Question 1

A Viking expedition led by __________ reached Greenland in the 980s.

Accepted Answer

A)  William the Conqueror 
B)  Erik the Red 
C)  Leif Erikson 
D)  Henry the Navigator 
A)  William the Conqueror 
B)  Erik the Red 
C)  Leif Erikson 
D)  Henry the Navigator

Question 2

Clovis-like points prove that people were hunting widely in North America __________ years ago.

Accepted Answer

A)  14,000 
B)  27,000 
C)  50,000 
D)  3,000 
A)  14,000 
B)  27,000 
C)  50,000 
D)  3,000

Question 3

According to the most widely accepted theory, why were newcomers to North America eventually unable to return Siberia?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Bering Land Bridge had been submerged. 
B)  The quality of the game they found living in North America made returning unattractive. 
C)  They were rejected by the peoples they left. 
D)  They were unable to find their way back across the wilderness. 
A)  The Bering Land Bridge had been submerged. 
B)  The quality of the game they found living in North America made returning unattractive. 
C)  They were rejected by the peoples they left. 
D)  They were unable to find their way back across the wilderness.

Question 4

___________ challenge to papal authority sparked the Reformation.

Accepted Answer

A)  Henry VIII's 
B)  Martin Luther's 
C)  John Calvin's 
D)  Erasmus's 
A)  Henry VIII's 
B)  Martin Luther's 
C)  John Calvin's 
D)  Erasmus's

Question 5

Montezuma initially suspected that Hernán Cortés was __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a lowly merchant 
B)  a spy sent by his enemies 
C)  Jesus Christ 
D)  Quetzalcoatl 
A)  a lowly merchant 
B)  a spy sent by his enemies 
C)  Jesus Christ 
D)  Quetzalcoatl

Question 6

John Calvin turned Geneva into a __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Catholic enclave 
B)  constitutional monarchy 
C)  church-centered state 
D)  democratic republic 
A)  Catholic enclave 
B)  constitutional monarchy 
C)  church-centered state 
D)  democratic republic

Question 7

Marco Polo's Travels provided Europeans with information about __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  North America 
B)  West Africa 
C)  North Africa 
D)  China 
A)  North America 
B)  West Africa 
C)  North Africa 
D)  China

Question 8

The Bering Land Bridge allowed humans to travel from __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Asia to North America 
B)  Africa to Asia 
C)  Europe to North America 
D)  Europe to Asia 
A)  Asia to North America 
B)  Africa to Asia 
C)  Europe to North America 
D)  Europe to Asia

Question 9

At the arrival of Columbus, the Americas were inhabited by about __________ people.

Accepted Answer

A)  2 to 4 million 
B)  5 to 6 million 
C)  60 to 70 million 
D)  200 to 250 million 
A)  2 to 4 million 
B)  5 to 6 million 
C)  60 to 70 million 
D)  200 to 250 million

Question 10

Which of the following best characterizes the voyages of Admiral Zheng He?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were meant as voyages of conquest. 
B)  They came close to discovering the Americas. 
C)  They took Zheng He and his men throughout the Indian Ocean. 
D)  They led to a century of Chinese maritime exploration. 
A)  They were meant as voyages of conquest. 
B)  They came close to discovering the Americas. 
C)  They took Zheng He and his men throughout the Indian Ocean. 
D)  They led to a century of Chinese maritime exploration.

Question 11

Which of the following was true of the Mesoamerican empires?

Accepted Answer

A)  They had no knowledge of each other. 
B)  They all expanded through trade and peaceful alliances. 
C)  They all worshipped the same gods in the same ways. 
D)  They built upon each other's culture and achievements. 
A)  They had no knowledge of each other. 
B)  They all expanded through trade and peaceful alliances. 
C)  They all worshipped the same gods in the same ways. 
D)  They built upon each other's culture and achievements.

Question 12

Archaic Indians in North America domesticated __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  horses 
B)  cattle 
C)  goats 
D)  dogs 
A)  horses 
B)  cattle 
C)  goats 
D)  dogs

Question 13

Vasco da Gama __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  sailed all the way around the world 
B)  was an early proponent of the Atlantic slave trade 
C)  successfully followed up on the 1487 voyage of Bartolomeu Dias 
D)  tried to reach China by sailing west from Europe 
A)  sailed all the way around the world 
B)  was an early proponent of the Atlantic slave trade 
C)  successfully followed up on the 1487 voyage of Bartolomeu Dias 
D)  tried to reach China by sailing west from Europe

Question 14

What was the primary motive behind the wars launched by the Aztec against their neighbors?

Accepted Answer

A)  to gain tribute and prisoners to sacrifice to their gods 
B)  to gain territory 
C)  to spread their religion 
D)  to establish the largest and most powerful empire the world had ever known 
A)  to gain tribute and prisoners to sacrifice to their gods 
B)  to gain territory 
C)  to spread their religion 
D)  to establish the largest and most powerful empire the world had ever known

Exam 1: First Founders

A Viking expedition led by __________ reached Greenland in the 980s.

Clovis-like points prove that people were hunting widely in North America __________ years ago.

According to the most widely accepted theory, why were newcomers to North America eventually unable to return Siberia?

___________ challenge to papal authority sparked the Reformation.

Montezuma initially suspected that Hernán Cortés was __________.

John Calvin turned Geneva into a __________.

Marco Polo's Travels provided Europeans with information about __________.

The Bering Land Bridge allowed humans to travel from __________.

At the arrival of Columbus, the Americas were inhabited by about __________ people.

Which of the following best characterizes the voyages of Admiral Zheng He?

Which of the following was true of the Mesoamerican empires?

Archaic Indians in North America domesticated __________.

Vasco da Gama __________.

What was the primary motive behind the wars launched by the Aztec against their neighbors?

European Footholds in North America, 1600-1660

Controlling the Edges of the Continent, 1660-1715

African Enslavement: The Terrible Transformation

Colonial Diversity, 1713-1763

The Limits of Imperial Control, 1763-1775

Revolutionaries at War, 1775-1783

New Beginnings: the 1780s

Revolutionary Legacies, 1789-1803

Defending and Expanding the New Nation, 1804-1818

Society and Politics in the Age of the Common Man, 1819-1832

Peoples in Motion, 1832-1848

The Crisis Over Slavery, 1848-1860

To Fight to Gain a Country: the Civil War

Consolidating a Triumphant Union, 1865-1877

Standardizing the Nation: Innovations in Technology, Business, and Culture, 1877-1890

Challenges to Government and Corporate Power, 1877-1890

Political and Cultural Conflict in a Decade of Depression and War: the 1890s

Visions of the Modern Nation: the Progressive Era, 1900-1912

War and Revolution, 1912-1920

All That Jazz: the 1920s

Hardship and Hope: the Great Depression of the 1930s

Global Conflict: World War Ii, 1937-1945

Cold War and Hot War, 1945-1953

Domestic Dreams and Atomic Nightmares, 1953-1963

The Nation Divides: the Vietnam War and Social Conflict, 1964-1971

Reconsidering National Priorities, 1972-1979

The Cold War Returnsand Ends, 1979-1991

Post-Cold War America, 1991-2000

A Global Nation in the New Millennium

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