Question 1

Long before France and England made attempts to found colonies, __________ were exploiting the coastal North American waters of the North Atlantic.

Accepted Answer

A)  Muslim seamen 
B)  Italian merchants 
C)  Chinese explorers 
D)  European fishermen 
A)  Muslim seamen 
B)  Italian merchants 
C)  Chinese explorers 
D)  European fishermen

Question 2

What do historians call the medieval European social system?

Accepted Answer

A)  feudalism 
B)  commercialism 
C)  Protestantism 
D)  a frontier of inclusion 
A)  feudalism 
B)  commercialism 
C)  Protestantism 
D)  a frontier of inclusion

Question 3

Before colonizing the Americas, England sent soldiers and colonists to subdue __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Ireland 
B)  North Africa 
C)  Portugal 
D)  Spain 
A)  Ireland 
B)  North Africa 
C)  Portugal 
D)  Spain

Question 4

Columbus and his successors established an institution known as the encomienda, in which __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  soldiers were slowly transformed from fighters to farmers 
B)  soldiers received rewards in exchange for killing as many Indians as possible 
C)  Indians received food in exchange for conversion to Catholicism 
D)  Indians were compelled to labor in the service of Spanish lords 
A)  soldiers were slowly transformed from fighters to farmers 
B)  soldiers received rewards in exchange for killing as many Indians as possible 
C)  Indians received food in exchange for conversion to Catholicism 
D)  Indians were compelled to labor in the service of Spanish lords

Question 5

One hundred years after Columbus's first voyage to the "New World," the majority of the population of Spanish America was __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  of mixed race 
B)  white European 
C)  Native American 
D)  African 
A)  of mixed race 
B)  white European 
C)  Native American 
D)  African

Long before France and England made attempts to found colonies, __________ were exploiting the coastal North American waters of the North Atlantic.

What do historians call the medieval European social system?

Before colonizing the Americas, England sent soldiers and colonists to subdue __________.

Columbus and his successors established an institution known as the <emphasis>encomienda</emphasis>, in which __________.

One hundred years after Columbus's first voyage to the "New World," the majority of the population of Spanish America was __________.

A Continent of Villages

Planting Colonies in North America

Slavery and Empire

The Cultures of Colonial North America

From Empire to Independence

The American Revolution

The New Nation

An Empire for Liberty

The South and Slavery

The Growth of Democracy

Industry and the North

Immigration

The Territorial Expansion of the United States

The Coming Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction

The Trans-Mississippi West

Production and Consumption in the Gilded Age

Democracy and Empire

Urban America and the Progressive Era

The United States in the Era of the Great War

The Twenties

The Great Depression and the New Deal

World War Ii

The Cold War Begins

America at Mid-Century

The Civil Rights Movement

War Abroad

The Conservative Ascendancy

Inequality in the Global Age

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Exam 2: When Worlds Collide

Long before France and England made attempts to found colonies, __________ were exploiting the coastal North American waters of the North Atlantic.

What do historians call the medieval European social system?

Before colonizing the Americas, England sent soldiers and colonists to subdue __________.

Columbus and his successors established an institution known as the <emphasis>encomienda</emphasis>, in which __________.

One hundred years after Columbus's first voyage to the "New World," the majority of the population of Spanish America was __________.

A Continent of Villages

Planting Colonies in North America

Slavery and Empire

The Cultures of Colonial North America

From Empire to Independence

The American Revolution

The New Nation

An Empire for Liberty

The South and Slavery

The Growth of Democracy

Industry and the North

Immigration

The Territorial Expansion of the United States

The Coming Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction

The Trans-Mississippi West

Production and Consumption in the Gilded Age

Democracy and Empire

Urban America and the Progressive Era

The United States in the Era of the Great War

The Twenties

The Great Depression and the New Deal

World War Ii

The Cold War Begins

America at Mid-Century

The Civil Rights Movement

War Abroad

The Conservative Ascendancy

Inequality in the Global Age

Filters