Question 1

Olmecs, Maya, Toltecs, and Aztecs were advanced societies in .

Accepted Answer

A)  the Mississippi Valley 
B)  Mesoamerica 
C)  South America 
D)  the American Southwest 
A)  the Mississippi Valley 
B)  Mesoamerica 
C)  South America 
D)  the American Southwest B

Question 2

What defined the nation-states that emerged in Europe by the sixteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  adherence to the Protestant religion 
B)  an unorganized military system 
C)  increased trade 
D)  centralized power 
A)  adherence to the Protestant religion 
B)  an unorganized military system 
C)  increased trade 
D)  centralized power D

Question 3

Eastern Woodlands Indians viewed nature as sacred, whereas Europeans primarily saw it as

Accepted Answer

A)  a source of religious inspiration 
B)  something to control and exploit 
C)  an environment filled with animal spirits 
D)  a resource to conserve 
A)  a source of religious inspiration 
B)  something to control and exploit 
C)  an environment filled with animal spirits 
D)  a resource to conserve B

Question 4

-The writings of the Spanish bishop Bartolomé de Las Casas that appear in the English edition known as The Tears of the Indians portray the Spanish conquistadores as .

Accepted Answer

A)  religious and humane 
B)  savagely brutal 
C)  kind and generous slave owners 
D)  victorious in celebration 
A)  religious and humane 
B)  savagely brutal 
C)  kind and generous slave owners 
D)  victorious in celebration

Question 5

-The French sent the Italian mariner Giovanni da Verrazano to North America in 1524 in order to .

Accepted Answer

A)  establish fur trading stations along the St. Lawrence River 
B)  discover the Northwest Passage leading from the Americas to Asia 
C)  raid Spanish settlements and treasure ships 
D)  start plantations to grow cash crops 
A)  establish fur trading stations along the St. Lawrence River 
B)  discover the Northwest Passage leading from the Americas to Asia 
C)  raid Spanish settlements and treasure ships 
D)  start plantations to grow cash crops

Question 6

Christopher Columbus planned to find a more direct route to Asia by .

Accepted Answer

A)  traveling around the southern tip of Africa 
B)  taking an overland trade route across the Middle East 
C)  sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean 
D)  finding a Northwest Passage through the Arctic Ocean 
A)  traveling around the southern tip of Africa 
B)  taking an overland trade route across the Middle East 
C)  sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean 
D)  finding a Northwest Passage through the Arctic Ocean

Question 7

-Based on this engraving of the village of Secoton, how did the Eastern Woodland Indians differ from Mesoamerican Indians?

Accepted Answer

A)  Their social structure was rigidly hierarchical. 
B)  They constructed large homes of adobe and stone. 
C)  Their food source was limited to hunting large game and gathering wild plants. 
D)  Their outlook was more communal than individualistic. 
A)  Their social structure was rigidly hierarchical. 
B)  They constructed large homes of adobe and stone. 
C)  Their food source was limited to hunting large game and gathering wild plants. 
D)  Their outlook was more communal than individualistic.

Question 8

-How does this illustration address one of the essential beliefs of Calvinism?

Accepted Answer

A)  All images were forms of idolatry that had to be purged. 
B)  God had destined people for salvation before birth. 
C)  The true church was embodied by an "elect." 
D)  The damned could find salvation through good works. 
A)  All images were forms of idolatry that had to be purged. 
B)  God had destined people for salvation before birth. 
C)  The true church was embodied by an "elect." 
D)  The damned could find salvation through good works.

Question 9

The British monarch who separated from the Catholic Church to form the Church of England was .

Accepted Answer

A)  Elizabeth I 
B)  Henry VIII 
C)  Edward VI 
D)  Ferdinand of Aragon 
A)  Elizabeth I 
B)  Henry VIII 
C)  Edward VI 
D)  Ferdinand of Aragon

Question 10

The Spanish exported which of the following items from the lands they conquered in the Americas?

Accepted Answer

A)  horses 
B)  gold and silver 
C)  luxury cloth such as silk 
D)  grains such as wheat and barley 
A)  horses 
B)  gold and silver 
C)  luxury cloth such as silk 
D)  grains such as wheat and barley

Question 11

-The objects in the drawing "Nova Reperta" represent .

Accepted Answer

A)  religious artifacts used to convert Indians to Christianity 
B)  new products introduced to Europe from North and South America 
C)  technology borrowed from the Islamic world 
D)  new discoveries that made the exploration and settlement of the "New World" possible 
A)  religious artifacts used to convert Indians to Christianity 
B)  new products introduced to Europe from North and South America 
C)  technology borrowed from the Islamic world 
D)  new discoveries that made the exploration and settlement of the "New World" possible

Question 12

-To the Indians of Central and South America, the painting "Heavenly Militia" demonstrates that the god-like power of the conquistadores mainly came from the Spanish practice of

Accepted Answer

A)  wearing elaborate clothing 
B)  conducting religious ceremonies 
C)  using military weaponry 
D)  developing skilled horsemen 
A)  wearing elaborate clothing 
B)  conducting religious ceremonies 
C)  using military weaponry 
D)  developing skilled horsemen

Question 13

By 1400, most of the trade and finance in Europe was controlled by .

Accepted Answer

A)  Venice and other Italian city-states 
B)  the new nation-states of Spain and Portugal 
C)  Muslim merchants in Eastern Europe 
D)  Dutch and Belgian cities like Amsterdam and Antwerp 
A)  Venice and other Italian city-states 
B)  the new nation-states of Spain and Portugal 
C)  Muslim merchants in Eastern Europe 
D)  Dutch and Belgian cities like Amsterdam and Antwerp

Question 14

-The portrait of Queen Elizabeth I shows that the balance of power in the Atlantic shifted near the end of the sixteenth century as a result of the English .

Accepted Answer

A)  discovery of the Northwest Passage to Asia 
B)  establishment of tobacco plantations in Virginia 
C)  defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 
D)  development of a new colonial model in Ireland 
A)  discovery of the Northwest Passage to Asia 
B)  establishment of tobacco plantations in Virginia 
C)  defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 
D)  development of a new colonial model in Ireland

Question 15

What quality did the Renaissance and Reformation share?

Accepted Answer

A)  a desire to maximize profits through capitalism 
B)  a rejection of the Bible 
C)  acceptance of art and sculpture that emphasized the beauty of the human body 
D)  a questioning of the status quo 
A)  a desire to maximize profits through capitalism 
B)  a rejection of the Bible 
C)  acceptance of art and sculpture that emphasized the beauty of the human body 
D)  a questioning of the status quo

Question 16

Christopher Columbus's attitude toward the inhabitants of the Indies was primarily one of

Accepted Answer

A)  resentment 
B)  reverence 
C)  cooperation 
D)  superiority 
A)  resentment 
B)  reverence 
C)  cooperation 
D)  superiority

Question 17

-What was the Black Legend?

Accepted Answer

A)  Justifications for why Europeans in the Americas resorted to African slavery. 
B)  The tales of fabled cities of riches in the unexplored interior of the African continent. 
C)  The practice of French fur traders intermarrying with Indian women. 
D)  The legacy of the Spanish cruelty toward the native peoples of the Americas. 
A)  Justifications for why Europeans in the Americas resorted to African slavery. 
B)  The tales of fabled cities of riches in the unexplored interior of the African continent. 
C)  The practice of French fur traders intermarrying with Indian women. 
D)  The legacy of the Spanish cruelty toward the native peoples of the Americas.

Question 18

-How did the European concept of slavery differ from the African concept of slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slaves owned by Europeans were treated respectfully because they were valuable property. 
B)  European slavery was permanent and hereditary. 
C)  Africans worked their slaves harder than Europeans. 
D)  Slaves belonging to Europeans could attain positions of privilege. 
A)  Slaves owned by Europeans were treated respectfully because they were valuable property. 
B)  European slavery was permanent and hereditary. 
C)  Africans worked their slaves harder than Europeans. 
D)  Slaves belonging to Europeans could attain positions of privilege.

Question 19

-What experiences learned during the colonization of Ireland were then applied by the English in their colonization of North America?

Accepted Answer

A)  the forcible conversions of the Irish from Roman Catholicism to the Church of England under the threat of death 
B)  the lucrative routines learned about the wool trade in Ireland 
C)  the practices of expelling Irish farmers from their lands and establishing English-occupied plantations 
D)  the use of a tribute system where the English made the Irish perform hard labor in exchange for spiritual care 
A)  the forcible conversions of the Irish from Roman Catholicism to the Church of England under the threat of death 
B)  the lucrative routines learned about the wool trade in Ireland 
C)  the practices of expelling Irish farmers from their lands and establishing English-occupied plantations 
D)  the use of a tribute system where the English made the Irish perform hard labor in exchange for spiritual care

Question 20

-The occupants of the first fleets initially sent by France to Newfoundland .

Accepted Answer

A)  fished for cod 
B)  hunted for furs 
C)  mined gold 
D)  gathered lumber 
A)  fished for cod 
B)  hunted for furs 
C)  mined gold 
D)  gathered lumber

Exam 1: People in Motion: The Atlantic World to 1590

Olmecs, Maya, Toltecs, and Aztecs were advanced societies in .

What defined the nation-states that emerged in Europe by the sixteenth century?

Eastern Woodlands Indians viewed nature as sacred, whereas Europeans primarily saw it as

-The writings of the Spanish bishop Bartolomé de Las Casas that appear in the English edition known as The Tears of the Indians portray the Spanish conquistadores as .

-The French sent the Italian mariner Giovanni da Verrazano to North America in 1524 in order to .

Christopher Columbus planned to find a more direct route to Asia by .

-Based on this engraving of the village of Secoton, how did the Eastern Woodland Indians differ from Mesoamerican Indians?

-How does this illustration address one of the essential beliefs of Calvinism?

The British monarch who separated from the Catholic Church to form the Church of England was .

The Spanish exported which of the following items from the lands they conquered in the Americas?

-The objects in the drawing "Nova Reperta" represent .

-To the Indians of Central and South America, the painting "Heavenly Militia" demonstrates that the god-like power of the conquistadores mainly came from the Spanish practice of

By 1400, most of the trade and finance in Europe was controlled by .

-The portrait of Queen Elizabeth I shows that the balance of power in the Atlantic shifted near the end of the sixteenth century as a result of the English .

What quality did the Renaissance and Reformation share?

Christopher Columbus's attitude toward the inhabitants of the Indies was primarily one of

-What was the Black Legend?

-How did the European concept of slavery differ from the African concept of slavery?

-What experiences learned during the colonization of Ireland were then applied by the English in their colonization of North America?

-The occupants of the first fleets initially sent by France to Newfoundland .

Models of Settlement: English Colonial Societies, 1590-1710

Growth, Slavery, and Conflict: Colonial America, 1710-176

Revolutionary America: Change and Transformation, 1764-1783

A Virtuous Republic: Creating a Workable Government, 1783-1789

The New Republic: an Age of Political Passion, 1789-1800

Jeffersonian America: an Expanding Empire of Liberty, 1800-1824

Democrats and Whigs: Democracy and American Culture, 1820-1840

Workers, Farmers, and Slaves: The Transformation of the American Economy, 1815-1848

Revivalism, Reform and Artistic Renaissance, 1820-1850

To Overspread the Continent: Westward Expansion and Political Conflict, 1840-1848

Slavery and Sectionalism: the Political Crisis of 1848-1861

A Nation Torn Apart: the Civil War, 1861-1865

Now That We Are Free: Reconstruction and the New South, 1863-1890

Conflict and Conquest: the Transformation of the West, 1860-1900

Wonder and Woe: the Rise of Industrial America, 1865-1900

Becoming a Modern Society: America in the Gilded Age, 1877-1900

Creating a Democratic Paradise: The Progressive Era, 1895-1915

Imperial America: the United States in the World, 1890-1914

The Great War: World War I, 1914-1918

A Turbulent Decade: The Twenties

A New Deal for America: the Great Depression, 1929-1940

World War II: Fighting the Good War, 1939-1945

A Divided World: The Early Cold War, 1945-1963

In a Land of Plenty: Contentment and Discord, 1945-1960

A Nation Divided: The Vietnam War, 1945-1975

A Decade of Discord: The Challenge of the 1960s

Righting a Nation Adrift: America in the 1970s and 1980s

Building a New World Order: The United States, 1989-2015

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