Question 1

Which European city was known in the early seventeenth century as a haven for persecuted Protestants from all over Europe and even for Jews fleeing Spain?

Accepted Answer

A)   Amsterdam
B)   Geneva
C)   Marseilles
D)   London
E)   Brussels A

Question 2

Which one of the following is true of Spanish emigrants to the New World?

Accepted Answer

A)   Many of the early arrivals came to direct Native American labor.
B)   From the beginning, they arrived as families.
C)   They were all at the bottom of the social hierarchy.
D)   They soon outnumbered Native Americans.
E)   Only the residents of the Malaga province migrated. A

Question 3

How did French involvement in the fur trade change life for Native Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)   It didn't; Native Americans were already hunting beaver and buffalo for their skins.
B)   Native Americans benefited economically but were able to avoid getting caught in European conflicts and rivalries.
C)   The French were willing to accept Native Americans into colonial society.
D)   The English and French quests for beaver pelts prompted a surge in the Native American population.
E)   It forced Native Americans to learn new trapping techniques that were far superior to their old ways. C

Question 4

Peninsulares stood atop the social hierarchy in Spanish America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In approximately 7000 BCE, agriculture developed in the Americas in:

Accepted Answer

A)   the Mississippi Valley.
B)   Mexico and Peru.
C)   the Yucatan Peninsula.
D)   Chesapeake Bay.
E)   Brazil.

Question 6

The Indians, although diverse, all seemed to observe religious ceremonies centered around hunting or farming.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Bartolomé de Las Casas argued that Indians :

Accepted Answer

A)   could be enslaved because they lacked true religion.
B)   were more akin to beasts than humans.
C)   should overthrow their cruel Spanish masters and reestablish the Inca and Aztec empires.
D)   were treated well by the Spanish.
E)   should enjoy "all guarantees of liberty and justice" as subjects of Spain.

Question 8

Columbus was Spanish.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The Black Legend described:

Accepted Answer

A)   the Aztecs' view of Cortés.
B)   English pirates along the African coast.
C)   Spain as a uniquely brutal colonizer.
D)   Portugal as a vast trading empire.
E)   Indians as savages.

Question 10

In England, social inequality:

Accepted Answer

A)   was part of a hierarchical society.
B)   did not keep British subjects from enjoying the same degree of individual freedom.
C)   did not mean that there was economic inequality.
D)   was banned under the doctrine of coverture.
E)   prompted Henry VIII's break with the Catholic Church.

Question 11

The reconquista was the reconquest of Spain from the:

Accepted Answer

A)   Jews.
B)   British.
C)   Protestants.
D)   Moors.
E)   Aztecs.

Question 12

Which European country dominated international commerce in the early seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)   France
B)   The Netherlands
C)   Britain
D)   Spain
E)   Portugal

Question 13

According to Bartolomé de Las Casas:

Accepted Answer

A)   Spain needed to institute a more humane system of Native American slavery in order to avoid offending Pope Paul III.
B)   Spain had caused the deaths of millions of innocent people in the New World.
C)   despite his opposition to slavery, he needed to keep his slaves so that he would have time to devote to working for abolition and emancipation.
D)   slavery needed to be eliminated entirely from the Earth.
E)   converting Native Americans to anything but Catholicism would lead to their death.

Question 14

How did Native Americans conceive of property?

Accepted Answer

A)   Native Americans believed that land should never be claimed.
B)   Families might use a specific plot of land for a season.
C)   Individuals could own land outright and pass it on to family members.
D)   A family could claim land forever, but an individual could not.
E)   Native Americans and Europeans conceived of property in the same way, though Europeans claimed otherwise as an excuse to take Indian land.

Question 15

Native American religious ceremonies:

Accepted Answer

A)   had nothing to do with farming or hunting.
B)   were related to the Native American belief that sacred spirits could be found in living and inanimate things.
C)   were designed to show that supernatural forces must control man.
D)   were the same in every community.
E)   did not exist until arriving Europeans insisted on knowing about Native American customs.

Question 16

Exploring the North American interior in the 1500s, __________ was the first European to encounter the immense herds of buffalo that roamed the Great Plains.

Accepted Answer

A)   Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
B)   Hernando de Soto
C)   Jacques Marquette
D)   Juan Ponce de León
E)   Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo

Question 17

Agriculture did not come to the American continents, around Mexico and Peru, until approximately 1000 CE

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The first center of the Spanish empire in America:

Accepted Answer

A)   was a prosperous settlement that Columbus created.
B)   was the island of Hispaniola.
C)   fell to Dutch raiders in 1506.
D)   resulted from Columbus's last voyage to the New World in 1502.
E)   was Cuba.

Question 19

The Spanish empire in America:

Accepted Answer

A)   included most of the populated part of the New World but few of its natural resources, making the empire rich in people but poor economically.
B)   paled in comparison with the ancient Roman Empire.
C)   was, unlike the French and English New World empires, a mostly urban civilization.
D)   was centered in Lima, Peru.
E)   allowed religious freedom and therefore attracted colonists from throughout Europe.

Question 20

During the Pueblo Revolt, the Indians destroyed symbols of Catholic culture, like crosses and statues of the Virgin Mary.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 1: A New World

Which European city was known in the early seventeenth century as a haven for persecuted Protestants from all over Europe and even for Jews fleeing Spain?

Which one of the following is true of Spanish emigrants to the New World?

How did French involvement in the fur trade change life for Native Americans?

Peninsulares stood atop the social hierarchy in Spanish America.

In approximately 7000 BCE, agriculture developed in the Americas in:

The Indians, although diverse, all seemed to observe religious ceremonies centered around hunting or farming.

Bartolomé de Las Casas argued that Indians :

Columbus was Spanish.

The Black Legend described:

In England, social inequality:

The reconquista was the reconquest of Spain from the:

Which European country dominated international commerce in the early seventeenth century?

According to Bartolomé de Las Casas:

How did Native Americans conceive of property?

Native American religious ceremonies:

Exploring the North American interior in the 1500s, __________ was the first European to encounter the immense herds of buffalo that roamed the Great Plains.

Agriculture did not come to the American continents, around Mexico and Peru, until approximately 1000 CE

The first center of the Spanish empire in America:

The Spanish empire in America:

During the Pueblo Revolt, the Indians destroyed symbols of Catholic culture, like crosses and statues of the Virgin Mary.