Deck 1: Making a New World, to 1588

Question 1

What group of southwestern Indians built residential villages along high cliffs?

A)Anasazi
B)Apaches
C)Hopewells
D)Aztecs

Answer 1

Anasazi

Question 2

How did the first people come to the Americas?

A)Sailing in large ships
B)Sailing in canoe-like boats
C)By crossing over land from Asia via Beringia
D)By using the South Pacific islands as stepping stones

Answer 2

By crossing over land from Asia via Beringia

Question 3

What idea was central to the sub-Saharan African social structure?

A)nuclear family
B)fictive ancestor
C)survival of the fittest
D)elected monarch

Answer 3

fictive ancestor

Question 4

Crops that Indian cultures planted together to form the basis for an agricultural revolution were

A)tobacco, maize, wheat, and squash.
B)rice , maize, squash, and chilies.
C)maize, beans, squash, and chilies.
D)wheat, squash, chilies, and beans.

Question 5

One feature of Indian culture was the emphasis on tracing family connections and power through

A)patrilineal lines
B)female children
C)first born male children
D)matrilineal lines

Question 6

Which of the following was NOT one of the technologies that made Atlantic voyages less risky?

A)Magnetic compass
B)Astrolabe
C)Improved steering mechanisms and hull design
D)The use of steel in ship construction

Question 7

The mound builder societies were characterized by

A)hunting and gathering.
B)power struggles among rival groups.
C)small settlements.
D)large-scale trade and commerce.

Question 8

The sub-Saharan Africans traded with Portugal because

A)Portuguese sailors offered quick and easy access to foreign markets.
B)the Portuguese forced them through military action.
C)the Songhai hated the Spanish.
D)the Portuguese dominated the Saharan trade routes.

Question 9

One possible reason for the cooling period known as the Little Ice Age may have been due to:

A)a decrease in forestation and increase of oxygen
B)an increase in forestation and decrease of carbon dioxide
C)massive population increases from maize and increase of carbon dioxide
D)an increase of carbon dioxide due to forestation

Question 10

The Spanish and English were willing to take more risks in exploration because

A)they were fighting each other and needed every advantage.
B)the Portuguese already controlled the trade routes around Africa.
C)their ships were technologically superior to Portuguese ships.
D)they had trouble attracting investors without promising dramatic returns.

Question 11

The first Europeans engaging in regular contact with Native Americans were

A)fishermen.
B)merchants.
C)missionaries.
D)soldiers.

Question 12

An important political development in Europe during the 15th-16th centuries that facilitated exploration throughout the world was?

A)the bubonic plague
B)the use of the horse as a means of power and transportation
C)the Columbian Exchange
D)the development of large, unified nation-states

Question 13

After arriving in the Valley of Mexico after 1200, which Indian group established a tributary empire?

A)Incas
B)Apaches
C)Mayans
D)Aztecs

Question 14

Some 7,000 years ago, Native American environmental engineering produced the nourishing staple crop called

A)millet.
B)the potato.
C)maize.
D)soybeans.

Question 15

Recent genetic evidence suggests that there were how many groups of migrations from Asia to the western continents?

A)just the Paleo-Indian
B)the Paleo-Indian and the Na-Dene
C)Paleo-Indian, Na-Dene, and Eskimo-Aleut
D)Na-Dene, Eskimo-Aleut, and Columbian

Question 16

One important catalyst for expanding sub-Saharan trade was the

A)defeat of Muslim armies.
B)creation of unified states.
C)carving of settlements out of jungles.
D)introduction of the camel as a draft animal.

Question 17

About 600 hundred years ago the Powhatan people increasingly came into conflict with their neighbors because

A)Weather changes reduced corn crops and required more demand for limited wild game and food.
B)Western tribes waged war against them for access to the Atlantic coast.
C)Europeans had begun to take over the Virginia Coast in large numbers.
D)They sought to increase their political influence in the region.

Question 18

What pre-condition had to be accomplished on the Iberian Peninsula before Portugal and Spain could unify internally as nations?

A)hold elections
B)break Islamic rule
C)discover the Western Hemisphere
D)Ferdinand had to marry Isabella

Question 19

Ferdinand and Isabella were willing to fund the voyage of Christopher Columbus because

A)they were fascinated with the prospects of scientific discovery
B)they sought to expand their dominance in the Atlantic trade along the African Coast.
C)they had received explicit papal authorization to invade the New World
D)they were eager to break into the overseas trading dominated by the Arabs and the Portuguese.

Question 20

The Native Americans of the woodlands east of the Mississippi River

A)lived in sm all, semi-permanent villages.
B)were ruled through coercion.
C)had elaborate irrigation systems.
D)encouraged private land ownership.

Question 21

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Western Hemisphere

Question 22

Elizabeth I's position on religion can be best described as

A)staunchly Protestant.
B)flexible, so long as she maintaine d political authority over church and state.
C)staunchly Catholic.
D)weak and vacillating, which created serious weaknesses in England's political system.

Question 23

One feature of the Columbian Exchange is that

A)the Native American populations dramatically increased.
B)European crops grew in America, but American crops did not go to Europe.
C)Europeans brought domesticated animals to American to breed and work.
D)in the long run, it had little impact on American ecology.

Question 24

How did the increased population in Europe that resulted from the introduction of new crops ultimately affect North America?

A)The need for slave labor declined.
B)Many European nations outlawed immigration to North America in an attempt to build stronger economies at home.
C)Higher populations in Europe fostered greater migration to North America for economic opportunity.
D)So many people migrated to North America that economic opportunities soon disappeared.

Question 25

One disorienting effect of the ruinous European diseases introduced into the Western Hemisphere was the loss of what for the native Americans?

A)the ability to move about the lands without constraint
B)clean and clear drinking water
C)wild game leading to adoption of vegetarian diets of less protein
D)cultural and historical knowledge of elders and storytellers

Question 26

To restrain the growing absolute power of European monarchs was the promulgation of what legal instrument to protect rights of citizens?

A)the Reformation
B)an assembly of lesser nobles to redress grievances
C)the dissenters of Protestantism
D)the absolute assembly of kings from all European nations

Question 27

American Indians probably adapted more easily to the encounter with Europeans than vice versa because

A)they had seen new populations migrate into their regions many times before.
B)their religion commanded tolerance and patience with alien cultures.
C)of their belief that their world was animated by a spiritual force that was both universal and intelligent.
D)new European arrivals were generally pleasant and agreeable.

Question 28

The origins of the European theology of Reformation lay in

A)the implausibility of the Catholic doctrine.
B)the corruption and superstition of the medieval Catholic Church.
C)the political ambitions of local princes.
D)peasants' uprisings.

Question 29

How did Europeans generally obtain slaves from Africa?

A)They tricked Africans into voluntarily submitting to European control.
B)They sent raiding parties into the interior to capture slaves.
C)European warships bombarded the African coastline and refused to stop until the Africans gave them slaves.
D)Europeans supplied weapons to African tribes who raided the interior regions for slaves.

Question 30

According to most scholars, about how many people lived north of Mexico in 1492?

A)Around 1 million
B)Between 3 and 10 million
C)Between 15 and 20 million
D)Over 25 million

Question 31

Europeans suffered less from fatal diseases because

A)they had acquired immunities through the frequent exposure to measles, typhus, and smallpox.
B)they lived more cleanly.
C)they avoided crowded quarters.
D)Indians refused medical aid.

Question 32

What group first turned the African slave trade into a thriving enterprise?

A)Romans
B)Muslims
C)Catholic Spaniards
D)Protestant English

Question 33

How did Indians respond when their populations began to decline?

A)They blamed it on the white gods and flatly rejected Christians.
B)They abandoned cities and moved to the countryside.
C)They adopted the whites' cultivation techniques and increased food production.
D)They pooled resources and formed intertribal leagues or confederacies.

Question 34

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
shamans

Question 35

Native Americans readily accepted Europeans into trading networks because

A)European goods were clearly superior to those possessed by Native Americans.
B)Europeans threatened military force if they were not included.
C)difficult harvests had dramatically reduced the products available to Native Americans.
D)many introductory gifts offered by Europeans resembled the sacred gifts exchanged by native cultures.

Question 36

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
longhouses

Question 37

Some political figures embraced Protestantism because

A)it challenged the established power of the Catholic Church and the Holy Roman Emperor.
B)Catholicism limited economic opportunities.
C)Protestant leaders promised to support political leaders in their struggles for greater power.
D)Protestantism emphasized literacy for the masses, which would stimulate democracy.

Question 38

Following the death of Henry VIII,

A)Catholicism resurged.
B)the Pope annulled his divorce from Catherine of Aragon.
C)England erupted in Civil War
D)Protestantism under his successor Edward VI had virtually free rein.

Question 39

When Europeans offered spiritually significant objects in exchange for land

A)Native Americans saw this as a missionary effort.
B)Indians often sensed deceit.
C)Indians received the offer as an effort to join an already existing relationship.
D)Indians understood the offer as a contract transferring ownership.

Question 40

The Indians thought land was

A)a living being.
B)the source of wealth.
C)so abundant that there was room for everyone.
D)useful because it could be exchanged.

Question 41

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Vikings

Question 42

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
reciprocal trade

Question 43

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Slave Coast

Question 44

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Aztecs

Question 45

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
mound builder

Question 46

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Amerigo Vespucci

Question 47

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Henry VIII

Question 48

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Elizabeth I

Question 49

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
manioc

Question 50

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Moors

Question 51

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Ferdinand and Isabella

Question 52

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Magna Carta

Question 53

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Columbian Exchange

Question 54

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
cash crops

Question 55

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
maize

Question 56

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Reformation

Question 57

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Protestantism

Question 58

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Muslims

Question 59

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Reconquista

Question 60

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Beringia

Question 61

How did the development of agriculture affect life in America?

Question 62

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
absolute monarch

Question 63

How did the arrival of Europeans affect the environment of North America?

Question 64

How did African societies change as a result of increased contact with European and Muslim societies?

Question 65

What are the central features of southwestern and southeastern Native American groups of North America?

Question 66

Students should analyze the meaning of the "Columbian Exchange."

Question 67

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
acquired immunity