Question 1

Which one of the following statements is true of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlán?

Accepted Answer

A)  It had a complex system of canals, bridges, and dams, with the Great Temple at the center. 
B)  It was located in the dense jungle of the Yucatan Peninsula. 
C)  Its defeat was due to its leader surrendering too soon to Hernán Cortés, who was in fact outnumbered and outgunned. 
D)  Technologically and architecturally, it was so far behind European capitals that its defeat was certain. 
E)  It had the New World's first mass transit system. 
A)  It had a complex system of canals, bridges, and dams, with the Great Temple at the center. 
B)  It was located in the dense jungle of the Yucatan Peninsula. 
C)  Its defeat was due to its leader surrendering too soon to Hernán Cortés, who was in fact outnumbered and outgunned. 
D)  Technologically and architecturally, it was so far behind European capitals that its defeat was certain. 
E)  It had the New World's first mass transit system.

Question 2

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 Africa 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 Africa 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 3

During the Pueblo Revolt, the Indians destroyed symbols of Catholic culture, like crosses and statues of the Virgin Mary.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which statement about the Indians of North America is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Indians were very diverse. 
B)  The idea of private property was foreign to Indians. 
C)  Many Indian societies were matrilineal. 
D)  Indians did not covet wealth and material goods as the Europeans did. 
E)  Indians lacked genuine religion. 
A)  Indians were very diverse. 
B)  The idea of private property was foreign to Indians. 
C)  Many Indian societies were matrilineal. 
D)  Indians did not covet wealth and material goods as the Europeans did. 
E)  Indians lacked genuine religion.

Question 5

Most, although not all, Indian societies were matrilineal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

MATCHING
-matrilineal

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 7

Alarmed by the destructiveness of the conquistadores, the Spanish crown replaced them with a more stable system of government headed by:

Accepted Answer

A)  lawyers and bureaucrats. 
B)  bishops of the Catholic Church. 
C)  landed wealthy elite. 
D)  elected local officials. 
E)  entrepreneurs. 
A)  lawyers and bureaucrats. 
B)  bishops of the Catholic Church. 
C)  landed wealthy elite. 
D)  elected local officials. 
E)  entrepreneurs.

Question 8

In their relations with Native Americans, the Dutch:

Accepted Answer

A)  sought to imitate the Spanish. 
B)  concentrated more on economics than religious conversion. 
C)  tried to drive Native Americans into the Puritan colony. 
D)  avoided warfare at all costs. 
E)  called them members of a deceitful race. 
A)  sought to imitate the Spanish. 
B)  concentrated more on economics than religious conversion. 
C)  tried to drive Native Americans into the Puritan colony. 
D)  avoided warfare at all costs. 
E)  called them members of a deceitful race.

Question 9

Spanish Florida:

Accepted Answer

A)  attracted large numbers of settlers. 
B)  became a British colony in 1607. 
C)  was little more than an isolated military settlement. 
D)  was the site of Juan Oñate's attack on the inhabitants of Acoma. 
E)  attracted mostly elderly Spaniards. 
A)  attracted large numbers of settlers. 
B)  became a British colony in 1607. 
C)  was little more than an isolated military settlement. 
D)  was the site of Juan Oñate's attack on the inhabitants of Acoma. 
E)  attracted mostly elderly Spaniards.

Question 10

New France was characterized by:

Accepted Answer

A)  severe conflict between French settlers and the Indians. 
B)  a well-defined line between Indian society and French society. 
C)  more peaceful European-Indian relations than existed in New Spain. 
D)  a Protestant missionary zeal to convert the Indians. 
E)  its lack of devastating epidemics. 
A)  severe conflict between French settlers and the Indians. 
B)  a well-defined line between Indian society and French society. 
C)  more peaceful European-Indian relations than existed in New Spain. 
D)  a Protestant missionary zeal to convert the Indians. 
E)  its lack of devastating epidemics.

Question 11

"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 12

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

Explain the chapter's title: "A New World." What was new? Is "new" an appropriate term? Does perspective play a role in calling the Americas new? Be sure to comment on whether freedom was new in this New World.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain the chapter's title: "A New World."...

Question 14

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 15

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 16

When the Edict of Nantes, which had granted religious toleration to French Protestants (Huguenots), was revoked in 1685, 100,000 Huguenots fled France for New France.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

MATCHING
-Vasco de Gama

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 
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 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 
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 movable-type printing press

Question 18

The Spanish empire in America:

Accepted Answer

A)  included most of the populated part of the New World but few of its natural resources, making the empire rich in people but poor economically. 
B)  paled in comparison with the ancient Roman Empire. 
C)  was, unlike the French and English New World empires, a mostly urban civilization. 
D)  was centered in Lima, Peru. 
E)  allowed religious freedom and therefore attracted colonists from throughout Europe 
A)  included most of the populated part of the New World but few of its natural resources, making the empire rich in people but poor economically. 
B)  paled in comparison with the ancient Roman Empire. 
C)  was, unlike the French and English New World empires, a mostly urban civilization. 
D)  was centered in Lima, Peru. 
E)  allowed religious freedom and therefore attracted colonists from throughout Europe

Question 19

Under English law in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, women:

Accepted Answer

A)  enjoyed far greater rights than they did in Spain and Spanish America. 
B)  who outlived their husbands were entitled to one-half of the husband's property. 
C)  surrendered their legal identities when they married. 
D)  were expected to submit to their husbands in public, but not in private. 
E)  gained a great deal of personal and political power during the reigns of Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth. 
A)  enjoyed far greater rights than they did in Spain and Spanish America. 
B)  who outlived their husbands were entitled to one-half of the husband's property. 
C)  surrendered their legal identities when they married. 
D)  were expected to submit to their husbands in public, but not in private. 
E)  gained a great deal of personal and political power during the reigns of Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth.

Question 20

The Spanish set up outposts from Florida to South Carolina in part because:

Accepted Answer

A)  Spanish missionaries hoped to convert local Native Americans to Christianity. 
B)  English colonists from Virginia were attacking Spanish settlements. 
C)  they sought to prevent the escape of African slaves to English colonies located north and east of the Savannah River. 
D)  the discovery of gold mines in central Florida meant that other powers were likely to encroach on Spanish territories. 
E)  they needed to protect St. Augustine, which became capital of New Spain in 1542. 
A)  Spanish missionaries hoped to convert local Native Americans to Christianity. 
B)  English colonists from Virginia were attacking Spanish settlements. 
C)  they sought to prevent the escape of African slaves to English colonies located north and east of the Savannah River. 
D)  the discovery of gold mines in central Florida meant that other powers were likely to encroach on Spanish territories. 
E)  they needed to protect St. Augustine, which became capital of New Spain in 1542.

Exam 1: A New World

Which one of the following statements is true of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlán?

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

During the Pueblo Revolt, the Indians destroyed symbols of Catholic culture, like crosses and statues of the Virgin Mary.

Which statement about the Indians of North America is FALSE?

Most, although not all, Indian societies were matrilineal.

MATCHING -matrilineal

Alarmed by the destructiveness of the conquistadores, the Spanish crown replaced them with a more stable system of government headed by:

In their relations with Native Americans, the Dutch:

Spanish Florida:

New France was characterized by:

"Coverture" refers to:

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

Explain the chapter's title: "A New World." What was new? Is "new" an appropriate term? Does perspective play a role in calling the Americas new? Be sure to comment on whether freedom was new in this New World.

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

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

When the Edict of Nantes, which had granted religious toleration to French Protestants (Huguenots), was revoked in 1685, 100,000 Huguenots fled France for New France.

MATCHING -Vasco de Gama

The Spanish empire in America:

Under English law in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, women:

The Spanish set up outposts from Florida to South Carolina in part because:

Beginnings of English America, 1607 -1660

Creating Anglo-America, 1660 -1750

Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire, to 1763

The American Revolution,1763 -1783

The Revolution Within

Founding a Nation, 1783 -1789

Securing the Republic, 1790 -1815

The Market Revolution, 1800 -1840

Democracy in America, 1815 -1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform, 1820 -1840

A House Divided, 1840 -1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War, 1861 -1865

What Is Freedom: Reconstruction, 1865 -1877

Americas Gilded Age, 1870 -1890

Freedoms Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890 -1900

The Progressive Era, 1900 -1916

Safe for Democracy: the United States and World War I, 1916 -1920

From Business Culture to the Great Depression: the Twenties, 1920 -1932

The New Deal, 1932 -1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War Ii, 1941 -1945

The United States and the Cold War, 1945 -1953

An Affluent Society, 1953 -1960

The Sixties, 1960 -1968

The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 -1988

Globalization and Its Discontents,1989 -2000

September 11 and the Next American Century

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