Question 1

Of the estimated 54 million inhabitants of the Americas, where did 20 million live?

Accepted Answer

A)  Peru 
B)  the Ohio River Valley 
C)  Mexico 
D)  California 
E)  Brazil 
A)  Peru 
B)  the Ohio River Valley 
C)  Mexico 
D)  California 
E)  Brazil

Question 2

The size and sophistication of Native American civilizations in Mexico and South America can be attributed to

Accepted Answer

A)  Spanish influences. 
B)  their way of life based on hunting and gathering. 
C)  the development of agriculture. 
D)  influences brought by early settlers from Siberia. 
E)  their use of draft animals and the wheel. 
A)  Spanish influences. 
B)  their way of life based on hunting and gathering. 
C)  the development of agriculture. 
D)  influences brought by early settlers from Siberia. 
E)  their use of draft animals and the wheel.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the Pueblo Revolt.

Accepted Answer

A rebellion against the religi

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of Vasco Nunez Balboa.

Accepted Answer

Spanish conquistador

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of encomienda.

Accepted Answer

A system that allowed the gove

Question 6

Summarize the human migration, agricultural development, and geographic evolution of North America up through 1000 C.E. What impact did the interaction of these three developmental factors have on the subsequent history of North America?

Accepted Answer

Human migration to North America began o

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of Hiawatha.

Accepted Answer

Hiawatha was the leader of the

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of capitalism.

Accepted Answer

An economic system that led to

Question 9

In the last half of the 15th century, some 40,000 Africans were forced into slavery by Portugal and Spain to

Accepted Answer

A)  work on plantations in Africa. 
B)  establish plantations in North America. 
C)  establish plantations in South America. 
D)  help pay for the gold they took. 
E)  work on plantations on the Atlantic sugar islands. 
A)  work on plantations in Africa. 
B)  establish plantations in North America. 
C)  establish plantations in South America. 
D)  help pay for the gold they took. 
E)  work on plantations on the Atlantic sugar islands.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the Battle of Acoma.

Accepted Answer

The 1599 battle that led to th

Question 11

Columbus called the native people in the "New World" Indians because

Accepted Answer

A)  that was what they called themselves. 
B)  he believed that he had skirted the rim of the "Indies." 
C)  it was a form of the Spanish word for heathen. 
D)  the Vikings had first called them by that name. 
E)  the Spanish often used this generic word, which meant "outsider" or "non-Spanish." 
A)  that was what they called themselves. 
B)  he believed that he had skirted the rim of the "Indies." 
C)  it was a form of the Spanish word for heathen. 
D)  the Vikings had first called them by that name. 
E)  the Spanish often used this generic word, which meant "outsider" or "non-Spanish."

Question 12

Which group was responsible for slave trading in Africa long before the Europeans had arrived?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Portuguese and Spanish 
B)  The English and Scandinavians 
C)  The Incas and Aztecs 
D)  The Arabs and Africans 
E)  The English and Americans 
A)  The Portuguese and Spanish 
B)  The English and Scandinavians 
C)  The Incas and Aztecs 
D)  The Arabs and Africans 
E)  The English and Americans

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of Ferdinand Magellan.

Accepted Answer

Set sail in 1519 around the ti

Question 14

Describe the impact of disease on Native American and European populations.

Accepted Answer

The impact of disease on Native American

Question 15

The treatment of the Native Americans by the Spanish conquistadores can be described as

Accepted Answer

A)  at times brutal and exploitative. 
B)  firm but fair. 
C)  unmotivated by greed. 
D)  scornful of intermarriage. 
E)  leaving little of Spanish culture. 
A)  at times brutal and exploitative. 
B)  firm but fair. 
C)  unmotivated by greed. 
D)  scornful of intermarriage. 
E)  leaving little of Spanish culture.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of Panagea.

Accepted Answer

The original supercontinent th

Question 17

Where did the first inhabitants of North America originate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Europe 
B)  Asia 
C)  Africa 
D)  South America 
E)  None of these are correct. 
A)  Europe 
B)  Asia 
C)  Africa 
D)  South America 
E)  None of these are correct.

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot).

Accepted Answer

Explored the northea

Question 19

All of the following were true of the Spanish EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  they had a century head start of exploration over the English. 
B)  they were genuine empire builders. 
C)  they were cultural innovators in the New World. 
D)  they practiced the same treatment as the English would toward the Indians by isolating and shunning them. 
E)  their colonial establishments were larger and richer than those of their Anglo-Saxon rivals. 
A)  they had a century head start of exploration over the English. 
B)  they were genuine empire builders. 
C)  they were cultural innovators in the New World. 
D)  they practiced the same treatment as the English would toward the Indians by isolating and shunning them. 
E)  their colonial establishments were larger and richer than those of their Anglo-Saxon rivals.

Question 20

What economic activity motivated the French to come to North America?

Accepted Answer

A)  slave trade. 
B)  sugar trade. 
C)  fur trade. 
D)  agricultural trade. 
E)  triangle trade. 
A)  slave trade. 
B)  sugar trade. 
C)  fur trade. 
D)  agricultural trade. 
E)  triangle trade.

Exam 1: New World Beginnings

Of the estimated 54 million inhabitants of the Americas, where did 20 million live?

The size and sophistication of Native American civilizations in Mexico and South America can be attributed to

Identify and state the historical significance of the Pueblo Revolt.

Identify and state the historical significance of Vasco Nunez Balboa.

Identify and state the historical significance of encomienda.

Summarize the human migration, agricultural development, and geographic evolution of North America up through 1000 C.E. What impact did the interaction of these three developmental factors have on the subsequent history of North America?

Identify and state the historical significance of Hiawatha.

Identify and state the historical significance of capitalism.

In the last half of the 15th century, some 40,000 Africans were forced into slavery by Portugal and Spain to

Identify and state the historical significance of the Battle of Acoma.

Columbus called the native people in the "New World" Indians because

Which group was responsible for slave trading in Africa long before the Europeans had arrived?

Identify and state the historical significance of Ferdinand Magellan.

Describe the impact of disease on Native American and European populations.

The treatment of the Native Americans by the Spanish conquistadores can be described as

Identify and state the historical significance of Panagea.

Where did the first inhabitants of North America originate?

Identify and state the historical significance of Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot).

All of the following were true of the Spanish EXCEPT

What economic activity motivated the French to come to North America?

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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