Question 1

The leading practitioners of human sacrifice in the Americas were the

Accepted Answer

A) Maya. 
B) Incas. 
C) Aztec. 
D) Olmec. 
E) Spaniards. 
A) Maya. 
B) Incas. 
C) Aztec. 
D) Olmec. 
E) Spaniards.

Question 2

The center of the Portuguese empire in Asia was

Accepted Answer

A) Japan. 
B) the Moluccas. 
C) Korea. 
D) China. 
E) Indonesia. 
A) Japan. 
B) the Moluccas. 
C) Korea. 
D) China. 
E) Indonesia.

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-"slash and burn" agriculture

Accepted Answer

practiced by semisedentary Indian societ

Question 4

The Americas were first settled by

Accepted Answer

A) Asians. 
B) western Europeans. 
C) eastern Europeans. 
D) Africans. 
E) Europeans. 
A) Asians. 
B) western Europeans. 
C) eastern Europeans. 
D) Africans. 
E) Europeans.

Question 5

Beringia proved a hospitable place for plant and animal life.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The Norse exerted a significant impact on American history well into the 1500s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Johann Gutenberg invented paper and block printing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Who of the following was the conqueror of the Inca empire?

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A) Francisco Pizarro 
B) Hernán Cortés 
C) Francisco de Coronado 
D) Vasco da Gama 
E) Bishop de las Casas 
A) Francisco Pizarro 
B) Hernán Cortés 
C) Francisco de Coronado 
D) Vasco da Gama 
E) Bishop de las Casas

Question 9

In the period 1530 to 1630,the population of Mexico and Peru decreased by approximately

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A) 10 percent. 
B) 30 percent. 
C) 60 percent. 
D) 90 percent. 
E) 100 percent. 
A) 10 percent. 
B) 30 percent. 
C) 60 percent. 
D) 90 percent. 
E) 100 percent.

Question 10

Describe European society in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Accepted Answer

Europe,in the years before 1400,was a re

Question 11

The leader of the Norsemen who settled in Greenland was

Accepted Answer

A) King Harold. 
B) Erik the Red. 
C) Prester John. 
D) Leif Eriksson. 
E) Columbus. 
A) King Harold. 
B) Erik the Red. 
C) Prester John. 
D) Leif Eriksson. 
E) Columbus.

Question 12

Most Indian societies engaged in clan or family ownership of landholdings.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

More than any other technological advantage,____________________ made European military conquest possible.

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The answer of More than any other technological advantage,____________________ made...

Question 14

The major source of wealth exploited by the Spaniards in the Americas was

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A) gold. 
B) silver. 
C) tobacco. 
D) cotton. 
E) iron. 
A) gold. 
B) silver. 
C) tobacco. 
D) cotton. 
E) iron.

Question 15

____________________ entered the sixteenth century as Europe's most fiercely Catholic society.

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The answer of ____________________ entered the sixteenth century as Europe's...

Question 16

Discuss the role of religion in the era of exploration and discovery.

Accepted Answer

Essay should address several key points.

Question 17

By the mid-1600s,there were ____________________ Spanish missions in Florida containing about 26,000 converted Indians.

Accepted Answer

The answer of By the mid-1600s,there were ____________________ Spanish missions...

Question 18

Europe's most fiercely Catholic society as the sixteenth century began was Spain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The nation that led the way for European expansion into the Americas was

Accepted Answer

A) France. 
B) England. 
C) China. 
D) Portugal. 
E) Spain. 
A) France. 
B) England. 
C) China. 
D) Portugal. 
E) Spain.

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS

-encomienda

Accepted Answer

system of labor tribute implem

Exam 1: When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The leading practitioners of human sacrifice in the Americas were the

The center of the Portuguese empire in Asia was

IDENTIFICATIONS -"slash and burn" agriculture

The Americas were first settled by

Beringia proved a hospitable place for plant and animal life.

The Norse exerted a significant impact on American history well into the 1500s.

Johann Gutenberg invented paper and block printing.

Who of the following was the conqueror of the Inca empire?

In the period 1530 to 1630,the population of Mexico and Peru decreased by approximately

Describe European society in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

The leader of the Norsemen who settled in Greenland was

Most Indian societies engaged in clan or family ownership of landholdings.

More than any other technological advantage,____________________ made European military conquest possible.

The major source of wealth exploited by the Spaniards in the Americas was

____________________ entered the sixteenth century as Europe's most fiercely Catholic society.

Discuss the role of religion in the era of exploration and discovery.

By the mid-1600s,there were ____________________ Spanish missions in Florida containing about 26,000 converted Indians.

Europe's most fiercely Catholic society as the sixteenth century began was Spain.

The nation that led the way for European expansion into the Americas was

IDENTIFICATIONS -encomienda

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, resistance, revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, peoples, cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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