Question 1

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Black Legend

Accepted Answer

The Black Legend refers to the negative

Question 2

Where did mound-building tribes flourish?

Accepted Answer

A)  Near the Atlantic Ocean. 
B)  In the Ohio River Valley. 
C)  In present-day New Mexico. 
D)  In present-day south Florida. 
E)  Near the Hudson River. 
A)  Near the Atlantic Ocean. 
B)  In the Ohio River Valley. 
C)  In present-day New Mexico. 
D)  In present-day south Florida. 
E)  Near the Hudson River.

Question 3

In colonial America,what was an example of a borderlands area?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cahokia. 
B)  The Great Lakes. 
C)  Jamestown. 
D)  The Florida coastline. 
E)  Mexico City. 
A)  Cahokia. 
B)  The Great Lakes. 
C)  Jamestown. 
D)  The Florida coastline. 
E)  Mexico City.

Question 4

"Coverture" refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  a woman's responsibility to wear a scarf covering her head when in public. 
B)  knowing your place in society, especially at church when sitting in the pews. 
C)  a tax one pays on one's property that is assessed quarterly. 
D)  a woman surrendering her legal identity when she marries. 
E)  a binding legal agreement between an indentured servant and his or her master. 
A)  a woman's responsibility to wear a scarf covering her head when in public. 
B)  knowing your place in society, especially at church when sitting in the pews. 
C)  a tax one pays on one's property that is assessed quarterly. 
D)  a woman surrendering her legal identity when she marries. 
E)  a binding legal agreement between an indentured servant and his or her master.

Question 5

A seventeenth-century colonial woman who believed she was cheated out of money would have the best chance of having her case heard if she lived in:

Accepted Answer

A)  New Amsterdam. 
B)  Mexico City. 
C)  Jamestown. 
D)  Quebec. 
E)  Santa Fe. 
A)  New Amsterdam. 
B)  Mexico City. 
C)  Jamestown. 
D)  Quebec. 
E)  Santa Fe.

Question 6

Portuguese trading posts along the western coast of Africa were called factories because:

Accepted Answer

A)  the merchants were known as factors. 
B)  the trading posts made the goods there in makeshift factories. 
C)  the African slaves built factories along the coast to manufacture guns. 
D)  the slave traders called their system a labor factory. 
E)  that is how the Africans translated "trading post." 
A)  the merchants were known as factors. 
B)  the trading posts made the goods there in makeshift factories. 
C)  the African slaves built factories along the coast to manufacture guns. 
D)  the slave traders called their system a labor factory. 
E)  that is how the Africans translated "trading post."

Question 7

Pueblo Indians lived in what is now:

Accepted Answer

A)  the eastern United States. 
B)  the southwestern United States. 
C)  Mexico. 
D)  the northeastern United States. 
E)  Central America. 
A)  the eastern United States. 
B)  the southwestern United States. 
C)  Mexico. 
D)  the northeastern United States. 
E)  Central America.

Question 8

The catastrophic decline in the native populations of Spanish America was mostly due to the fact that they were not immune to European diseases.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-mestizos

Accepted Answer

A) society centered on the mother's family 
B) Spanish brutality 
C) uprising against Spanish colonists in New Spain 
D) Dutch landowners of large estates 
E) large-scale farm owned by a Spanish landlord
F)persons of mixed Spanish and Indian origin
G)Spanish reform measures toward Indians
H)a married woman surrendering her legal identity
I)transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between New and Old Worlds
J)confederation of five Iroquois tribes
K)person born in the Spanish colonies of European ancestry
L)ancient residents of the Mississippi Valley region 
A) society centered on the mother's family 
B) Spanish brutality 
C) uprising against Spanish colonists in New Spain 
D) Dutch landowners of large estates 
E) large-scale farm owned by a Spanish landlord
F)persons of mixed Spanish and Indian origin
G)Spanish reform measures toward Indians
H)a married woman surrendering her legal identity
I)transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between New and Old Worlds
J)confederation of five Iroquois tribes
K)person born in the Spanish colonies of European ancestry
L)ancient residents of the Mississippi Valley region

Question 10

Compare Indian society with that of the Europeans.What differences were there? Similarities? Be sure to include in your analysis ideas about religion,land,and gender roles as well as notions of freedom.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Compare Indian society with that of the...

Question 11

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Christopher Columbus

Accepted Answer

Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) was an

Question 12

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-private property

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 13

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Samuel de Champlain

Accepted Answer

A) claimed Brazil for Portugal in 1500 
B) founded Quebec 
C) Italian who sailed for Spain in 1492 
D) Dominican priest who preached against Spanish abuses of Indians 
E) British economist who wrote The Wealth of Nations
F)Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
G)sailed around southern Africa and into the Indian Ocean
H)America was named for him
I)first European to discover Newfoundland in 1497
J)explored Florida
K)led seven large naval expeditions in early 1400s
L)developed a movable-type printing press 
A) claimed Brazil for Portugal in 1500 
B) founded Quebec 
C) Italian who sailed for Spain in 1492 
D) Dominican priest who preached against Spanish abuses of Indians 
E) British economist who wrote The Wealth of Nations
F)Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
G)sailed around southern Africa and into the Indian Ocean
H)America was named for him
I)first European to discover Newfoundland in 1497
J)explored Florida
K)led seven large naval expeditions in early 1400s
L)developed a movable-type printing press

Question 14

According to Bartolomé de Las Casas:

Accepted Answer

A)  Spain needed to institute a more humane system of Native American slavery in order to avoid offending Pope Paul III. 
B)  Spain had caused the deaths of millions of innocent people in the New World. 
C)  despite his opposition to slavery, he needed to keep his slaves so that he would have time to devote to working for abolition and emancipation. 
D)  slavery needed to be eliminated entirely from the Earth. 
E)  converting Native Americans to anything but Catholicism would lead to their death. 
A)  Spain needed to institute a more humane system of Native American slavery in order to avoid offending Pope Paul III. 
B)  Spain had caused the deaths of millions of innocent people in the New World. 
C)  despite his opposition to slavery, he needed to keep his slaves so that he would have time to devote to working for abolition and emancipation. 
D)  slavery needed to be eliminated entirely from the Earth. 
E)  converting Native Americans to anything but Catholicism would lead to their death.

Question 15

Both the Aztec and Inca empires were:

Accepted Answer

A)  rural and poor. 
B)  small in population but sophisticated in infrastructure. 
C)  large, wealthy, and sophisticated. 
D)  large in geographic size but sparsely populated. 
E)  rural, with few impressive buildings. 
A)  rural and poor. 
B)  small in population but sophisticated in infrastructure. 
C)  large, wealthy, and sophisticated. 
D)  large in geographic size but sparsely populated. 
E)  rural, with few impressive buildings.

Question 16

The ritual sacrifices practiced by the Aztecs:

Accepted Answer

A)  occurred one at a time and therefore were minimal. 
B)  prompted most Aztecs to oppose their leaders, who opposed the sacrifices. 
C)  disgusted Europeans despite their own practices of publicly executing criminals and burning witches at the stake. 
D)  were always held at an arena in Tenochtitlán that resembled the Roman Colosseum. 
E)  cost the Spanish several hundred men before Cortés conquered the Aztecs. 
A)  occurred one at a time and therefore were minimal. 
B)  prompted most Aztecs to oppose their leaders, who opposed the sacrifices. 
C)  disgusted Europeans despite their own practices of publicly executing criminals and burning witches at the stake. 
D)  were always held at an arena in Tenochtitlán that resembled the Roman Colosseum. 
E)  cost the Spanish several hundred men before Cortés conquered the Aztecs.

Question 17

In New Netherland,the Dutch were intolerant of diverse religious practices and issued an edict that all had to convert to the Dutch Reformed Church.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Under English law,women held many legal rights and privileges.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Juan Ponce de Léon

Accepted Answer

A) claimed Brazil for Portugal in 1500 
B) founded Quebec 
C) Italian who sailed for Spain in 1492 
D) Dominican priest who preached against Spanish abuses of Indians 
E) British economist who wrote The Wealth of Nations
F)Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
G)sailed around southern Africa and into the Indian Ocean
H)America was named for him
I)first European to discover Newfoundland in 1497
J)explored Florida
K)led seven large naval expeditions in early 1400s
L)developed a movable-type printing press 
A) claimed Brazil for Portugal in 1500 
B) founded Quebec 
C) Italian who sailed for Spain in 1492 
D) Dominican priest who preached against Spanish abuses of Indians 
E) British economist who wrote The Wealth of Nations
F)Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
G)sailed around southern Africa and into the Indian Ocean
H)America was named for him
I)first European to discover Newfoundland in 1497
J)explored Florida
K)led seven large naval expeditions in early 1400s
L)developed a movable-type printing press

Question 20

The actions of the Pueblo Indians at Santa Fe in 1680 can best be described as:

Accepted Answer

A)  not being interested in religion. 
B)  being docile. 
C)  accepting of new cultures. 
D)  being lazy and unwilling to work. 
E)  being assertive. 
A)  not being interested in religion. 
B)  being docile. 
C)  accepting of new cultures. 
D)  being lazy and unwilling to work. 
E)  being assertive.

Exam 1: A New World

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Black Legend

Where did mound-building tribes flourish?

In colonial America,what was an example of a borderlands area?

"Coverture" refers to:

A seventeenth-century colonial woman who believed she was cheated out of money would have the best chance of having her case heard if she lived in:

Portuguese trading posts along the western coast of Africa were called factories because:

Pueblo Indians lived in what is now:

The catastrophic decline in the native populations of Spanish America was mostly due to the fact that they were not immune to European diseases.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -mestizos

Compare Indian society with that of the Europeans.What differences were there? Similarities? Be sure to include in your analysis ideas about religion,land,and gender roles as well as notions of freedom.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Christopher Columbus

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -private property

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Samuel de Champlain

According to Bartolomé de Las Casas:

Both the Aztec and Inca empires were:

The ritual sacrifices practiced by the Aztecs:

In New Netherland,the Dutch were intolerant of diverse religious practices and issued an edict that all had to convert to the Dutch Reformed Church.

Under English law,women held many legal rights and privileges.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Juan Ponce de Léon

The actions of the Pueblo Indians at Santa Fe in 1680 can best be described as:

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