Question 1

The pioneer of English colonization who died in the service of Queen Elizabeth I was ________.

Accepted Answer

Humphrey Gilbert

Question 2

Those who believed that the world's wealth was finite were called ________.

Accepted Answer

mercantilists

Question 3

In his first voyage in 1492,Christopher Columbus

Accepted Answer

A) sailed along the coast of present-day Virginia. 
B) mistook Cuba for China. 
C) was briefly captured by natives he encountered. 
D) was forced to put down a mutiny on the Santa Maria. 
E) crossed the Atlantic Ocean in six weeks. 
A) sailed along the coast of present-day Virginia. 
B) mistook Cuba for China. 
C) was briefly captured by natives he encountered. 
D) was forced to put down a mutiny on the Santa Maria. 
E) crossed the Atlantic Ocean in six weeks. B

Question 4

The Pueblo Indians continued to practice their native religious rituals even though many of them converted to Christianity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

England's first experience with colonization came in ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of England's first experience with colonization came in...

Question 6

The first truly complex society in the Americas was that of the

Accepted Answer

A) Maya. 
B) Aztecs. 
C) Incas. 
D) Pueblos. 
E) Olmec. 
A) Maya. 
B) Aztecs. 
C) Incas. 
D) Pueblos. 
E) Olmec.

Question 7

European life was relatively unchanged by the biological and cultural exchanges that took place after discovery of the New World.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The population of the native peoples living in what is now the United States is estimated to have been 50 million prior to the arrival of Europeans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Prior to European contact,the eastern third of what is today the United States

Accepted Answer

A) was politically controlled by the Cahokia Indians. 
B) contained no permanent settlements. 
C) had the most abundant food resources of any region of the continent. 
D) was populated by tribes that engaged in hunting and gathering but did not yet farm. 
E) remained for the most part uninhabited. 
A) was politically controlled by the Cahokia Indians. 
B) contained no permanent settlements. 
C) had the most abundant food resources of any region of the continent. 
D) was populated by tribes that engaged in hunting and gathering but did not yet farm. 
E) remained for the most part uninhabited.

Question 10

The term scholars use for the early history of humans in America is

Accepted Answer

A) Neolithic period. 
B) Paleolithic period. 
C) Archaic period. 
D) Stone Age. 
E) Mesolithic era. 
A) Neolithic period. 
B) Paleolithic period. 
C) Archaic period. 
D) Stone Age. 
E) Mesolithic era.

Question 11

The agricultural practices of pre-Columbian tribes in the Northeast were characterized by

Accepted Answer

A) extensive irrigation systems. 
B) the development of metal-tipped plows. 
C) a sacred respect for trees that kept people from cutting them down. 
D) a rapid exploitation of the land. 
E) an emphasis on tobacco cultivation. 
A) extensive irrigation systems. 
B) the development of metal-tipped plows. 
C) a sacred respect for trees that kept people from cutting them down. 
D) a rapid exploitation of the land. 
E) an emphasis on tobacco cultivation.

Question 12

Spanish mines in America yielded ten times as much gold and silver as the rest of the world's mines together.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Discuss the benefits and drawbacks for European and American societies resulting from contact and the trade that developed after 1500.

Accepted Answer

The contact and trade that developed bet

Question 14

How has recent scholarship regarding evidence of widespread Indian deaths caused by European diseases affected the contemporary perception of European contact with the New World?

Accepted Answer

Recent scholarship regarding evidence of

Question 15

During the sixteenth century,England was experiencing a decline in food supply and population.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following was NOT introduced by Europeans to the New World?

Accepted Answer

A) bananas 
B) pigs 
C) sugar 
D) horses 
E) corn 
A) bananas 
B) pigs 
C) sugar 
D) horses 
E) corn

Question 17

In the fifteenth century,slavery in Africa

Accepted Answer

A) was considered a permanent condition for the enslaved individual. 
B) proscribed that children born of enslaved parents were also slaves. 
C) was introduced by Europeans. 
D) was outlawed. 
E) generally allowed certain legal protections to the enslaved. 
A) was considered a permanent condition for the enslaved individual. 
B) proscribed that children born of enslaved parents were also slaves. 
C) was introduced by Europeans. 
D) was outlawed. 
E) generally allowed certain legal protections to the enslaved.

Question 18

The first permanent English settlement in the New World was established in

Accepted Answer

A) Boston. 
B) Raleigh. 
C) Roanoke. 
D) Plymouth. 
E) Jamestown. 
A) Boston. 
B) Raleigh. 
C) Roanoke. 
D) Plymouth. 
E) Jamestown.

Question 19

As a result of his third voyage in 1498,Christopher Columbus concluded

Accepted Answer

A) all of the lands he had seen were in Asia. 
B) he had never come even remotely close to Asia. 
C) he had encountered a continent separate from Asia. 
D) Asia could not be reached by a ship traveling west from Europe. 
E) the lands he had discovered offered great mineral wealth. 
A) all of the lands he had seen were in Asia. 
B) he had never come even remotely close to Asia. 
C) he had encountered a continent separate from Asia. 
D) Asia could not be reached by a ship traveling west from Europe. 
E) the lands he had discovered offered great mineral wealth.

Question 20

The pre-Columbian American peoples in the Pacific Northwest

Accepted Answer

A) did not have permanent settlements. 
B) developed political systems as sophisticated as the Maya and Aztecs. 
C) fished salmon as their principal occupation. 
D) were the most peaceful of pre-Columbian societies. 
E) were known as the Inuit. 
A) did not have permanent settlements. 
B) developed political systems as sophisticated as the Maya and Aztecs. 
C) fished salmon as their principal occupation. 
D) were the most peaceful of pre-Columbian societies. 
E) were known as the Inuit.

Exam 1: The Collision of Cultures

The pioneer of English colonization who died in the service of Queen Elizabeth I was ________.

Those who believed that the world's wealth was finite were called ________.

In his first voyage in 1492,Christopher Columbus

The Pueblo Indians continued to practice their native religious rituals even though many of them converted to Christianity.

England's first experience with colonization came in ________.

The first truly complex society in the Americas was that of the

European life was relatively unchanged by the biological and cultural exchanges that took place after discovery of the New World.

The population of the native peoples living in what is now the United States is estimated to have been 50 million prior to the arrival of Europeans.

Prior to European contact,the eastern third of what is today the United States

The term scholars use for the early history of humans in America is

The agricultural practices of pre-Columbian tribes in the Northeast were characterized by

Spanish mines in America yielded ten times as much gold and silver as the rest of the world's mines together.

Discuss the benefits and drawbacks for European and American societies resulting from contact and the trade that developed after 1500.

How has recent scholarship regarding evidence of widespread Indian deaths caused by European diseases affected the contemporary perception of European contact with the New World?

During the sixteenth century,England was experiencing a decline in food supply and population.

Which of the following was NOT introduced by Europeans to the New World?

In the fifteenth century,slavery in Africa

The first permanent English settlement in the New World was established in

As a result of his third voyage in 1498,Christopher Columbus concluded

The pre-Columbian American peoples in the Pacific Northwest

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The New ERA

The Jeffersonian ERA

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

Americas Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The New ERA

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921-1941

America in a World at War

The Cold War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

From the Age of Limits to the Age of Reagan

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