Question 1

Cortés in Mexico
Lienzo de Tlaxcala
  
-The most significant initial impact on the Native American population from interaction with Europeans resulted from the

Accepted Answer

A)  introduction of foreign technology such as guns, metals, and horses. 
B)  installation of new political structures and hierarchies. 
C)  arrival of domesticated livestock. 
D)  importation of non-native seeds and plants. 
A)  introduction of foreign technology such as guns, metals, and horses. 
B)  installation of new political structures and hierarchies. 
C)  arrival of domesticated livestock. 
D)  importation of non-native seeds and plants.

Question 2

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. 
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.

Question 3

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Spanish empire in North America

Accepted Answer

A)  involved subjugation of the indigenous peoples through the encomienda system. 
B)  flourished due to peaceful coexistence with Native American civilizations. 
C)  depended on alliances with Native Americans in order to fend off the English and the French. 
D)  acquired vast amounts of gold and silver that successfully sustained a mighty Spanish empire. 
A)  involved subjugation of the indigenous peoples through the encomienda system. 
B)  flourished due to peaceful coexistence with Native American civilizations. 
C)  depended on alliances with Native Americans in order to fend off the English and the French. 
D)  acquired vast amounts of gold and silver that successfully sustained a mighty Spanish empire.

Question 4

Pueblo Indians lived in what is now:

Accepted Answer

A)  the eastern United States. 
B)  the southwestern United States. 
C)  Mexico. 
D)  the northeastern United States. 
A)  the eastern United States. 
B)  the southwestern United States. 
C)  Mexico. 
D)  the northeastern United States.

Question 5

Exploring the North American interior in the 1500s, ________ was the first European to encounter the immense herds of buffalo that roamed the Great Plains.

Accepted Answer

A)  Francisco Vásquez de Coronado 
B)  Hernando de Soto 
C)  Jacques Marquette 
D)  Juan Ponce de León 
A)  Francisco Vásquez de Coronado 
B)  Hernando de Soto 
C)  Jacques Marquette 
D)  Juan Ponce de León

Question 6

Which one of the following is true about Native Americans and material wealth?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chiefs were expected to share some of their goods rather than hoard them. 
B)  Eastern Native Americans were more materialistic than those who lived west of the Mississippi. 
C)  Wealth mattered less to them than to Europeans, but inherited social status was equally important to both peoples. 
D)  Native Americans actually suffered more social inequality than Europeans did. 
A)  Chiefs were expected to share some of their goods rather than hoard them. 
B)  Eastern Native Americans were more materialistic than those who lived west of the Mississippi. 
C)  Wealth mattered less to them than to Europeans, but inherited social status was equally important to both peoples. 
D)  Native Americans actually suffered more social inequality than Europeans did.

Question 7

What was a difference between Chinese and Portuguese navigation?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Chinese were not looking to discover new places. 
B)  The Chinese wanted to spread their religion. 
C)  The Portuguese had no interest in establishing trade ports. 
D)  The Portuguese did not want to spread Christianity and hoped to learn from other world religions. 
A)  The Chinese were not looking to discover new places. 
B)  The Chinese wanted to spread their religion. 
C)  The Portuguese had no interest in establishing trade ports. 
D)  The Portuguese did not want to spread Christianity and hoped to learn from other world religions.

Question 8

Which European city was known in the early seventeenth century as a haven for persecuted Protestants from all over Europe and even for Jews fleeing Spain?

Accepted Answer

A)  Amsterdam. 
B)  Geneva. 
C)  Marseilles. 
D)  London. 
A)  Amsterdam. 
B)  Geneva. 
C)  Marseilles. 
D)  London.

Question 9

Evaluate the extent to which the Columbian Exchange marked a turning point in the history of the New World socially, culturally, and politically. In the development of your argument, explain what changed and what stayed the same from the period immediately before to the period immediately following the Columbian Exchange.

Accepted Answer

The Columbian Exchange marked a signific

Question 10

The Pueblo Revolt (1680)
Pedro Naranjo
Asked for what reason they so blindly burned the images, temples, crosses, and other things of divine worship, he stated that the said Indian, Popé, came down in person . . . and he ordered in all the pueblos through which he passed that they instantly break up and burn the images of the holy Christ, the Virgin Mary and the other saints, the crosses, and everything pertaining to Christianity, and that they burn the temples, break up the bells, and separate from the wives whom God had given them in marriage and take those whom they desired. . . . These things were observed and obeyed by all except some who, moved by the zeal of Christians, opposed it, and such persons the said Popé caused to be killed immediately. He saw to it that they at once erected and rebuilt their houses of idolatry which they call estufas, and made very ugly masks in imitation of the devil in order to dance the dance of the cacina; and he said likewise that the devil had given them to understand that living thus in accordance with the law of their ancestors, they would harvest a great deal of maize, many beans, a great abundance of cotton, calabashes, and very large watermelons and cantaloupes; and that they could erect their houses and enjoy abundant health and leisure.
-The indictment of the Pueblo by Naranjo reveals

Accepted Answer

A)  Spanish hatred for everyone in the New World who was not from Spain. 
B)  deep-seated cultural misunderstandings that were used to justify the subjugation of Native Americans. 
C)  Spanish contempt for the success of the Pueblo in cultivating a harsh desert climate. 
D)  tensions with the British who were trying to form alliances with the Pueblo. 
A)  Spanish hatred for everyone in the New World who was not from Spain. 
B)  deep-seated cultural misunderstandings that were used to justify the subjugation of Native Americans. 
C)  Spanish contempt for the success of the Pueblo in cultivating a harsh desert climate. 
D)  tensions with the British who were trying to form alliances with the Pueblo.

Question 11

Portuguese trading posts along the western coast of Africa were called factories because:

Accepted Answer

A)  the merchants were known as factors. 
B)  the trading posts made the goods there in makeshift factories. 
C)  the African slaves built factories along the coast to manufacture guns. 
D)  the slave traders called their system a labor factory. 
A)  the merchants were known as factors. 
B)  the trading posts made the goods there in makeshift factories. 
C)  the African slaves built factories along the coast to manufacture guns. 
D)  the slave traders called their system a labor factory.

Question 12

As governor of New Netherland, Petrus Stuyvesant:

Accepted Answer

A)  welcomed all religious faiths to the colony. 
B)  favored Catholics over Jews in New Amsterdam. 
C)  encouraged the Dutch colonists to convert the Indians. 
D)  refused the open practice of religion by Quakers and Lutherans. 
A)  welcomed all religious faiths to the colony. 
B)  favored Catholics over Jews in New Amsterdam. 
C)  encouraged the Dutch colonists to convert the Indians. 
D)  refused the open practice of religion by Quakers and Lutherans.

Question 13

In 1517, the German priest ________ began the Protestant Reformation by posting his Ninety-Five Theses, which accused the Catholic Church of worldliness and corruption.

Accepted Answer

A)  Martin Buber 
B)  Ulrich Zwingli 
C)  Martin Luther 
D)  Reinhold Niebuhr 
A)  Martin Buber 
B)  Ulrich Zwingli 
C)  Martin Luther 
D)  Reinhold Niebuhr

Question 14

Which European country dominated international commerce in the early seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  France. 
B)  The Netherlands. 
C)  Britain. 
D)  Spain. 
A)  France. 
B)  The Netherlands. 
C)  Britain. 
D)  Spain.

Question 15

The actions of Bartolomé de las Casas can best be described in modern-day terminology as that of a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  whistleblower. 
B)  irrational man. 
C)  religious zealot. 
D)  curious intellectual. 
A)  whistleblower. 
B)  irrational man. 
C)  religious zealot. 
D)  curious intellectual.

Question 16

What was in the "Declaration of Josephe"?

Accepted Answer

A)  He declared that the Spanish God was dead. 
B)  He discussed the importance of the Catholic faith to his tribe. 
C)  He asserted how his tribe had rejected Christianity from the beginning. 
D)  He described how his attempt to convert other tribes had failed. 
A)  He declared that the Spanish God was dead. 
B)  He discussed the importance of the Catholic faith to his tribe. 
C)  He asserted how his tribe had rejected Christianity from the beginning. 
D)  He described how his attempt to convert other tribes had failed.

Question 17

According to Bartolomé de Las Casas:

Accepted Answer

A)  Spain needed to institute a more humane system of Native American slavery in order to avoid offending Pope Paul III. 
B)  Spain had caused the deaths of millions of innocent people in the New World. 
C)  despite his opposition to slavery, he needed to keep his slaves so that he would have time to devote to working for abolition and emancipation. 
D)  slavery needed to be eliminated entirely from the Earth. 
A)  Spain needed to institute a more humane system of Native American slavery in order to avoid offending Pope Paul III. 
B)  Spain had caused the deaths of millions of innocent people in the New World. 
C)  despite his opposition to slavery, he needed to keep his slaves so that he would have time to devote to working for abolition and emancipation. 
D)  slavery needed to be eliminated entirely from the Earth.

Question 18

The Pueblo Revolt (1680)
Pedro Naranjo
Asked for what reason they so blindly burned the images, temples, crosses, and other things of divine worship, he stated that the said Indian, Popé, came down in person . . . and he ordered in all the pueblos through which he passed that they instantly break up and burn the images of the holy Christ, the Virgin Mary and the other saints, the crosses, and everything pertaining to Christianity, and that they burn the temples, break up the bells, and separate from the wives whom God had given them in marriage and take those whom they desired. . . . These things were observed and obeyed by all except some who, moved by the zeal of Christians, opposed it, and such persons the said Popé caused to be killed immediately. He saw to it that they at once erected and rebuilt their houses of idolatry which they call estufas, and made very ugly masks in imitation of the devil in order to dance the dance of the cacina; and he said likewise that the devil had given them to understand that living thus in accordance with the law of their ancestors, they would harvest a great deal of maize, many beans, a great abundance of cotton, calabashes, and very large watermelons and cantaloupes; and that they could erect their houses and enjoy abundant health and leisure.
-Spanish interactions with Native Americans in North America

Accepted Answer

A)  were more sophisticated and developed than those of the English and French. 
B)  had a less significant impact than relations between the English and Native Americans. 
C)  emphasized a policy that sought to annihilate tribes throughout the southwest region. 
D)  were undermined by attempts of conquistadors to exploit Native Americans in their quest for wealth. 
A)  were more sophisticated and developed than those of the English and French. 
B)  had a less significant impact than relations between the English and Native Americans. 
C)  emphasized a policy that sought to annihilate tribes throughout the southwest region. 
D)  were undermined by attempts of conquistadors to exploit Native Americans in their quest for wealth.

Question 19

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 prompted a surge in the Native American population. 
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 prompted a surge in the Native American population.

Question 20

Map: Native Ways of Life, ca. 1500
  
-The trend in the map was most likely caused by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Native populations lived in similar natural environments. 
B)  Native societies increasingly became more similar with regard to political and social structure. 
C)  Interactions between Native American groups became increasingly more volatile. 
D)  Native societies adapted to and transformed their diverse environments. 
A)  Native populations lived in similar natural environments. 
B)  Native societies increasingly became more similar with regard to political and social structure. 
C)  Interactions between Native American groups became increasingly more volatile. 
D)  Native societies adapted to and transformed their diverse environments.

Exam 1: A New World

Cortés in Mexico Lienzo de Tlaxcala -The most significant initial impact on the Native American population from interaction with Europeans resulted from the

The Columbian Exchange was:

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Spanish empire in North America

Pueblo Indians lived in what is now:

Exploring the North American interior in the 1500s, ________ was the first European to encounter the immense herds of buffalo that roamed the Great Plains.

Which one of the following is true about Native Americans and material wealth?

What was a difference between Chinese and Portuguese navigation?

Which European city was known in the early seventeenth century as a haven for persecuted Protestants from all over Europe and even for Jews fleeing Spain?

Portuguese trading posts along the western coast of Africa were called factories because:

As governor of New Netherland, Petrus Stuyvesant:

In 1517, the German priest ________ began the Protestant Reformation by posting his Ninety-Five Theses, which accused the Catholic Church of worldliness and corruption.

Which European country dominated international commerce in the early seventeenth century?

The actions of Bartolomé de las Casas can best be described in modern-day terminology as that of a(n):

What was in the "Declaration of Josephe"?

According to Bartolomé de Las Casas:

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

Map: Native Ways of Life, ca. 1500 -The trend in the map was most likely caused by which of the following?

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, 1791-1815

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 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 Conservative Turn, 1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy, 1989-2004

A Divided Nation

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