Question 1

Which of the following best explains the fact that bands of Indian hunters remained small in the area of the Great Basin (present-day Nevada and Utah)?

Accepted Answer

A)  The disease environment dramatically lowered the life expectancy of the inhabitants of the Great Basin. 
B)  The tribes of the Great Basin enacted laws that imposed strict limitations on the size of each band within the tribe. 
C)  The inadequate supply of large game made it difficult to find food in sufficient quantity to support large groups. 
D)  The practice of human sacrifice significantly reduced the population of the bands and tribes of the Great Basin. 
A)  The disease environment dramatically lowered the life expectancy of the inhabitants of the Great Basin. 
B)  The tribes of the Great Basin enacted laws that imposed strict limitations on the size of each band within the tribe. 
C)  The inadequate supply of large game made it difficult to find food in sufficient quantity to support large groups. 
D)  The practice of human sacrifice significantly reduced the population of the bands and tribes of the Great Basin.

Question 2

Which of the following is true concerning trade between Indians and Europeans?

Accepted Answer

A)  Such trade was beneficial only to Europeans. 
B)  In order to supply Europeans with much-demanded furs, some Indian bands abandoned their traditional economies. 
C)  The controls imposed by some Indians on trade with Europeans created financial problems for European trading companies. 
D)  Most Indian bands traded with Europeans only out of fear of reprisals if they refused. 
A)  Such trade was beneficial only to Europeans. 
B)  In order to supply Europeans with much-demanded furs, some Indian bands abandoned their traditional economies. 
C)  The controls imposed by some Indians on trade with Europeans created financial problems for European trading companies. 
D)  Most Indian bands traded with Europeans only out of fear of reprisals if they refused.

Question 3

Which of the following best explains the differences in the means of subsistence and lifestyles that emerged among Indian groups in the New World?

Accepted Answer

A)  Disagreements over political beliefs caused groups to separate. 
B)  The various tribes migrated to the Americas separately and came from widely divergent cultures. 
C)  Different Indian groups adapted their means of subsistence and lifestyles to the environment in which they settled. 
D)  Geographic barriers in the New World made interaction between different Indian tribes impossible. 
A)  Disagreements over political beliefs caused groups to separate. 
B)  The various tribes migrated to the Americas separately and came from widely divergent cultures. 
C)  Different Indian groups adapted their means of subsistence and lifestyles to the environment in which they settled. 
D)  Geographic barriers in the New World made interaction between different Indian tribes impossible.

Question 4

Which of the following was one of the major means of subsistence of the people living in the northernmost region of Upper Guinea?

Accepted Answer

A)  Farming 
B)  Animal husbandry 
C)  Cultivation of rice 
D)  The gold trade 
A)  Farming 
B)  Animal husbandry 
C)  Cultivation of rice 
D)  The gold trade

Question 5

Most Africans of Lower Guinea were similar to the agricultural Indians of the Americas in which of the following respects?

Accepted Answer

A)  The political systems of both consisted of hereditary rulers governing agricultural empires. 
B)  Both assigned agricultural tasks to men. 
C)  Both lived a nomadic existence. 
D)  The religious practices of both revolved around rituals designed to ensure a good harvest. 
A)  The political systems of both consisted of hereditary rulers governing agricultural empires. 
B)  Both assigned agricultural tasks to men. 
C)  Both lived a nomadic existence. 
D)  The religious practices of both revolved around rituals designed to ensure a good harvest.

Question 6

These winds made it easy for Spanish and Portuguese mariners to sail from the Iberian Peninsula to the Canary Islands.

Accepted Answer

A)  The Northeast Trades 
B)  The Polar Easterlies 
C)  The Horse Latitudes 
D)  The prevailing Westerlies 
A)  The Northeast Trades 
B)  The Polar Easterlies 
C)  The Horse Latitudes 
D)  The prevailing Westerlies

Question 7

Large numbers of Native Americans living in Spanish territory accepted Catholicism, in part, because

Accepted Answer

A)  it was the religion of their conquerors. 
B)  they believed the parish priests could cure them of European diseases. 
C)  they believed they would be executed if they refused. 
D)  Catholicism seemed to promise immediate rewards in this life. 
A)  it was the religion of their conquerors. 
B)  they believed the parish priests could cure them of European diseases. 
C)  they believed they would be executed if they refused. 
D)  Catholicism seemed to promise immediate rewards in this life.

Which of the following best explains the fact that bands of Indian hunters remained small in the area of the Great Basin (present-day Nevada and Utah)?

Which of the following is true concerning trade between Indians and Europeans?

Which of the following best explains the differences in the means of subsistence and lifestyles that emerged among Indian groups in the New World?

Which of the following was one of the major means of subsistence of the people living in the northernmost region of Upper Guinea?

Most Africans of Lower Guinea were similar to the agricultural Indians of the Americas in which of the following respects?

These winds made it easy for Spanish and Portuguese mariners to sail from the Iberian Peninsula to the Canary Islands.

Large numbers of Native Americans living in Spanish territory accepted Catholicism, in part, because

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Exam 1: Three Old Worlds Create a New, 1492-1600

Which of the following best explains the fact that bands of Indian hunters remained small in the area of the Great Basin (present-day Nevada and Utah)?

Which of the following is true concerning trade between Indians and Europeans?

Which of the following best explains the differences in the means of subsistence and lifestyles that emerged among Indian groups in the New World?

Which of the following was one of the major means of subsistence of the people living in the northernmost region of Upper Guinea?

Most Africans of Lower Guinea were similar to the agricultural Indians of the Americas in which of the following respects?

These winds made it easy for Spanish and Portuguese mariners to sail from the Iberian Peninsula to the Canary Islands.

Large numbers of Native Americans living in Spanish territory accepted Catholicism, in part, because

Europeans Colonize North America, 1600-1650

North America in the Atlantic World, 1650-1720

American Society Transformed, 1720-1770

Severing the Bonds of Empire, 1754-1774

A Revolution, Indeed, 1774-1783

Forging a National Republic, 1776-1789

The Early Republic: Conflicts at Home and Abroad, 1789-1800

Defining the Nation, 1801-1823

The Rise of the South, 1815-1860

The Restless North, 1815-1860

Reform and Politics, 1824-1845

The Contested West, 1815-1860

Slavery and Americas Future: the Road to War, 1845-1861

Transforming Fire: the Civil War, 1861-1865

Reconstruction: an Unfinished Revolution, 1865-1877

The Development of the West, 1865-1900

The Machine Age, 1877-1920

The Vitality and Turmoil of Urban Life, 1877-1920

Gilded Age Politics, 1877-1900

The Progressive Era, 1895-1920

The Quest for Empire, 1865-1914

Americans in the Great War, 1914-1920

The New Era, 1920-1929

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1941

The United States in a Troubled World, 1920-1941

The Second World War at Home and Abroad, 1941-1945

The Cold War and American Globalism, 1945-1961

America at Midcentury, 1945-1960

The Tumultuous Sixties, 1960-1968

Continuing Divisions and New Limits, 1969-1980

Conservatism Revived, 1980-1992

Into the Global Millennium, America Since 1992

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