Question 1

The catastrophic decline in the native populations of Spanish America was mostly due to the fact that they were not immune to European diseases.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The Indians of North America believed that land was a common resource and the basis of economic life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The city situated along the Mississippi River with between 10,000 and 30,000 residents in the year 1200 is today known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Poverty Point. 
B)  Cahokia. 
C)  Pueblo Bonita. 
D)  Iroquois. 
E)  Tenochtitlan. 
A)  Poverty Point. 
B)  Cahokia. 
C)  Pueblo Bonita. 
D)  Iroquois. 
E)  Tenochtitlan.

Question 4

MATCHING
-Black Legend

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 5

Compare Indian society with that of the Europeans. What differences were there? Similarities? Be sure to include in your analysis ideas about religion, land, and gender roles, as well as notions of freedom.

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

What does the seal of New Netherland, adopted by the Dutch West India Company in 1630, suggest is central to the colony's economic prospects?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tobacco 
B)  Fish 
C)  Silver 
D)  Timber 
E)  Fur 
A)  Tobacco 
B)  Fish 
C)  Silver 
D)  Timber 
E)  Fur

Question 7

In 1519, who became the first European explorer to encounter the Aztec empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  Vasco da Gama 
B)  Ferdinand Magellan 
C)  John Cabot 
D)  Hernán Cortés 
E)  Francisco Pizzaro 
A)  Vasco da Gama 
B)  Ferdinand Magellan 
C)  John Cabot 
D)  Hernán Cortés 
E)  Francisco Pizzaro

Question 8

How did French involvement in the fur trade change life for Native Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  It didn't; Native Americans were already hunting beaver and buffalo for their skins. 
B)  Native Americans benefited economically but were able to avoid getting caught in European conflicts and rivalries. 
C)  The French were willing to accept Native Americans into colonial society. 
D)  The English and French quests for beaver pelts virtually destroyed the Native American population. 
E)  It forced Native Americans to learn new trapping techniques that were far superior to their old ways. 
A)  It didn't; Native Americans were already hunting beaver and buffalo for their skins. 
B)  Native Americans benefited economically but were able to avoid getting caught in European conflicts and rivalries. 
C)  The French were willing to accept Native Americans into colonial society. 
D)  The English and French quests for beaver pelts virtually destroyed the Native American population. 
E)  It forced Native Americans to learn new trapping techniques that were far superior to their old ways.

Question 9

MATCHING
-Hernán Cortés

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 10

"Christian liberty" was the basis for religious toleration.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The New Laws of 1542:

Accepted Answer

A)  led Protestant Europeans to create the "Black Legend" about Spanish rule in the Americas. 
B)  introduced the encomienda system. 
C)  were adopted at the urging of Gonzalo Pizzaro, brother of Peru's conqueror. 
D)  commanded that Indians no longer be enslaved in Spanish possessions. 
E)  forbade the enslavement of Africans in New Spain. 
A)  led Protestant Europeans to create the "Black Legend" about Spanish rule in the Americas. 
B)  introduced the encomienda system. 
C)  were adopted at the urging of Gonzalo Pizzaro, brother of Peru's conqueror. 
D)  commanded that Indians no longer be enslaved in Spanish possessions. 
E)  forbade the enslavement of Africans in New Spain.

Question 12

MATCHING
-Bartolomé de Las Casas

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 13

The first center of the Spanish empire in America:

Accepted Answer

A)  was a prosperous settlement that Columbus created. 
B)  was the island of Hispaniola 
C)  fell to Dutch raiders in 1506. 
D)  resulted from Columbus's last voyage to the New World in 1502. 
E)  was Cuba. 
A)  was a prosperous settlement that Columbus created. 
B)  was the island of Hispaniola 
C)  fell to Dutch raiders in 1506. 
D)  resulted from Columbus's last voyage to the New World in 1502. 
E)  was Cuba.

Question 14

MATCHING
-John Cabot against Spanish abuses of Indians

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 15

Both the Aztec and Inca empires were:

Accepted Answer

A)  rural and poor. 
B)  small in population, but sophisticated in infrastructure. 
C)  large, wealthy, and sophisticated. 
D)  large in geographic size, but sparsely populated. 
E)  rural, with few impressive buildings. 
A)  rural and poor. 
B)  small in population, but sophisticated in infrastructure. 
C)  large, wealthy, and sophisticated. 
D)  large in geographic size, but sparsely populated. 
E)  rural, with few impressive buildings.

Question 16

By 1550, the Spanish empire in the New World exceeded the ancient Roman Empire in size.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The Columbian Exchange was:

Accepted Answer

A)  the agreement that documented what Christopher Columbus would give to Spanish leaders in return for their sponsorship of his travel to the New World. 
B)  the transatlantic flow of plants, animals, and germs that began after Christopher Columbus reached the New World. 
C)  John Cabot's exploration of the New World, which brought more of the goods that Columbus had found back to the Old World. 
D)  responsible for introducing corn, tomatoes and potatoes to the Americas. 
E)  the first store in the New World, named for the man who founded it. 
A)  the agreement that documented what Christopher Columbus would give to Spanish leaders in return for their sponsorship of his travel to the New World. 
B)  the transatlantic flow of plants, animals, and germs that began after Christopher Columbus reached the New World. 
C)  John Cabot's exploration of the New World, which brought more of the goods that Columbus had found back to the Old World. 
D)  responsible for introducing corn, tomatoes and potatoes to the Americas. 
E)  the first store in the New World, named for the man who founded it.

Question 18

How did Native Americans conceive of property?

Accepted Answer

A)  Native Americans believed that land should never be claimed. 
B)  Families might use a specific plot of land for a season. 
C)  Individuals could own land outright and pass it on to family members. 
D)  A family could claim land forever, but an individual could not. 
E)  Native Americans and Europeans conceived of property in the same way, though Europeans claimed otherwise as an excuse to take Indian land. 
A)  Native Americans believed that land should never be claimed. 
B)  Families might use a specific plot of land for a season. 
C)  Individuals could own land outright and pass it on to family members. 
D)  A family could claim land forever, but an individual could not. 
E)  Native Americans and Europeans conceived of property in the same way, though Europeans claimed otherwise as an excuse to take Indian land.

Question 19

MATCHING
-Samuel de Champlain

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 20

MATCHING
-Pueblo Revolt

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

Exam 1: A New World

The catastrophic decline in the native populations of Spanish America was mostly due to the fact that they were not immune to European diseases.

The Indians of North America believed that land was a common resource and the basis of economic life.

The city situated along the Mississippi River with between 10,000 and 30,000 residents in the year 1200 is today known as:

MATCHING -Black Legend

Compare Indian society with that of the Europeans. What differences were there? Similarities? Be sure to include in your analysis ideas about religion, land, and gender roles, as well as notions of freedom.

What does the seal of New Netherland, adopted by the Dutch West India Company in 1630, suggest is central to the colony's economic prospects?

In 1519, who became the first European explorer to encounter the Aztec empire?

How did French involvement in the fur trade change life for Native Americans?

MATCHING -Hernán Cortés

"Christian liberty" was the basis for religious toleration.

The New Laws of 1542:

MATCHING -Bartolomé de Las Casas

The first center of the Spanish empire in America:

MATCHING -John Cabot against Spanish abuses of Indians

Both the Aztec and Inca empires were:

By 1550, the Spanish empire in the New World exceeded the ancient Roman Empire in size.

The Columbian Exchange was:

How did Native Americans conceive of property?

MATCHING -Samuel de Champlain

MATCHING -Pueblo Revolt

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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