Question 1

The Pueblo peoples in the Rio Grande Valley

Accepted Answer

A)  developed a wild grass into maize. 
B)  were more advanced than those in South America. 
C)  developed an intricate irrigation system to cultivate corn. 
D)  depended on hunting rather than agriculture for food. 
E)  relied on horses for transportation. 
A)  developed a wild grass into maize. 
B)  were more advanced than those in South America. 
C)  developed an intricate irrigation system to cultivate corn. 
D)  depended on hunting rather than agriculture for food. 
E)  relied on horses for transportation.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Moctezuma

Accepted Answer

Moctezuma II, also known as Montezuma, M

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-nation-states

Accepted Answer

Nation-states are a form of political or

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Bering Isthmus

Accepted Answer

The Bering Isthmus, also known as the Be

Question 5

What occurred in the centuries after Columbus's arrival in the New World?

Accepted Answer

A)  Europeans were ravaged by new diseases. 
B)  Native Americans were successfully cultivating the European crop of tobacco. 
C)  Native Americans had developed a taste for sugar. 
D)  The Apache and Sioux tribes were wiped out by warfare with European explorers. 
E)  Roughly 90 percent of the Native American population perished. 
A)  Europeans were ravaged by new diseases. 
B)  Native Americans were successfully cultivating the European crop of tobacco. 
C)  Native Americans had developed a taste for sugar. 
D)  The Apache and Sioux tribes were wiped out by warfare with European explorers. 
E)  Roughly 90 percent of the Native American population perished.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-ecosystems

Accepted Answer

Ecosystems are communities of living org

Question 7

One of the most dramatic transformations in North American Indians' way of life after the Europeans arrived was the

Accepted Answer

A)  Indians swift adaptation to urban existence. 
B)  use of the horse to create highly mobile hunting societies. 
C)  introduction of commercial trade in corn and potatoes with Europe. 
D)  overturning of Indians' previously matriarchal social structure. 
E)  steady growth in Indian population. 
A)  Indians swift adaptation to urban existence. 
B)  use of the horse to create highly mobile hunting societies. 
C)  introduction of commercial trade in corn and potatoes with Europe. 
D)  overturning of Indians' previously matriarchal social structure. 
E)  steady growth in Indian population.

Question 8

When did North America begin to take on its geological shape?

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A)  5 million years ago 
B)  8 million years ago 
C)  3 million years ago 
D)  1 million years ago 
E)  10 million years ago 
A)  5 million years ago 
B)  8 million years ago 
C)  3 million years ago 
D)  1 million years ago 
E)  10 million years ago

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"tidewater" region

Accepted Answer

The "Tidewater" region refers to areas o

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Norse seafarers

Accepted Answer

Norse seafarers, commonly known as Vikin

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Black Legend

Accepted Answer

The Black Legend refers to the negative

Question 12

All of the following contributed to the emergence of a new interdependent global economic system EXCEPT for the

Accepted Answer

A)  market and capital from Europe. 
B)  labor from Africa. 
C)  desire of European explorers to create new cultures. 
D)  raw materials of the New World. 
E)  advancement and improvement of technology. 
A)  market and capital from Europe. 
B)  labor from Africa. 
C)  desire of European explorers to create new cultures. 
D)  raw materials of the New World. 
E)  advancement and improvement of technology.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Junipero Serra

Accepted Answer

Junípero Serra was a Roman Catholic Span

Question 14

Before the Portuguese arrived in Africa,

Accepted Answer

A)  African and Arab merchants were already engaged in a lucrative slave trade. 
B)  they established sugar plantations in the Caribbean. 
C)  they signed the Treaty of Tordesillas with Spain. 
D)  conflicts between Arab and African slave merchants were common. 
E)  Spain controlled the water route to India. 
A)  African and Arab merchants were already engaged in a lucrative slave trade. 
B)  they established sugar plantations in the Caribbean. 
C)  they signed the Treaty of Tordesillas with Spain. 
D)  conflicts between Arab and African slave merchants were common. 
E)  Spain controlled the water route to India.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Robert La Salle

Accepted Answer

Robert La Salle, also known as René-Robe

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Ferdinand and Isabella

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand and Isabella were the king and

Question 17

Discuss Spain's efforts to secure its possessions in the New World.What steps did Spain take and who was most affected by these moves? How did these efforts contribute to the creation and expansion of Spain's New World empire?

Accepted Answer

Spain made significant efforts to secure

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-noche triste (sad night)

Accepted Answer

Noche Triste, or the "Sad Night," refers

Question 19

All of the following New World crops helped to revolutionize the international economy EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  maize (corn). 
B)  potatoes. 
C)  beans. 
D)  tomatoes. 
E)  cotton. 
A)  maize (corn). 
B)  potatoes. 
C)  beans. 
D)  tomatoes. 
E)  cotton.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Bartolomé de Las Casas

Accepted Answer

Bartolomé de Las Casas was a 16th-centur

Exam 1: New World Beginnings

The Pueblo peoples in the Rio Grande Valley

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Moctezuma

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -nation-states

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Bering Isthmus

What occurred in the centuries after Columbus's arrival in the New World?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -ecosystems

One of the most dramatic transformations in North American Indians' way of life after the Europeans arrived was the

When did North America begin to take on its geological shape?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"tidewater" region

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Norse seafarers

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Black Legend

All of the following contributed to the emergence of a new interdependent global economic system EXCEPT for the

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Junipero Serra

Before the Portuguese arrived in Africa,

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Robert La Salle

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ferdinand and Isabella

Discuss Spain's efforts to secure its possessions in the New World.What steps did Spain take and who was most affected by these moves? How did these efforts contribute to the creation and expansion of Spain's New World empire?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -noche triste (sad night)

All of the following New World crops helped to revolutionize the international economy EXCEPT

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Bartolomé de Las Casas

The Planting of English America,1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies,1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century,1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution,1700-1775

The Duel for North America,1608-1763

The Road to Revolution 1763-1775

America Secedes from the Empire,1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution,1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State,1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic,1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism,1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy,1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture,1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy,1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy,1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle,1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion,1854-1861

Girding for War: The North and the South,1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War,1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction,1865-1877

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