Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of Moctezuma.

Accepted Answer

Leader of the Aztec

Question 2

The origins of the modern plantation system can be found in the

Accepted Answer

A)  American South. 
B)  Arab slave trade. 
C)  Portuguese slave trade. 
D)  European feudal system. 
E)  African slave system. 
A)  American South. 
B)  Arab slave trade. 
C)  Portuguese slave trade. 
D)  European feudal system. 
E)  African slave system.

Question 3

All of the following contributed to the emergence of a new interdependent global economic system EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  Europe providing the markets and capital. 
B)  Africa providing the labor. 
C)  European explorers' desire to create new cultures. 
D)  the New World providing its raw materials. 
E)  the advancement and improvement of technology. 
A)  Europe providing the markets and capital. 
B)  Africa providing the labor. 
C)  European explorers' desire to create new cultures. 
D)  the New World providing its raw materials. 
E)  the advancement and improvement of technology.

Question 4

The stage was set for a cataclysmic shift in the course of history when

Accepted Answer

A)  Europeans increasingly demanded less expensive goods from Asia. 
B)  Africa was established as a source of slave labor. 
C)  the Portuguese demonstrated the feasibility of long-range ocean navigation. 
D)  the Renaissance nurtured a spirit of optimism and adventure. 
E)  All of these are correct. 
A)  Europeans increasingly demanded less expensive goods from Asia. 
B)  Africa was established as a source of slave labor. 
C)  the Portuguese demonstrated the feasibility of long-range ocean navigation. 
D)  the Renaissance nurtured a spirit of optimism and adventure. 
E)  All of these are correct.

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of Hernán Cortés.

Accepted Answer

Lead an expedition to Mexico i

Question 6

In which of the following is the explorer mismatched with the area he explored?

Accepted Answer

A)  Coronado-New Mexico and Arizona 
B)  Ponce de León-Mississippi River Valley 
C)  Cortés-Mexico 
D)  Pizarro-Peru 
E)  Columbus-Caribbean islands 
A)  Coronado-New Mexico and Arizona 
B)  Ponce de León-Mississippi River Valley 
C)  Cortés-Mexico 
D)  Pizarro-Peru 
E)  Columbus-Caribbean islands

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of "three sister" farming.

Accepted Answer

A farming technique that allow

Question 8

All of the following were original territories of North American Indian populations within the current borders of the United States except

Accepted Answer

A)  Mesoamerica. 
B)  Northeast. 
C)  Southeast. 
D)  Great Plains. 
E)  Great Basin. 
A)  Mesoamerica. 
B)  Northeast. 
C)  Southeast. 
D)  Great Plains. 
E)  Great Basin.

Question 9

The development of Spanish influence in California in the mid-1760s and 1770s was facilitated by

Accepted Answer

A)  the Black Legend. 
B)  the establishment by Father Junipero Serra of a chain of Spanish missions starting in San Diego and up the California coast to Sonoma. 
C)  existing permanent settlements of Native Americans in California. 
D)  the lack of interest by Christian missionaries to Christianize Native Americans in California. 
E)  the highly successful exploration of California by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. 
A)  the Black Legend. 
B)  the establishment by Father Junipero Serra of a chain of Spanish missions starting in San Diego and up the California coast to Sonoma. 
C)  existing permanent settlements of Native Americans in California. 
D)  the lack of interest by Christian missionaries to Christianize Native Americans in California. 
E)  the highly successful exploration of California by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the plantation.

Accepted Answer

A site that is part of the lar

Question 11

Which continent do geologists say was the first to form?

Accepted Answer

A)  Africa 
B)  Antarctica 
C)  Europe 
D)  Asia 
E)  Panagea 
A)  Africa 
B)  Antarctica 
C)  Europe 
D)  Asia 
E)  Panagea

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of Quetzalcoatl.

Accepted Answer

The god who was predicted to r

Question 13

It is sometimes said that the Europeans who came to the Americas settled a "virgin land" that was unused and unspoiled. Write an essay demonstrating that this is, or is not, an accurate description of what happened.

Accepted Answer

The idea that the Europeans who came to

Question 14

Most likely the first Americans were

Accepted Answer

A)  Norse seafarers from Scandinavia. 
B)  Spanish explorers of the 15th century. 
C)  people who crossed the land bridge from Eurasia to North America. 
D)  Portuguese sailors of Prince Henry the Navigator. 
E)  refugees from Africa. 
A)  Norse seafarers from Scandinavia. 
B)  Spanish explorers of the 15th century. 
C)  people who crossed the land bridge from Eurasia to North America. 
D)  Portuguese sailors of Prince Henry the Navigator. 
E)  refugees from Africa.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the Incas.

Accepted Answer

The great

Question 16

The institution of encomienda allowed the

Accepted Answer

A)  native people to enslave members of other tribes. 
B)  Europeans to marry Native Americans. 
C)  European governments to give Indians to colonists if they promised to Christianize them. 
D)  governments of Europe to abolish the practice of Indian slavery and to establish African slavery. 
E)  Europeans to establish an economy based on capitalism. 
A)  native people to enslave members of other tribes. 
B)  Europeans to marry Native Americans. 
C)  European governments to give Indians to colonists if they promised to Christianize them. 
D)  governments of Europe to abolish the practice of Indian slavery and to establish African slavery. 
E)  Europeans to establish an economy based on capitalism.

Question 17

Summarize the motives, expectations, problems, and rewards associated with the age of European expansion. Compare and contrast these motives, expectations, problems, and rewards of European expansion as they applied to Africa, North American and the Caribbean Islands, and South America.

Accepted Answer

The age of European expansion was driven

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of Ferdinand of Aragon.

Accepted Answer

15^th century sovereign who broug

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of Francisco Coronado.

Accepted Answer

Travelled Arizona and New Mexi

Question 20

The early voyages of the Scandinavian seafarers did NOT result in permanent settlement in North America because

Accepted Answer

A)  the Native Americans drove them out. 
B)  the area in which they landed could not support a large population. 
C)  no nation-state supported these ventures. 
D)  British adventurers defeated the Scandinavians in 1066. 
E)  the settlers died of disease. 
A)  the Native Americans drove them out. 
B)  the area in which they landed could not support a large population. 
C)  no nation-state supported these ventures. 
D)  British adventurers defeated the Scandinavians in 1066. 
E)  the settlers died of disease.

Exam 1: New World Beginnings

Identify and state the historical significance of Moctezuma.

The origins of the modern plantation system can be found in the

All of the following contributed to the emergence of a new interdependent global economic system EXCEPT

The stage was set for a cataclysmic shift in the course of history when

Identify and state the historical significance of Hernán Cortés.

In which of the following is the explorer mismatched with the area he explored?

Identify and state the historical significance of "three sister" farming.

All of the following were original territories of North American Indian populations within the current borders of the United States except

The development of Spanish influence in California in the mid-1760s and 1770s was facilitated by

Identify and state the historical significance of the plantation.

Which continent do geologists say was the first to form?

Identify and state the historical significance of Quetzalcoatl.

It is sometimes said that the Europeans who came to the Americas settled a "virgin land" that was unused and unspoiled. Write an essay demonstrating that this is, or is not, an accurate description of what happened.

Most likely the first Americans were

Identify and state the historical significance of the Incas.

The institution of encomienda allowed the

Summarize the motives, expectations, problems, and rewards associated with the age of European expansion. Compare and contrast these motives, expectations, problems, and rewards of European expansion as they applied to Africa, North American and the Caribbean Islands, and South America.

Identify and state the historical significance of Ferdinand of Aragon.

Identify and state the historical significance of Francisco Coronado.

The early voyages of the Scandinavian seafarers did NOT result in permanent settlement in North America because

The Contest for North America

Settling the English Colonies

American Life in the Seventeenth Century

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

The Road to Revolution

America Secedes From the Empire

The Confederation and the Constitution

Launching the New Ship of State

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism

The Rise of a Mass Democracy

Forging the National Economy

The Ferment of Reform and Culture

The South and the Slavery Controversy

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy

Renewing the Sectional Struggle

Drifting Toward Disunion

Girding for War the North and the South

The Furnace of Civil War

The Ordeal of Reconstruction

The Industrial Era Dawns

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

America Moves to the City

The Conquest of the West

Rumbles of Discontent

Empire and Expansion

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War

American Life in the Roaring Twenties

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

America in World War II

The Cold War Begins

American Zenith

The Stormy Sixties

A Sea of Troubles

The Resurgence of Conservatism

America Confronts the Post Cold War Era

The American People Face a New Century

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