Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Dia de la Raza

Accepted Answer

Día de la Raza, which translates to "Day

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

The encomienda was a labor system that w

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Marco Polo

Accepted Answer

Marco Polo (1254-1324) was a Venetian me

Question 4

Spain began to fortify and settle its North American border lands in order to

Accepted Answer

A)  protect its domains from encroachments by England and France. 
B)  gain control of Canada. 
C)  gain more slaves. 
D)  find a passage to the Pacific Ocean. 
E)  look for gold in Florida. 
A)  protect its domains from encroachments by England and France. 
B)  gain control of Canada. 
C)  gain more slaves. 
D)  find a passage to the Pacific Ocean. 
E)  look for gold in Florida.

Question 5

Which of the following mountain ranges was probably created before the continental separation,approximately 350 million years ago?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Rockies 
B)  The Sierra Nevada 
C)  The Cascades 
D)  The Coast Range 
E)  The Appalachians 
A)  The Rockies 
B)  The Sierra Nevada 
C)  The Cascades 
D)  The Coast Range 
E)  The Appalachians

Question 6

All of the following set into motion the chain of events that led to a drive of Europeans toward Asia,the penetration of Africa,and the discovery of the New World except

Accepted Answer

A)  economic hardships and overpopulation at home. 
B)  growing power of ambitious governments behind them. 
C)  they sought contact with a wider world. 
D)  they sought territories to conqueror. 
E)  they sought new places to trade with. 
A)  economic hardships and overpopulation at home. 
B)  growing power of ambitious governments behind them. 
C)  they sought contact with a wider world. 
D)  they sought territories to conqueror. 
E)  they sought new places to trade with.

Question 7

Which of the following is the false concept,which held that the Spanish conquerors merely tortured and butchered the Indians,stole their gold,infected them with smallpox,and left little but misery behind?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dark Myth 
B)  European Legend 
C)  Black Legend 
D)  Spanish Myth 
E)  Tragic Death 
A)  Dark Myth 
B)  European Legend 
C)  Black Legend 
D)  Spanish Myth 
E)  Tragic Death

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

Conquistadores were Spanish explorers an

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-black legend

Accepted Answer

The term "Black Legend" (La Leyenda Negr

Question 10

The stage was set for a cataclysmic shift in the course of history when

Accepted Answer

A)  Europeans increasingly demanded less expensive goods from Asia. 
B)  Africa was established as a source of slave labor. 
C)  the Portuguese demonstrated the feasibility of long-range ocean navigation. 
D)  the Renaissance nurtured a spirit of optimism and adventure. 
E)  All of these 
A)  Europeans increasingly demanded less expensive goods from Asia. 
B)  Africa was established as a source of slave labor. 
C)  the Portuguese demonstrated the feasibility of long-range ocean navigation. 
D)  the Renaissance nurtured a spirit of optimism and adventure. 
E)  All of these

Question 11

Describe what is meant by the Spanish Black Legend.What is your assessment of the Spanish impact on North American cultures: positive or negative? Why?

Accepted Answer

The Spanish Black Legend refers to the n

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Juan Ponce de León

Accepted Answer

Juan Ponce de León was a Spanish explore

Question 13

The existence of a single original continent has been proved by the presence of

Accepted Answer

A)  similar mountain ranges on the various continents. 
B)  nearly identical species of fish in long-separated freshwater lakes throughout the world. 
C)  marsupials on the various continents. 
D)  the continued shifting of the earth's crust. 
E)  geological evidence of soil samples common among all continents. 
A)  similar mountain ranges on the various continents. 
B)  nearly identical species of fish in long-separated freshwater lakes throughout the world. 
C)  marsupials on the various continents. 
D)  the continued shifting of the earth's crust. 
E)  geological evidence of soil samples common among all continents.

Question 14

It is sometimes said that the Europeans who came to the Americas settled a "virgin land" that was unused and unspoiled.Write an essay demonstrating that this is,or is not,an accurate description of what happened.

Accepted Answer

The idea that the Europeans who came to

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

Isabella of Castile, also known as Isabe

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Vasco Nunez Balboa

Accepted Answer

Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish expl

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

Cartography is the art and science of ma

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

Quetzalcoatl is a deity whose name comes

Question 19

Men in the more settled agricultural groups in North America performed all of the following tasks except

Accepted Answer

A)  hunting. 
B)  gathering fuel. 
C)  tending crops. 
D)  clearing fields for planting. 
E)  fishing. 
A)  hunting. 
B)  gathering fuel. 
C)  tending crops. 
D)  clearing fields for planting. 
E)  fishing.

Question 20

After his first voyage,Christopher Columbus believed that he had

Accepted Answer

A)  discovered a New World. 
B)  failed at what he had set out to do. 
C)  sailed to the outskirts of the East Indies. 
D)  sailed around the world. 
E)  reached the shores of Japan. 
A)  discovered a New World. 
B)  failed at what he had set out to do. 
C)  sailed to the outskirts of the East Indies. 
D)  sailed around the world. 
E)  reached the shores of Japan.

Exam 1: New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Dia de la Raza

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Marco Polo

Spain began to fortify and settle its North American border lands in order to

Which of the following mountain ranges was probably created before the continental separation,approximately 350 million years ago?

All of the following set into motion the chain of events that led to a drive of Europeans toward Asia,the penetration of Africa,and the discovery of the New World except

Which of the following is the false concept,which held that the Spanish conquerors merely tortured and butchered the Indians,stole their gold,infected them with smallpox,and left little but misery behind?

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -black legend

The stage was set for a cataclysmic shift in the course of history when

Describe what is meant by the Spanish Black Legend.What is your assessment of the Spanish impact on North American cultures: positive or negative? Why?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Juan Ponce de León

The existence of a single original continent has been proved by the presence of

It is sometimes said that the Europeans who came to the Americas settled a "virgin land" that was unused and unspoiled.Write an essay demonstrating that this is,or is not,an accurate description of what happened.

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Vasco Nunez Balboa

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

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

Men in the more settled agricultural groups in North America performed all of the following tasks except

After his first voyage,Christopher Columbus believed that he had

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