Question 1

In the last half of the fifteenth century, some forty thousand Africans were forced into slavery by Portugal and Spain to

Accepted Answer

A)  work on plantations in Africa. 
B)  establish plantations in North America. 
C)  establish plantations in South America. 
D)  help pay for the gold they took. 
E)  work on plantations on the Atlantic sugar islands. 
A)  work on plantations in Africa. 
B)  establish plantations in North America. 
C)  establish plantations in South America. 
D)  help pay for the gold they took. 
E)  work on plantations on the Atlantic sugar islands.

Question 2

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 3

In which of the following is the explorer mismatched with the area he explored?

Accepted Answer

A)  Coronado-New Mexico and Arizona 
B)  Ponce de León-Mississippi River Valley 
C)  Cortés-Mexico 
D)  Pizarro-Peru 
E)  Columbus-Caribbean islands 
A)  Coronado-New Mexico and Arizona 
B)  Ponce de León-Mississippi River Valley 
C)  Cortés-Mexico 
D)  Pizarro-Peru 
E)  Columbus-Caribbean islands

Question 4

The institution of encomienda allowed the

Accepted Answer

A)  native people to enslave members of other tribes. 
B)  Europeans to marry Native Americans. 
C)  European governments to give Indians to colonists if they promised to Christianize them. 
D)  governments of Europe to abolish the practice of Indian slavery and to establish African slavery. 
E)  Europeans to establish an economy based on capitalism. 
A)  native people to enslave members of other tribes. 
B)  Europeans to marry Native Americans. 
C)  European governments to give Indians to colonists if they promised to Christianize them. 
D)  governments of Europe to abolish the practice of Indian slavery and to establish African slavery. 
E)  Europeans to establish an economy based on capitalism.

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

Malinche has earned a place in history as

Accepted Answer

A)  the Indian slave woman who served as Cortés's translator with the Mexicans. 
B)  the woman whose name is synonymous with "traitor". 
C)  the Indian who married one of Cortes's soldiers and traveled to Spain. 
D)  the woman who was baptized with the Spanish name Doña Marina. 
E)  All of these 
A)  the Indian slave woman who served as Cortés's translator with the Mexicans. 
B)  the woman whose name is synonymous with "traitor". 
C)  the Indian who married one of Cortes's soldiers and traveled to Spain. 
D)  the woman who was baptized with the Spanish name Doña Marina. 
E)  All of these

Question 7

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
The World Known to Europe During the Age of Discovery, 1492-1609
  
-____ West Indies

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 8

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
The World Known to Europe During the Age of Discovery, 1492-1609
  
-____ India

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 9

The Iroquois Confederacy was able to menace its Native American and European neighbors because of

Accepted Answer

A)  its military alliances, sustained by political and organizational skills. 
B)  the Iroquois warriors' skill with the Europeans' muskets. 
C)  the scattered nature of the Iroquois settlements, which made it difficult for their enemies to defeat them. 
D)  the alliance with the Aztecs and Incas. 
E)  its use of new weapons. 
A)  its military alliances, sustained by political and organizational skills. 
B)  the Iroquois warriors' skill with the Europeans' muskets. 
C)  the scattered nature of the Iroquois settlements, which made it difficult for their enemies to defeat them. 
D)  the alliance with the Aztecs and Incas. 
E)  its use of new weapons.

Question 10

Native American (Indian)civilization was least highly developed in

Accepted Answer

A)  North America. 
B)  Mexico. 
C)  Central America. 
D)  Peru. 
E)  Latin America. 
A)  North America. 
B)  Mexico. 
C)  Central America. 
D)  Peru. 
E)  Latin America.

Question 11

Describe the Aztec political, economic, social, and spiritual (religious)elements civilization and the effect that European conquest had on the evolution and existence of the Aztec civilization and its people.

Accepted Answer

The Aztec civilization was a complex and

Question 12

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
The World Known to Europe During the Age of Discovery, 1492-1609
  
-____ England

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 13

The development of "three sister" farming on the southeast Atlantic seaboard

Accepted Answer

A)  led to the dominance of the potato. 
B)  enabled the Anasazis to prosper. 
C)  ultimately failed to produce adequate amounts of food. 
D)  was attributed to three young women of the Cherokee peoples. 
E)  produced a rich diet that led to high population densities. 
A)  led to the dominance of the potato. 
B)  enabled the Anasazis to prosper. 
C)  ultimately failed to produce adequate amounts of food. 
D)  was attributed to three young women of the Cherokee peoples. 
E)  produced a rich diet that led to high population densities.

Question 14

One of the main factors that enabled Europeans to conquer native North Americans with relative ease was the

Accepted Answer

A)  pacifistic nature of the native North Americans. 
B)  settled agricultural societies of North America. 
C)  absence of dense concentrations of population or complex nation-states in North America. 
D)  use of native guides for spying and surveillance activities. 
E)  lack of technological weaponry available to other native American cultures. 
A)  pacifistic nature of the native North Americans. 
B)  settled agricultural societies of North America. 
C)  absence of dense concentrations of population or complex nation-states in North America. 
D)  use of native guides for spying and surveillance activities. 
E)  lack of technological weaponry available to other native American cultures.

Question 15

Identify the statement that is false.

Accepted Answer

A)  Each of the thirteen colonies enjoyed a good deal of self-rule before the 1760s. 
B)  Many colonies profited from trade within the British Empire. 
C)  The French and Indian War strengthened ties between the thirteen colonies and Britain. 
D)  After the French and Indian War, the colonists needed greater protection from Britain. 
E)  As late as 1775, most people in the colonies still clung to some hope of reconciliation with Britain. 
A)  Each of the thirteen colonies enjoyed a good deal of self-rule before the 1760s. 
B)  Many colonies profited from trade within the British Empire. 
C)  The French and Indian War strengthened ties between the thirteen colonies and Britain. 
D)  After the French and Indian War, the colonists needed greater protection from Britain. 
E)  As late as 1775, most people in the colonies still clung to some hope of reconciliation with Britain.

Question 16

The colonists who ultimately embraced the vision of America as an independent nation had in common all of the following characteristics except

Accepted Answer

A)  the desire to create an agricultural society. 
B)  a shared goal of living unfettered by the tyrannies of royal authority, official religion, and social hierarchies. 
C)  a growing reverence for ideals such as liberty. 
D)  an unwillingness to subjugate others. 
E)  a majority were English speaking with English customs. 
A)  the desire to create an agricultural society. 
B)  a shared goal of living unfettered by the tyrannies of royal authority, official religion, and social hierarchies. 
C)  a growing reverence for ideals such as liberty. 
D)  an unwillingness to subjugate others. 
E)  a majority were English speaking with English customs.

Question 17

European contact with Native Americans led to

Accepted Answer

A)  the Europeans' acceptance of the horse into their culture. 
B)  the deaths of millions of Native Americans, who had little resistance to European diseases. 
C)  the introduction into the New World of such plants as potatoes, tomatoes, and beans. 
D)  an increase in the Native American population. 
E)  the use of tobacco by Native Americans. 
A)  the Europeans' acceptance of the horse into their culture. 
B)  the deaths of millions of Native Americans, who had little resistance to European diseases. 
C)  the introduction into the New World of such plants as potatoes, tomatoes, and beans. 
D)  an increase in the Native American population. 
E)  the use of tobacco by Native Americans.

Question 18

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 19

All of the following are true of the Inca, Mayan, and Aztec civilizations except they

Accepted Answer

A)  had advanced agricultural practices based primarily on the cultivation of maize. 
B)  lacked the technology of the wheel. 
C)  had the use of large draft animals such as the horse and oxen. 
D)  built elaborate cities and carried on far-flung commerce. 
E)  had talented mathematicians, which allowed them to make accurate astronomical observations. 
A)  had advanced agricultural practices based primarily on the cultivation of maize. 
B)  lacked the technology of the wheel. 
C)  had the use of large draft animals such as the horse and oxen. 
D)  built elaborate cities and carried on far-flung commerce. 
E)  had talented mathematicians, which allowed them to make accurate astronomical observations.

Question 20

Which of these statements does NOT describe mestizos?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were the offspring of Spanish conquistadores who married Indian women. 
B)  They were the pagan slaves of Cortes' soldiers. 
C)  They formed a cultural and biological bridge between Latin America's European and Indian peoples. 
D)  They were considered a "new race." 
E)  All of these 
A)  They were the offspring of Spanish conquistadores who married Indian women. 
B)  They were the pagan slaves of Cortes' soldiers. 
C)  They formed a cultural and biological bridge between Latin America's European and Indian peoples. 
D)  They were considered a "new race." 
E)  All of these

Exam 1: New World Beginnings, 33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

In the last half of the fifteenth century, some forty thousand Africans were forced into slavery by Portugal and Spain to

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?

In which of the following is the explorer mismatched with the area he explored?

The institution of encomienda allowed the

Malinche has earned a place in history as

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: The World Known to Europe During the Age of Discovery, 1492-1609 -____ West Indies

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: The World Known to Europe During the Age of Discovery, 1492-1609 -____ India

The Iroquois Confederacy was able to menace its Native American and European neighbors because of

Native American (Indian)civilization was least highly developed in

Describe the Aztec political, economic, social, and spiritual (religious)elements civilization and the effect that European conquest had on the evolution and existence of the Aztec civilization and its people.

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: The World Known to Europe During the Age of Discovery, 1492-1609 -____ England

The development of "three sister" farming on the southeast Atlantic seaboard

One of the main factors that enabled Europeans to conquer native North Americans with relative ease was the

Identify the statement that is false.

The colonists who ultimately embraced the vision of America as an independent nation had in common all of the following characteristics except

European contact with Native Americans led to

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

All of the following are true of the Inca, Mayan, and Aztec civilizations except they

Which of these statements does NOT describe mestizos?

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

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