Question 1

MATCHING
-"coverture"

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 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

The repartimiento system established by the Spanish in the mid-1500s:

Accepted Answer

A)  officially designated Indians in New Spain as slaves of European colonists. 
B)  recognized Indians as free but required them to perform a fixed amount of labor. 
C)  gave voting rights in local assemblies to mestizos but not to peninsulares. 
D)  required all Indians to convert to Catholicism or face execution. 
E)  set up a system of local courts of law that proved essential to Spanish rule in Peru. 
A)  officially designated Indians in New Spain as slaves of European colonists. 
B)  recognized Indians as free but required them to perform a fixed amount of labor. 
C)  gave voting rights in local assemblies to mestizos but not to peninsulares. 
D)  required all Indians to convert to Catholicism or face execution. 
E)  set up a system of local courts of law that proved essential to Spanish rule in Peru.

Question 4

MATCHING
-Johannes Gutenberg

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 5

French Canada:

Accepted Answer

A)  was a very democratic colony. 
B)  was founded by Jesuit priests who were working as fur traders as a way to meet and convert Native Americans. 
C)  consisted mainly of male colonists. 
D)  had, by 1700, twice as many colonists as all the English North American colonies combined. 
E)  gave the French a world monopoly on fur production. 
A)  was a very democratic colony. 
B)  was founded by Jesuit priests who were working as fur traders as a way to meet and convert Native Americans. 
C)  consisted mainly of male colonists. 
D)  had, by 1700, twice as many colonists as all the English North American colonies combined. 
E)  gave the French a world monopoly on fur production.

Question 6

As early as 1615, the _________ people of present-day southern Ontario and upper New York State forged a trading alliance with the French, and many of them converted to Catholicism.

Accepted Answer

A)  Pequot 
B)  Lenni Lenape 
C)  Iroquois 
D)  Cherokee 
E)  Huron 
A)  Pequot 
B)  Lenni Lenape 
C)  Iroquois 
D)  Cherokee 
E)  Huron

Question 7

Which one of the following is true of Spanish emigrants to the New World?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many of the early arrivals came to direct Native American labor. 
B)  From the beginning, they arrived as families. 
C)  They were all at the bottom of the social hierarchy. 
D)  They soon outnumbered Native Americans. 
E)  Only the residents of the Malaga province migrated. 
A)  Many of the early arrivals came to direct Native American labor. 
B)  From the beginning, they arrived as families. 
C)  They were all at the bottom of the social hierarchy. 
D)  They soon outnumbered Native Americans. 
E)  Only the residents of the Malaga province migrated.

Question 8

African society did not practice slavery before Europeans came.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Like the Spanish, the French often intermarried with the Indians, resulting in mixed race children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

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 11

MATCHING
-Adam Smith

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 12

MATCHING
-New Laws

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 13

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 14

Which statement about gender relations is FALSE for most Native American societies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men and women engaged in premarital sex. 
B)  It was acceptable for a woman to seek a divorce. 
C)  Tribal leaders were almost always women. 
D)  Women owned dwellings and tools. 
E)  Societies were matrilineal. 
A)  Men and women engaged in premarital sex. 
B)  It was acceptable for a woman to seek a divorce. 
C)  Tribal leaders were almost always women. 
D)  Women owned dwellings and tools. 
E)  Societies were matrilineal.

Question 15

Columbus was Spanish.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which one of the following statements about Spanish America is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Over time, Spanish America evolved into a hybrid culture-part Spanish, part Indian, and, in some areas, part African. 
B)  Mestizos enjoyed much political freedom and held most of the high government positions. 
C)  Spaniards outnumbered the Indian inhabitants after fifty years of settlement. 
D)  The Catholic Church played only a minor role in Spanish America. 
E)  Spanish America was very rural and had few urban centers. 
A)  Over time, Spanish America evolved into a hybrid culture-part Spanish, part Indian, and, in some areas, part African. 
B)  Mestizos enjoyed much political freedom and held most of the high government positions. 
C)  Spaniards outnumbered the Indian inhabitants after fifty years of settlement. 
D)  The Catholic Church played only a minor role in Spanish America. 
E)  Spanish America was very rural and had few urban centers.

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

What European city was known in the early seventeenth century as a haven for persecuted Protestants from all over Europe and even for Jews fleeing Spain?

Accepted Answer

A)  Amsterdam 
B)  Geneva 
C)  Marseilles 
D)  London 
E)  Brussels 
A)  Amsterdam 
B)  Geneva 
C)  Marseilles 
D)  London 
E)  Brussels

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

Which of the following was NOT a technique that Spanish conquistadores used to conquer Native American empires?

Accepted Answer

A)  Kidnapping a leader and holding him for ransom 
B)  Dividing and conquering them by taking advantage of old rivalries 
C)  Relying upon the spread of diseases, even though they may not have been introduced intentionally 
D)  Negotiating treaties 
E)  Using their superior military technology 
A)  Kidnapping a leader and holding him for ransom 
B)  Dividing and conquering them by taking advantage of old rivalries 
C)  Relying upon the spread of diseases, even though they may not have been introduced intentionally 
D)  Negotiating treaties 
E)  Using their superior military technology

Exam 1: A New World

MATCHING -"coverture"

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

The repartimiento system established by the Spanish in the mid-1500s:

MATCHING -Johannes Gutenberg

French Canada:

As early as 1615, the _________ people of present-day southern Ontario and upper New York State forged a trading alliance with the French, and many of them converted to Catholicism.

Which one of the following is true of Spanish emigrants to the New World?

African society did not practice slavery before Europeans came.

Like the Spanish, the French often intermarried with the Indians, resulting in mixed race children.

According to Bartolomé de Las Casas:

MATCHING -Adam Smith

MATCHING -New Laws

The ritual sacrifices practiced by the Aztecs:

Which statement about gender relations is FALSE for most Native American societies?

Columbus was Spanish.

Which one of the following statements about Spanish America is true?

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

What European city was known in the early seventeenth century as a haven for persecuted Protestants from all over Europe and even for Jews fleeing Spain?

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

Which of the following was NOT a technique that Spanish conquistadores used to conquer Native American empires?

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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