-Atlantic voyages brought him to

The Nahua deities were believed to subsist on

Please define the following key terms -Moctezuma

The main reason the Inca conquered neighboring lands was because they

Maritime Expansion in Afro-Eurasia,1500–1700

Religion, Politics, and the Balance of Power in Western Eurasia, 1500–1750

Empires, Colonies, and Peoples of the Americas, 1600–1750

The Atlantic System: Africa, the Americas, and Europe, 1550–1807

Empires in Early Modern Asia, 1650–1837

European Science and the Foundations of Modern Imperialism, 1600–1820

Revolutions in the West, 1750–1830

The Industrial Revolution and European Politics, 1765–1880

The Challenge of Modernity in China, Japan, and India, 1800–1910

State Building and Social Change in the Americas, 1830–1910

The New Imperialism in Africa and Southeast Asia, 1830–1914

War, Revolution, and Global Uncertainty, 1905–1928

Responses to Global Crisis, 1920–1939

The Second World War and the Origins of the Cold War, 1939–1949

The Cold War and Decolonization, 1949–1975

Toward a New World Order, 1975–2000

Voyage into the Twenty First Century

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