Question 1

What effect did European colonization of the Americas have on the environment and peoples of the Americas?

Accepted Answer

Students should recognize the variety of

Question 2

Which of the following were ways that the Amerindian population reacted to the colonial economy?

Accepted Answer

A) They provided furs and deerskins to European traders. 
B) Amerindian hunting and gathering and agricultural practices were disrupted. 
C) They became dependent on European goods. 
D) The natural balance of plants and animals was disrupted. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) They provided furs and deerskins to European traders. 
B) Amerindian hunting and gathering and agricultural practices were disrupted. 
C) They became dependent on European goods. 
D) The natural balance of plants and animals was disrupted. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 3

Why did the peoples of the New World lack immunity to the diseases of the Europeans?

Accepted Answer

A) They had a different DNA structure than Europeans. 
B) It was due to their long isolation from other continents. 
C) Because of significant differences in dietary structure. 
D) Disease did not exist in the Americas. 
E) None of these are correct. 
A) They had a different DNA structure than Europeans. 
B) It was due to their long isolation from other continents. 
C) Because of significant differences in dietary structure. 
D) Disease did not exist in the Americas. 
E) None of these are correct.

Question 4

What impact did the Columbian Exchange have on world population after 1700?

Accepted Answer

A) it declined. 
B) it grew. 
C) it was almost wiped out. 
D) it increased one hundred-fold. 
E) None of these are correct. 
A) it declined. 
B) it grew. 
C) it was almost wiped out. 
D) it increased one hundred-fold. 
E) None of these are correct.

Question 5

The forced labor system in which Amerindian men in Peru worked two to four months of the year in the mines was

Accepted Answer

A) the milla. 
B) the puri. 
C) the ecomienda. 
D) the rota. 
E) the mita. 
A) the milla. 
B) the puri. 
C) the ecomienda. 
D) the rota. 
E) the mita.

Question 6

The English and French did not colonize the Americas until almost a century after the Spanish and Portuguese. Why? How were the French and English colonies both similar to and different from those of Spain and Portugal?

Accepted Answer

Students should recognize the universal

Question 7

Enormous wealth was generated by the Spanish through

Accepted Answer

A) engaging in slave trade of indigenous Americans. 
B) development of plantation economies in the sugar trade. 
C) establishing a monopoly on the Columbian exchange. 
D) long-distance trade with Asia. 
E) silver and gold mines. 
A) engaging in slave trade of indigenous Americans. 
B) development of plantation economies in the sugar trade. 
C) establishing a monopoly on the Columbian exchange. 
D) long-distance trade with Asia. 
E) silver and gold mines.

Question 8

The term Columbian Exchange refers to .

Accepted Answer

the exchange of peop

Question 9

What effect did European horses have on the Americas?

Accepted Answer

A) increased military capacity and hunting efficiency 
B) decreased military capacity and hunting efficiency 
C) no impact because religious prohibitions prevented its use 
D) no appreciable impact because they already had the horse 
E) the decline in the alpaca population 
A) increased military capacity and hunting efficiency 
B) decreased military capacity and hunting efficiency 
C) no impact because religious prohibitions prevented its use 
D) no appreciable impact because they already had the horse 
E) the decline in the alpaca population

Question 10

Which country's colonies had the lowest focus on missionary activities?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which country's colonies had the lowest focus...

Question 11

Early Spanish and Portuguese settlers in the Americas sought to institute colonial societies similar to the Old World, including patriarchal families' networks founded on this religion.

Accepted Answer

A) Protestant 
B) Catholic 
C) Puritan 
D) Anglican 
E) None of these are correct. 
A) Protestant 
B) Catholic 
C) Puritan 
D) Anglican 
E) None of these are correct.

Question 12

What was the deadliest of the epidemics in the Americas?

Accepted Answer

A) smallpox 
B) syphilis 
C) influenza 
D) measles 
E) cholera 
A) smallpox 
B) syphilis 
C) influenza 
D) measles 
E) cholera

Question 13

One difference between northern and southern English colonies was that

Accepted Answer

A) northern colonies were more religious. 
B) southern economies were entirely based on plantations. 
C) northern economies were more commercially far-reaching. 
D) southern economies engaged in global trade. 
E) northern economies were free of Spanish influence. 
A) northern colonies were more religious. 
B) southern economies were entirely based on plantations. 
C) northern economies were more commercially far-reaching. 
D) southern economies engaged in global trade. 
E) northern economies were free of Spanish influence.

Question 14

The French settlements in America resembled Spanish and Portuguese colonies more than those of England in that they wanted to

Accepted Answer

A) draft Amerindians for military service. 
B) extract resources and convert the population to Christianity. 
C) free the Amerindians from oppression by the Aztec kings. 
D) protect the environment while preserving Amerindian culture. 
E) None of these are correct. 
A) draft Amerindians for military service. 
B) extract resources and convert the population to Christianity. 
C) free the Amerindians from oppression by the Aztec kings. 
D) protect the environment while preserving Amerindian culture. 
E) None of these are correct.

Question 15

In Colonial Spanish America, the term used to describe someone of European descent born in the New World was

Accepted Answer

A) mestizos. 
B) mulattos. 
C) muchachos. 
D) creoles. 
E) chinampas. 
A) mestizos. 
B) mulattos. 
C) muchachos. 
D) creoles. 
E) chinampas.

Question 16

Where was the single richest silver deposit in the Americas?

Accepted Answer

A) Mexico City 
B) Havana 
C) Santiago 
D) Potosi 
E) Rio de Janeiro 
A) Mexico City 
B) Havana 
C) Santiago 
D) Potosi 
E) Rio de Janeiro

Question 17

Why did Brazil develop more slowly than other areas of Latin America?

Accepted Answer

A) difficulty to excavate the terrain 
B) significant indigenous population resistance to European assimilation 
C) the Portuguese were interested in business empires, not conversion of natives. 
D) the local population was smaller and less urbanized, requiring a different labor structure. 
E) Brazil had no significant mineral wealth for exploitation. 
A) difficulty to excavate the terrain 
B) significant indigenous population resistance to European assimilation 
C) the Portuguese were interested in business empires, not conversion of natives. 
D) the local population was smaller and less urbanized, requiring a different labor structure. 
E) Brazil had no significant mineral wealth for exploitation.

Question 18

By the end of the sixteenth century, Portugal controlled the Brazilian coast while this country controlled most of the remaining areas of Central and South America.

Accepted Answer

A) Spain 
B) England 
C) Netherlands 
D) France 
E) Austria 
A) Spain 
B) England 
C) Netherlands 
D) France 
E) Austria

Question 19

Between 1651 and 1673, the English Navigation Acts sought to

Accepted Answer

A) severely limit colonial trading and production competition. 
B) limit the colonial manufacture of ships. 
C) ban importation of the printing press to America. 
D) prevent the importation of slaves on slave ships. 
E) rechart the waters off the coast of North America. 
A) severely limit colonial trading and production competition. 
B) limit the colonial manufacture of ships. 
C) ban importation of the printing press to America. 
D) prevent the importation of slaves on slave ships. 
E) rechart the waters off the coast of North America.

Question 20

Why did the population of Massachusetts quickly become more "American" than southern or Caribbean colonies?

Accepted Answer

A) Massachusetts was more hierarchal. 
B) Massachusetts had a normal gender balance and was the healthiest of England's colonies. 
C) Massachusetts had a nicer climate. 
D) Massachusetts relied on slavery rather than indentured servitude. 
E) Massachusetts grew cash crops more readily. 
A) Massachusetts was more hierarchal. 
B) Massachusetts had a normal gender balance and was the healthiest of England's colonies. 
C) Massachusetts had a nicer climate. 
D) Massachusetts relied on slavery rather than indentured servitude. 
E) Massachusetts grew cash crops more readily.

Exam 18: The Diversity of American Colonial Societies

What effect did European colonization of the Americas have on the environment and peoples of the Americas?

Which of the following were ways that the Amerindian population reacted to the colonial economy?

Why did the peoples of the New World lack immunity to the diseases of the Europeans?

What impact did the Columbian Exchange have on world population after 1700?

The forced labor system in which Amerindian men in Peru worked two to four months of the year in the mines was

The English and French did not colonize the Americas until almost a century after the Spanish and Portuguese. Why? How were the French and English colonies both similar to and different from those of Spain and Portugal?

Enormous wealth was generated by the Spanish through

The term Columbian Exchange refers to .

What effect did European horses have on the Americas?

Which country's colonies had the lowest focus on missionary activities?

Early Spanish and Portuguese settlers in the Americas sought to institute colonial societies similar to the Old World, including patriarchal families' networks founded on this religion.

What was the deadliest of the epidemics in the Americas?

One difference between northern and southern English colonies was that

The French settlements in America resembled Spanish and Portuguese colonies more than those of England in that they wanted to

In Colonial Spanish America, the term used to describe someone of European descent born in the New World was

Where was the single richest silver deposit in the Americas?

Why did Brazil develop more slowly than other areas of Latin America?

By the end of the sixteenth century, Portugal controlled the Brazilian coast while this country controlled most of the remaining areas of Central and South America.

Between 1651 and 1673, the English Navigation Acts sought to

Why did the population of Massachusetts quickly become more "American" than southern or Caribbean colonies?

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