Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Incas

Accepted Answer

The Incas were a South American indigeno

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Popé's Rebellion

Accepted Answer

Popé's Rebellion, also known as the Pueb

Question 3

The size and sophistication of Native American civilizations in Mexico and South America can be attributed to

Accepted Answer

A) Spanish influences. 
B) their way of life based on hunting and gathering. 
C) the development of agriculture. 
D) influences brought by early settlers from Siberia. 
E) their use of draft animals and the wheel. 
A) Spanish influences. 
B) their way of life based on hunting and gathering. 
C) the development of agriculture. 
D) influences brought by early settlers from Siberia. 
E) their use of draft animals and the wheel.

Question 4

Describe what is meant by the Spanish Black Legend. What is your assessment of the Spanish impact on North American cultures: positive or negative? Why?

Accepted Answer

The Spanish Black Legend refers to the n

Question 5

Are the Spanish conquistadores to be considered villains or heroes or both for their actions in the Americas? Assess and evaluate the short-term and long-term influence of the Spanish conquistadores on political, economic, religious and social developments in southwestern North America, the Caribbean Islands, and South America. Analyze the key developments in the relationships of the Spanish conquistadores with the Indian peoples of these three regions of the Americas.

Accepted Answer

The actions of the Spanish conquistadore

Question 6

All of the following contributed to the emergence of a new interdependent global economic system except

Accepted Answer

A) Europe providing the markets and capital. 
B) Africa providing the labor. 
C) European explorers' desire to create new cultures. 
D) the New World providing its raw materials. 
E) the advancement and improvement of technology. 
A) Europe providing the markets and capital. 
B) Africa providing the labor. 
C) European explorers' desire to create new cultures. 
D) the New World providing its raw materials. 
E) the advancement and improvement of technology.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Vasco Nunez Balboa

Accepted Answer

Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish expl

Question 8

What permitted bands of original Americans to make their way southward and eastward across the Americas, eventually reaching the far tip of South America thousands of years before the first Europeans arrived in the Americas?

Accepted Answer

A) the onset of an Ice Age in the Americas 10,000 years ago. 
B) the same climatic warming in the Americas that melted the ice and drowned the bridge to Eurasia about 10,000 years ago 
C) the introduction of horses and covered wagons into the Americas 10,000 years ago. 
D) the development of cartography by these original Americans 
E) none of these 
A) the onset of an Ice Age in the Americas 10,000 years ago. 
B) the same climatic warming in the Americas that melted the ice and drowned the bridge to Eurasia about 10,000 years ago 
C) the introduction of horses and covered wagons into the Americas 10,000 years ago. 
D) the development of cartography by these original Americans 
E) none of these

Question 9

Identify the statement that is false.

Accepted Answer

A) Most native peoples of North America lived in small, scattered, and impermanent settlements prior to the arrival of Europeans. 
B) In more settled agricultural groups, women tended the crops while men hunted. 
C) Many North American groups developed matrilineal cultures, where power and possessions passed down the female side of the family line. 
D) Native Americans rejected the belief that the physical world was endowed with spiritual properties. 
E) Native Americans had neither the desire nor the means to manipulate nature aggressively. 
A) Most native peoples of North America lived in small, scattered, and impermanent settlements prior to the arrival of Europeans. 
B) In more settled agricultural groups, women tended the crops while men hunted. 
C) Many North American groups developed matrilineal cultures, where power and possessions passed down the female side of the family line. 
D) Native Americans rejected the belief that the physical world was endowed with spiritual properties. 
E) Native Americans had neither the desire nor the means to manipulate nature aggressively.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Hiawatha

Accepted Answer

Hiawatha is a legendary Native American

Question 11

In an effort to reach the Indies, Spain looked westward because

Accepted Answer

A) Portugal controlled the African coast. 
B) the Pope granted Spain the right to sail this route. 
C) Muslims blocked the sea route. 
D) the Moors had convinced them to do so. 
E) African tribes constantly menaced the European ships traveling along the coast. 
A) Portugal controlled the African coast. 
B) the Pope granted Spain the right to sail this route. 
C) Muslims blocked the sea route. 
D) the Moors had convinced them to do so. 
E) African tribes constantly menaced the European ships traveling along the coast.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Pueblo Indians

Accepted Answer

The Pueblo Indians are a group of Native

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-mestizos

Accepted Answer

Mestizos are individuals of mixed Europe

Question 14

The ideals that the colonists cherished as synonymous with American life included reverence for all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) individual liberty. 
B) self-government. 
C) opposition to slavery. 
D) religious tolerance. 
E) economic opportunity. 
A) individual liberty. 
B) self-government. 
C) opposition to slavery. 
D) religious tolerance. 
E) economic opportunity.

Question 15

Which of the following New World plants revolutionized the international economy?

Accepted Answer

A) Maize 
B) Potatoes 
C) Beans 
D) Tomatoes 
E) All of these 
A) Maize 
B) Potatoes 
C) Beans 
D) Tomatoes 
E) All of these

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-capitalism

Accepted Answer

Capitalism is an economic system charact

Question 17

Which of the following was not a feature created in North America ten thousand years ago when the glaciers retreated?

Accepted Answer

A) The Great Lakes 
B) The Great Salt Lake 
C) A mineral-rich desert 
D) Thousands of shallow depressions which formed lakes 
E) The Grand Canyon 
A) The Great Lakes 
B) The Great Salt Lake 
C) A mineral-rich desert 
D) Thousands of shallow depressions which formed lakes 
E) The Grand Canyon

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"three sister" farming

Accepted Answer

"Three Sisters" farming refers to a trad

Question 19

Some of the more advanced Native American cultures did all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) engage in significant ocean voyages of discovery. 
B) establish large, elaborate, and bustling cities. 
C) make strikingly accurate astronomical observations. 
D) study mathematics. 
E) carry on commerce. 
A) engage in significant ocean voyages of discovery. 
B) establish large, elaborate, and bustling cities. 
C) make strikingly accurate astronomical observations. 
D) study mathematics. 
E) carry on commerce.

Question 20

Which group was responsible for slave trading in Africa long before the Europeans had arrived?

Accepted Answer

A) The Portuguese and Spanish 
B) The English and Scandinavians 
C) The Incas and Aztecs 
D) The Arabs and Africans 
E) The English and Americans 
A) The Portuguese and Spanish 
B) The English and Scandinavians 
C) The Incas and Aztecs 
D) The Arabs and Africans 
E) The English and Americans

Exam 1: New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Incas

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Popé's Rebellion

The size and sophistication of Native American civilizations in Mexico and South America can be attributed to

Describe what is meant by the Spanish Black Legend. What is your assessment of the Spanish impact on North American cultures: positive or negative? Why?

All of the following contributed to the emergence of a new interdependent global economic system except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Vasco Nunez Balboa

What permitted bands of original Americans to make their way southward and eastward across the Americas, eventually reaching the far tip of South America thousands of years before the first Europeans arrived in the Americas?

Identify the statement that is false.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Hiawatha

In an effort to reach the Indies, Spain looked westward because

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Pueblo Indians

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -mestizos

The ideals that the colonists cherished as synonymous with American life included reverence for all of the following except

Which of the following New World plants revolutionized the international economy?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -capitalism

Which of the following was not a feature created in North America ten thousand years ago when the glaciers retreated?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"three sister" farming

Some of the more advanced Native American cultures did all of the following except

Which group was responsible for slave trading in Africa long before the Europeans had arrived?

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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