Question 1

Why did corn cultivation move so far northward from Mesoamerica?

Accepted Answer

A)  Europeans introduced the crop to the North American continent. 
B)  Corn seeds spread northward through birds and trade winds. 
C)  Aztec merchants traveled as far as the Great Lakes region, introducing the crop. 
D)  Like other goods and practices, corn cultivation traveled north on the Mississippi River. 
A)  Europeans introduced the crop to the North American continent. 
B)  Corn seeds spread northward through birds and trade winds. 
C)  Aztec merchants traveled as far as the Great Lakes region, introducing the crop. 
D)  Like other goods and practices, corn cultivation traveled north on the Mississippi River.

Question 2

What product of China changed the world, and how did it change it?

Accepted Answer

Gunpowder. In additi

Question 3

Ferdinand and Isabella

Accepted Answer

A)  Married in 1485. 
B)  Forced defeated people in Spain to convert to Christianity or leave the country. 
C)  Were timid rulers who tried to please everyone. 
D)  Each statement is accurate. 
A)  Married in 1485. 
B)  Forced defeated people in Spain to convert to Christianity or leave the country. 
C)  Were timid rulers who tried to please everyone. 
D)  Each statement is accurate.

Question 4

The children of Pedro de Alvarado and Tlecuiluatzin (doña Luisa)

Accepted Answer

A)  Were forgotten because their mother was not Spanish. 
B)  Became members of the higher ranks of Spanish society in the New World. 
C)  Were sent to England to be educated. 
D)  Were raised by their mother's people. 
A)  Were forgotten because their mother was not Spanish. 
B)  Became members of the higher ranks of Spanish society in the New World. 
C)  Were sent to England to be educated. 
D)  Were raised by their mother's people.

Why did corn cultivation move so far northward from Mesoamerica?

What product of China changed the world, and how did it change it?

Ferdinand and Isabella

The children of Pedro de Alvarado and Tlecuiluatzin (doña Luisa)

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A Republic in Transition, 1800-1819

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A Global Power, 1914-1919

The Modern Nation, 1919-1928

A Great Depression and a New Deal, 1929-1940

The Second World War, 1941-1945

The Cold War, 1945-1954

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Exam 1: Worlds in Motion, 1450-1550

Why did corn cultivation move so far northward from Mesoamerica?

What product of China changed the world, and how did it change it?

Ferdinand and Isabella

The children of Pedro de Alvarado and Tlecuiluatzin (doña Luisa)

Colonial Outposts, 1550-1650

The English Come to Stay, 1600-1660

Continental Empires, 1660-1720

The Eighteenth-Century World, 1700-1775

Conflict in the Empire, 1713-1774

Creating a New Nation, 1775-1788

Contested Republic, 1789-1800

A Republic in Transition, 1800-1819

Jacksonian Democracy, 1820-1840

Reform and Conflict, 1820-1848

Manifest Destiny, 1836-1848

The Politics of Slavery, 1848-1860

A War for Union and Emancipation, 1861-1865

Reconstructing a Nation, 1865-1877

The Triumph of Industrial Capitalism, 1850-1890

The Culture and Politics of Industrial America, 1870-1892

Industry and Empire, 1890-1900

A United Body of Action, 1900-1916

A Global Power, 1914-1919

The Modern Nation, 1919-1928

A Great Depression and a New Deal, 1929-1940

The Second World War, 1941-1945

The Cold War, 1945-1954

The Consumer Society, 1945-1961

The Table of Democracy, 1960-1968

Living With Less, 1968-1980

The Triumph of Conservatism, 1980-1991

The Globalized Nation, 1989-2001

A Nation Transformed, the Twenty-First Century

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