Question 1

Before the arrival of Columbus, Native North Americans :

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A)  had elaborate trade networks. 
B)  were entirely agricultural and rural. 
C)  across the continent were very similar in their political and religious beliefs. 
D)  always lived in small family units. 
E)  lived only in coastal areas. 
A)  had elaborate trade networks. 
B)  were entirely agricultural and rural. 
C)  across the continent were very similar in their political and religious beliefs. 
D)  always lived in small family units. 
E)  lived only in coastal areas.

Question 2

Far more important to most Indian societies than freedom as personal independence were all of the following EXCEPT:

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A)  kinship ties. 
B)  secure rights to owning land. 
C)  the ability to follow one's spiritual values. 
D)  the well-being of one's community. 
E)  the security of one's community. 
A)  kinship ties. 
B)  secure rights to owning land. 
C)  the ability to follow one's spiritual values. 
D)  the well-being of one's community. 
E)  the security of one's community.

Question 3

The Spanish justified their claim to land in the New World through all of the following EXCEPT:

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A)  believing that their culture was superior to that of the Indians. 
B)  violence. 
C)  a missionary zeal. 
D)  a decree from the Pope. 
E)  defeating the English fleet in 1588. 
A)  believing that their culture was superior to that of the Indians. 
B)  violence. 
C)  a missionary zeal. 
D)  a decree from the Pope. 
E)  defeating the English fleet in 1588.

Question 4

Amerigo Vespucci:

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A)  named the New World after himself. 
B)  helped to correct Columbus's theory that he had found a route to Asia. 
C)  agreed with Columbus that Native Americans were East Indians. 
D)  was funded by the English. 
E)  actually named the continent Vespucci, but it was changed. 
A)  named the New World after himself. 
B)  helped to correct Columbus's theory that he had found a route to Asia. 
C)  agreed with Columbus that Native Americans were East Indians. 
D)  was funded by the English. 
E)  actually named the continent Vespucci, but it was changed.

Question 5

Patroonship in New Netherland:

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A)  was a great success, bringing thousands of new settlers to the colony. 
B)  meant that shareholders received large estates for transporting tenants for agricultural labor. 
C)  was like a system of medieval lords. 
D)  led to one democratic manor led by Kiliaen van Rensselaer. 
E)  involved joint Dutch and Indian control of farmland. 
A)  was a great success, bringing thousands of new settlers to the colony. 
B)  meant that shareholders received large estates for transporting tenants for agricultural labor. 
C)  was like a system of medieval lords. 
D)  led to one democratic manor led by Kiliaen van Rensselaer. 
E)  involved joint Dutch and Indian control of farmland.

Question 6

The first French explorations of the New World:

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A)  brought great riches to France. 
B)  were intended to locate the Northwest Passage. 
C)  led to successful colonies in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. 
D)  were in response to an intense rivalry with the Netherlands. 
E)  created no permanent settlements until the eighteenth century. 
A)  brought great riches to France. 
B)  were intended to locate the Northwest Passage. 
C)  led to successful colonies in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. 
D)  were in response to an intense rivalry with the Netherlands. 
E)  created no permanent settlements until the eighteenth century.

Question 7

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 8

The Spanish were the first to sail down the western coast of Africa, establishing trading posts, called factories.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The Spanish aim was to exterminate or remove the Indians from the New World.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Columbus first sailed to what is now Venezuela.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What geographic error did Columbus make?

Accepted Answer

A)  He grossly underestimated the size of the earth. 
B)  He thought the earth was not round, but flat. 
C)  He was certain that India was east of the Americas. 
D)  He expected the weather in India to be the same as in the North Atlantic. 
E)  He confused the Atlantic Ocean with the Indian Ocean. 
A)  He grossly underestimated the size of the earth. 
B)  He thought the earth was not round, but flat. 
C)  He was certain that India was east of the Americas. 
D)  He expected the weather in India to be the same as in the North Atlantic. 
E)  He confused the Atlantic Ocean with the Indian Ocean.

Before the arrival of Columbus, Native North Americans :

Far more important to most Indian societies than freedom as personal independence were all of the following EXCEPT:

The Spanish justified their claim to land in the New World through all of the following EXCEPT:

Amerigo Vespucci:

Patroonship in New Netherland:

The first French explorations of the New World:

In their relations with Native Americans, the Dutch:

The Spanish were the first to sail down the western coast of Africa, establishing trading posts, called factories.

The Spanish aim was to exterminate or remove the Indians from the New World.

Columbus first sailed to what is now Venezuela.

What geographic error did Columbus make?

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Exam 1: A New World

Before the arrival of Columbus, Native North Americans :

Far more important to most Indian societies than freedom as personal independence were all of the following EXCEPT:

The Spanish justified their claim to land in the New World through all of the following EXCEPT:

Amerigo Vespucci:

Patroonship in New Netherland:

The first French explorations of the New World:

In their relations with Native Americans, the Dutch:

The Spanish were the first to sail down the western coast of Africa, establishing trading posts, called factories.

The Spanish aim was to exterminate or remove the Indians from the New World.

Columbus first sailed to what is now Venezuela.

What geographic error did Columbus make?

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, 1783-1791

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

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