Deck 2: A Continent on the Move, 1400-1725

Question 1

The destruction and failure of the Spanish Armada against England in 1588:

A)did not affect the Spanish Empire overseas.
B)led to anti-Catholic pogroms in England.
C)led to the independence of Holland who challenged Spanish colonization in the New World
D)Established Great Britain as a world power.

Answer 1

led to the independence of Holland who challenged Spanish colonization in the New World

Question 2

Henry Hudson was an explorer who was searching for

A)the fabled "seven cities of gold."
B)a place where he could live, free of religious persecution.
C)the North American equivalent to the Aztec Empire.
D)a northwest passage that would connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Answer 2

a northwest passage that would connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Question 3

England's colonization of Ireland

A)provided a model for colonization of North America.
B)was motivated exclusively by a desire to spread Protestantism.
C)expelled the Spanish from Ireland.
D)helped England attack Iceland.

Answer 3

provided a model for colonization of North America.

Question 4

What European fashion trend was the root cause of conflict between European colonies and their native allies over the beaver fur trade?

A)leather boots
B)buffalo coats
C)felt hats
D)beaver gloves

Question 5

Indians who allied themselves with the Spanish against the Aztecs

A)won independence.
B)were awarded gold.
C)were awarded land.
D)were forced to pay tribute to the Spanish.

Question 6

When Spanish conquistadors contacted new Indian groups they were supposed to notify them of Spanish authority through a:

A)cabildo secular
B)ecomiendo
C)requerimiento
D)conquistadoro

Question 7

As a result of expeditions by Louis Joliet, Jacques Marquette, and Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, France

A)established a series of settlements along the Atlantic coast.
B)established a series of settlements along the Pacific coast.
C)discovered and claimed the Mississippi River Valley and established the Louisiana Territory.
D)defeated the Spanish in Mexico at the battle of Pueblo.

Question 8

Which layer of the Spanish bureaucracy directed colonial policy?

A)Cabildo seculares
B)The viceroys
C)The Catholic Church
D)Council of the Indies

Question 9

After Peter Minuit negotiated the lease of the island of Manhattan in 1626

A)English settlers quickly began to challenge the Dutch claim on the island.
B)Dutch settlers began to arrive in droves.
C)colonists quickly began to lose sight of the beaver trade upstream
D)only the comprehensive business plan of the Dutch West India Company began to bring about agricultural development on the island and upstream.

Question 10

Samuel de Champlain was an effective colonizer who:

A)founded trading posts in Nova Scotia and Quebec and a strong alliance with the Huron Indians.
B)nearly destroyed French power in America.
C)provoked a war with the Huron Indians by refusing to trade with them.
D)was more interested in getting land than in trading.

Question 11

Why did Spain try to invade England in 1588?

A)Queen Elizabeth had broken her promise to convert to Catholicism.
B)It was the only way King Philip II could take Spaniards' minds off their poverty.
C)The Spanish needed to demonstrate that they were the dominant power in the Atlantic.
D)Spain was nearly bankrupt and needed to plunder English riches.

Question 12

When Cortés was endeavoring to conquer the Aztec Empire, he received great assistance from:

A)the Aztec women and children
B)A Mexican-Indian woman named Doña Marina
C)the former Aztec prisoners
D)the use of numerous horse mounted troops.

Question 13

Spanish conquistador Don Juan de Onate

A)was a popular missionary amongst Pueblo Indians.
B)became famous for his enormous gold discoveries in future New Mexico.
C)ordered the execution of eight hundred rebellious Indians and enslaved their surviving families.
D)wrote about the abuse and exploitation of Indian serfs in the Spanish encomienda system.

Question 14

Who promulgated a decree that gave Spain a monopoly on new lands discovered in the New World?

A)Ferdinand & Isabella
B)the king of Portugal
C)Hernan Cortés.
D)Pope Alexander VI

Question 15

What activity in New Spain enabled Spain to become the richest nation in Europe and probably the world?

A)dominating the Canadian fur trade
B)extracting silver from the land using slave labor
C)conquered thousands of Spanish settlements
D)capturing and herding buffalo to send back to Europe

Question 16

One constraint faced by all European nations in America was

A)the large and powerful presence of Native Americans.
B)the lack of sufficient agricultural land.
C)the harsh and bitter climate of much of North America.
D)political conflict at home.

Question 17

Immigrants to Dutch colonies in the New World

A)came to take advantage of the opportunities of the patroon system.
B)were expelled if they did not join the Dutch Reformed Church.
C)came from a variety of religious and ethnic backgrounds.
D)were all equal in governmental affairs.

Question 18

Dutch patroons

A)became known as landed entrepreneurs.
B)established New York as "the best poor man's country."
C)suffered serf-like conditions in their tenancies.
D)enjoyed near-feudal powers over their tenants.

Question 19

Corruption remained rampant in the Spanish colonial system because

A)the pope supported the colonial governments.
B)the wealth from the colonies masked problems with inefficient administration.
C)low taxation gave colonists little reason to complain.
D)colonial governors executed those who objected to bureaucratic policies.

Question 20

The Dutch settlements in the New World

A)ignored farming in favor of raiding English settlements.
B)proved very popular among those seeking to establish small farms.
C)were limited to only Dutch landholders.
D)relied on the fur trade for success.

Question 21

In the years after the Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico

A)sheep ranching became increasingly important.
B)the Spanish largely abandoned the region.
C)a growing number of Spanish women moved into the area.
D)traditional ideals of empire and administration were solidified.

Question 22

Indians in the Southeast responded to their declining numbers due to disease by

A)becoming the clients of the French to increase their population through blended offspring.
B)forming alliances or confederacies among themselves.
C)moving into Spanish cities.
D)converting to European farming methods and staying in one place.

Question 23

The French in Louisiana depended on an alliance with the

A)Natchez tribe.
B)Choctaws.
C)Chicasaws.
D)Creeks.

Question 24

The need to protect Spanish ships from interference from other Europeans powers in Florida led to the founding of this city

A)New York
B)Pueblo
C)New Orleans
D)St. Augustine

Question 25

How did the French initially forge alliances with the Huron Indians in the Northeast?

A)The French paid them the customary tribute.
B)The French freed them from servitude to the more powerful Iroquois.
C)The French successfully claimed to be gods because they could predict solar eclipses.
D)The French intermarried with them.

Question 26

The buffalo provided all of the following commodities to the plains Indians except for what?

A)food
B)clothing
C)tools
D)transportation

Question 27

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Francis Drake

Question 28

How did the Dutch try to attract settlers to the New Netherland colony?

A)They offered settlers the protection of a feudal lord.
B)They guaranteed that only members of the Dutch Reformed Church would be permitted to settle.
C)They offered a haven for those groups experiencing persecution and discrimination in Europe.
D)The Dutch West Indies Company was powerful enough to guarantee prosperity.

Question 29

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Bartolomé de las Casas

Question 30

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Privateer

Question 31

By the time Europeans had begun serious exploration and settlement of the Northeast,

A)native Americans were already fully aware of the dangers Europeans posed to their civilizations.
B)most tribes were already too weakened by disease to offer any resistance.
C)economic and cultural changes among Woodland Indians had produced two opposing tribal alliances.
D)the social and political unity among Woodland Indians had already been broken.

Question 32

The proliferation of bison herds during the climatic changes of the "Little Ice Age" between 1300 and 1800

A)prompted the Plains Indians to abandon agriculture and turn to hunting.
B)supported the European fashion trend of bison coats in the early eighteenth century.
C)led to the overgrazing of the Great Plains.
D)meant that buffalo hunting became a colonial pastime for English settlers.

Question 33

The French colony of Louisiana

A)quickly came to depend on a steady stream of French settlers.
B)became home to a homogenous and coherent community of religious refugees from France.
C)became known as America's "breadbasket."
D)attracted few Frenchmen.

Question 34

How did Santa Fe differ from other Spanish settlements?

A)Success depended on being able to trade with a range of non-Spaniards.
B)The Catholic Church was virtually absent.
C)A man's status there depended on how much "pure Spanish blood" he had.
D)Indians were virtually absent from the town.

Question 35

The Iroquois began a series of long term wars against the Hurons, Delaware, and other tribes over the sources of what ?

A)oil and natural gas
B)fur
C)Coureurs de bois
D)iron arrowheads

Question 36

Which of the following was a unique characteristic of the French colony of Louisiana?

A)Its critical shortage of labor
B)Its initial dependence on Indians.
C)It found itself embroiled in a complicated Native American world.
D)It brought together a diverse lot of former military men, Canadian coureurs de bois, and French craftsmen in search of economic independence.

Question 37

In what way did the Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico transform the lives of Plains Indians?

A)It inspired Plains Indians to revolt against their French rulers.
B)Thousands of refugees from New Mexico poured into the region.
C)The rebels released thousands of Spanish horses, which greatly helped buffalo hunters.
D)It successfully kept the Spanish from moving into the area.

Question 38

Which religious order led Church efforts to convert Indians in New Mexico?

A)Dominicans
B)Jesuits
C)Franciscans
D)Marists

Question 39

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Hernán Cortés

Question 40

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

Question 41

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
subsistence farming

Question 42

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Pueblo Revolt

Question 43

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Peter Stuyvesant

Question 44

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette

Question 45

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Sir Walter Raleigh

Question 46

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Serfs

Question 47

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Cabildo secular

Question 48

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
New France

Question 49

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Northwest Passage

Question 50

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Fort Orange

Question 51

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Henry Hudson

Question 52

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Lakotas

Question 53

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
buffalo

Question 54

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Dutch West India Company

Question 55

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Choctaw alliance

Question 56

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Creek Confederacy

Question 57

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Spanish Armada

Question 58

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Iroquois League

Question 59

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Encomienda system

Question 60

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Samuel de Champlain

Question 61

Students should think about what primarily motivated European expansion to the New World.

Question 62

How did the arrival of Europeans affect relations among Native Americans in and around the Hudson River Valley?

Question 63

How did life in the Spanish northern frontier develop differently from life in the main part of Mexico?

Question 64

What were the major ways that life for Native Americans on the Plains was changing during this period?

Question 65

What enabled the Spanish to defeat the Aztecs?