Question 1

In New Netherland, the Dutch were intolerant of diverse religious practices and issued an edict that all had to convert to the Dutch Reformed Church.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

African society did not practice slavery before Europeans came.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Before the arrival of Europeans, Plains Indians rode small horses to hunt buffalo.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A)  France 
B)  the Netherlands 
C)  Britain 
D)  Spain 
E)  Portugal 
A)  France 
B)  the Netherlands 
C)  Britain 
D)  Spain 
E)  Portugal

Question 5

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-African slave trade

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 6

By 1550, the Spanish empire in the New World exceeded the ancient Roman empire in size.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Columbian Exchange

Accepted Answer

The Columbian Exchange was a widespread

Question 8

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Bartolomé de Las Casas

Accepted Answer

Bartolomé de Las Casas was a 16th-centur

Question 9

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Indian freedom

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 10

Native American religious ceremonies

Accepted Answer

A)  were completely unrelated to traditional practices such as farming and hunting. 
B)  reflected a belief that sacred spirits could be found in living and inanimate things. 
C)  conveyed that man was subject to supernatural forces he could not control. 
D)  were practiced the same way in every community regardless of tribe. 
E)  posed sharp distinctions between the natural and supernatural. 
A)  were completely unrelated to traditional practices such as farming and hunting. 
B)  reflected a belief that sacred spirits could be found in living and inanimate things. 
C)  conveyed that man was subject to supernatural forces he could not control. 
D)  were practiced the same way in every community regardless of tribe. 
E)  posed sharp distinctions between the natural and supernatural.

Question 11

French colonizers in New France

Accepted Answer

A)  treated native Indian people much less humanely than the Spanish and English did. 
B)  brought Protestantism to Quebec. 
C)  sent many more emigrants to the Western Hemisphere than England. 
D)  established the most enduring alliances between settlers and Indians in colonial North America. 
E)  established hundreds of slave plantations. 
A)  treated native Indian people much less humanely than the Spanish and English did. 
B)  brought Protestantism to Quebec. 
C)  sent many more emigrants to the Western Hemisphere than England. 
D)  established the most enduring alliances between settlers and Indians in colonial North America. 
E)  established hundreds of slave plantations.

Question 12

What served as an example of a borderlands area in colonial America?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Carolina coastline 
B)  Natchez 
C)  Plymouth 
D)  the Great Lakes 
E)  Chaco Canyon 
A)  the Carolina coastline 
B)  Natchez 
C)  Plymouth 
D)  the Great Lakes 
E)  Chaco Canyon

Question 13

When the Edict of Nantes, which had granted religious toleration to French Protestants (Huguenots), was revoked in 1685, 100,000 Huguenots fled France for New France.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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 both considered trade to be simply a commercial transaction. 
D)  Native Americans actually suffered more social inequality than Europeans did. 
E)  Generosity was one of the least valued social qualities for Native Americans because it risked taking advantage of one another. 
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 both considered trade to be simply a commercial transaction. 
D)  Native Americans actually suffered more social inequality than Europeans did. 
E)  Generosity was one of the least valued social qualities for Native Americans because it risked taking advantage of one another.

Question 15

Which of the following statements imparts one of the main ideas of Bartolomé de las Casas's History of the Indies (1528)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Casas celebrated the sense of respect the Native Americans and Spanish showed one another as trade partners. 
B)  Casas rewrote history such that the Spanish had controlled the West Indies since the beginning of time. 
C)  Casas laments how the Spanish continually treated Native Americans with violence and like slaves. 
D)  Casas condemned the tendency of Native Americans to hold the Spanish in captivity. 
E)  Casas insisted that any destruction of Native American communities by the Spanish was highly contained. 
A)  Casas celebrated the sense of respect the Native Americans and Spanish showed one another as trade partners. 
B)  Casas rewrote history such that the Spanish had controlled the West Indies since the beginning of time. 
C)  Casas laments how the Spanish continually treated Native Americans with violence and like slaves. 
D)  Casas condemned the tendency of Native Americans to hold the Spanish in captivity. 
E)  Casas insisted that any destruction of Native American communities by the Spanish was highly contained.

Question 16

A substantial difference between the Spanish colonies in Mexico and Santa Fe was that

Accepted Answer

A)  Santa Fe was settled first. 
B)  Mexico had few Native Americans. 
C)  Santa Fe did not concern itself with conversions. 
D)  Mexico had more Spanish settlers because of gold. 
E)  Mexico did not need to be conquered. 
A)  Santa Fe was settled first. 
B)  Mexico had few Native Americans. 
C)  Santa Fe did not concern itself with conversions. 
D)  Mexico had more Spanish settlers because of gold. 
E)  Mexico did not need to be conquered.

Question 17

One Spanish official remarked that "the maxim of the conqueror must be to settle." Explain what you think he meant by this statement. Illustrate the various ways conquerors settled the New World, commenting on what worked, what did not work, and the consequences of those methods.

Accepted Answer

The answer of One Spanish official remarked that "the maxim...

Question 18

What did the Virgin of Guadalupe represent?

Accepted Answer

A)  the fact that mestizos held most of the high government positions 
B)  a mixing of Indian and Spanish cultures 
C)  the fact that miracles were not part of Christianity 
D)  the fact that the Catholic Church was insignificant in Spanish America 
E)  the rejection of all Indian customs by the Spanish colonies 
A)  the fact that mestizos held most of the high government positions 
B)  a mixing of Indian and Spanish cultures 
C)  the fact that miracles were not part of Christianity 
D)  the fact that the Catholic Church was insignificant in Spanish America 
E)  the rejection of all Indian customs by the Spanish colonies

Question 19

Despite their monarchy back in Spain, the Spanish colonies had elected assemblies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What factor had the greatest impact on ensuring Hernán Cortés's victory over the Aztecs?

Accepted Answer

A)  a smallpox epidemic that devastated Aztec society 
B)  the thousands of Aztec subjects alienated by brutal Aztec rule who were willing to fight with Cortés 
C)  iron weapons and gunpowder 
D)  the pacifism of Aztec rulers 
E)  Cortés's superior negotiation skills 
A)  a smallpox epidemic that devastated Aztec society 
B)  the thousands of Aztec subjects alienated by brutal Aztec rule who were willing to fight with Cortés 
C)  iron weapons and gunpowder 
D)  the pacifism of Aztec rulers 
E)  Cortés's superior negotiation skills

Exam 1: A New World

In New Netherland, the Dutch were intolerant of diverse religious practices and issued an edict that all had to convert to the Dutch Reformed Church.

African society did not practice slavery before Europeans came.

Before the arrival of Europeans, Plains Indians rode small horses to hunt buffalo.

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

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -African slave trade

By 1550, the Spanish empire in the New World exceeded the ancient Roman empire in size.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Columbian Exchange

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Bartolomé de Las Casas

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Indian freedom

Native American religious ceremonies

French colonizers in New France

What served as an example of a borderlands area in colonial America?

When the Edict of Nantes, which had granted religious toleration to French Protestants (Huguenots), was revoked in 1685, 100,000 Huguenots fled France for New France.

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

Which of the following statements imparts one of the main ideas of Bartolomé de las Casas's History of the Indies (1528)?

A substantial difference between the Spanish colonies in Mexico and Santa Fe was that

One Spanish official remarked that "the maxim of the conqueror must be to settle." Explain what you think he meant by this statement. Illustrate the various ways conquerors settled the New World, commenting on what worked, what did not work, and the consequences of those methods.

What did the Virgin of Guadalupe represent?

Despite their monarchy back in Spain, the Spanish colonies had elected assemblies.

What factor had the greatest impact on ensuring Hernán Cortés's victory over the Aztecs?

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

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

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