Question 1

By 1300, more than ____________________ million people were living in Europe.

Accepted Answer

The answer of By 1300, more than ____________________ million people...

Question 2

The most devastating factor brought to the Americas by the Europeans was

Accepted Answer

A)  the horse. 
B)  gunpowder. 
C)  cannon. 
D)  bronze weaponry. 
E)  disease. 
A)  the horse. 
B)  gunpowder. 
C)  cannon. 
D)  bronze weaponry. 
E)  disease.

Question 3

The Indian peoples of the Americas had only domesticated one animal species, the dog, before the arrival of the Europeans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The first European slaves were black Africans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Amerind was the forerunner of all of the following languages except

Accepted Answer

A)  Algonquian. 
B)  Navajo. 
C)  Muskogean. 
D)  Iroquoian. 
E)  Siouan. 
A)  Algonquian. 
B)  Navajo. 
C)  Muskogean. 
D)  Iroquoian. 
E)  Siouan.

Question 6

The ____________________ helped the Spanish conquer the Aztecs.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ____________________ helped the Spanish conquer the...

Question 7

Franciscan missionaries systematically tortured their Mayan converts when they caught them worshipping their old gods.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following is not true of the Spanish conquistadores?

Accepted Answer

A)  They succeeded in part because smallpox decimated the Indian population. 
B)  They led huge armies of 50,000 to 100,000 well-trained Europeans. 
C)  They searched unsuccessfully for fabulous golden cities in North America. 
D)  They conquered two major empires in the Americas and greatly increased the wealth and power of Spain. 
E)  They destroyed religious items of the native people. 
A)  They succeeded in part because smallpox decimated the Indian population. 
B)  They led huge armies of 50,000 to 100,000 well-trained Europeans. 
C)  They searched unsuccessfully for fabulous golden cities in North America. 
D)  They conquered two major empires in the Americas and greatly increased the wealth and power of Spain. 
E)  They destroyed religious items of the native people.

Question 9

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Beringia

Accepted Answer

a name given by geographers to

Question 10

As a result of a 1493 decree by the Pope, Portugal acquired which modern-day South American country?

Accepted Answer

A)  Peru 
B)  Columbia 
C)  Brazil 
D)  Chile 
E)  Argentina 
A)  Peru 
B)  Columbia 
C)  Brazil 
D)  Chile 
E)  Argentina

Question 11

Most of the native languages of North and South America were

Accepted Answer

A)  derived from the Amerind language. 
B)  completely eradicated by the introduction of European languages. 
C)  a combination of Germanic and Asian linguistics. 
D)  already developed as written languages before the arrival of the Europeans. 
E)  understandable to the Europeans. 
A)  derived from the Amerind language. 
B)  completely eradicated by the introduction of European languages. 
C)  a combination of Germanic and Asian linguistics. 
D)  already developed as written languages before the arrival of the Europeans. 
E)  understandable to the Europeans.

Question 12

Humans definitely were living in western Alaska about ____________________ years ago.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Humans definitely were living in western Alaska...

Question 13

Johann Gutenberg invented paper and block printing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The Norse settlements founded in the 1000s on the coast of Newfoundland

Accepted Answer

A)  exist into the present. 
B)  endured until after Columbus's voyages. 
C)  met no resistance from native Americans. 
D)  brought African slavery to the Americas. 
E)  died out before Columbus's voyages, and had no lasting impact on history. 
A)  exist into the present. 
B)  endured until after Columbus's voyages. 
C)  met no resistance from native Americans. 
D)  brought African slavery to the Americas. 
E)  died out before Columbus's voyages, and had no lasting impact on history.

Question 15

The most sophisticated civilization in the world at the time of European exploration was in China.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

In the fourteenth century an outbreak of the ____________________ wiped out one third of Europe's population.

Accepted Answer

Black Death (or bubo

Question 17

In spite of being the most complex culture in the world, China did not expand outward because

Accepted Answer

A)  the Chinese religion forbade overseas ventures. 
B)  it was conquered by the Europeans. 
C)  it produced little that the outside world wanted. 
D)  it was a self-contained system that believed it did not need the rest of the world. 
E)  it was defeated by Europe in the 1400s. 
A)  the Chinese religion forbade overseas ventures. 
B)  it was conquered by the Europeans. 
C)  it produced little that the outside world wanted. 
D)  it was a self-contained system that believed it did not need the rest of the world. 
E)  it was defeated by Europe in the 1400s.

Question 18

____________________ was the Inca capital.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ was the Inca capital....

Exam 1: When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, Conquest, Catastrophe

By 1300, more than ____________________ million people were living in Europe.

The most devastating factor brought to the Americas by the Europeans was

The Indian peoples of the Americas had only domesticated one animal species, the dog, before the arrival of the Europeans.

The first European slaves were black Africans.

Amerind was the forerunner of all of the following languages except

The ____________________ helped the Spanish conquer the Aztecs.

Franciscan missionaries systematically tortured their Mayan converts when they caught them worshipping their old gods.

Which of the following is not true of the Spanish conquistadores?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Beringia

As a result of a 1493 decree by the Pope, Portugal acquired which modern-day South American country?

Most of the native languages of North and South America were

Humans definitely were living in western Alaska about ____________________ years ago.

Johann Gutenberg invented paper and block printing.

The Norse settlements founded in the 1000s on the coast of Newfoundland

The most sophisticated civilization in the world at the time of European exploration was in China.

In the fourteenth century an outbreak of the ____________________ wiped out one third of Europe's population.

In spite of being the most complex culture in the world, China did not expand outward because

____________________ was the Inca capital.

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, Liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, Resistance, Revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, Peoples, Cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, Social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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