Question 1

Franciscan missionaries systematically tortured their Mayan converts when they caught them worshipping their old gods.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

The transfer of animals, plants and diseases between European explorers and native peoples in the Americas is referred to by historians as the_____________ .

Accepted Answer

The Columbian Exchange

Question 3

The first crop produced by African slave labor in the Caribbean was_____________.

Accepted Answer

Sugar

Question 4

All except which of the following were negative results of the exploration and discovery era?

Accepted Answer

A)   Millions of Africans were enslaved and transported to other parts of the world.
B)   Warfare, slavery, and disease killed millions of Indians.
C)   Many plants native to the Americas were displaced by European imports.
D)   The Asian nations of China, India, and Japan became the wealthiest and most powerful countries in the world.
E)   European animals overran American rivals.

Question 5

The early civilizations of America were basically age cultures.

Accepted Answer

A)   bronze
B)   stone
C)   wood
D)   iron
E)   agricultural

Question 6

In the fifteenth century, the Chinese government ruled 100 million people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The_____________ helped the Spanish conquer the Aztecs.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The_____________ helped the Spanish conquer the Aztecs....

Question 8

The greatest loss of life among the Indian population came from warfare with the European invaders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The conqueror of the Aztecs was_____________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The conqueror of the Aztecs was_____________....

Question 10

Royal Orders for New Discoveries

Accepted Answer

The answer of Royal Orders for New Discoveries...

Question 11

_____________entered the sixteenth century as Europe's most fiercely Catholic society.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _____________entered the sixteenth century as Europe's most...

Question 12

Most Native American Indian populations were "hunters and gatherers."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The European explorer who reached the Grand Canyon was

Accepted Answer

A)   Francisco de Coronado.
B)   Amerigo Vespucci.
C)   Francisco Pizarro.
D)   Hernan Cortés.
E)   Prince Henry

Question 14

Beringia was never a hospitable place for plant and animal life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In spite of being the most complex culture in the world, China did not expand outward because

Accepted Answer

A)   the Chinese religion forbade overseas ventures.
B)   it was conquered by the Europeans.
C)   it produced little that the outside world wanted.
D)   it was a self-contained system that believed it did not need the rest of the world.
E)   it was defeated by Europe in the 1400s.

Question 16

Unlike Spain in the Americas, Portugal in Brazil did not attempt to rule the Indian population directly, but attempted to

Accepted Answer

A)   use it as labor.
B)   remove it to Portugal.
C)   enslave and eventually replace it.
D)   Christianize it
E)   exterminate it.

Question 17

Almost_____________ million people lived in the Western Hemisphere 1492.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Almost_____________ million people lived in the Western...

Question 18

encomienda

Accepted Answer

The answer of encomienda...

Question 19

The most devastating factor brought to the Americas by the Europeans was

Accepted Answer

A)   the horse
B)   gunpowder.
C)   cannon.
D)   bronze weaponry.
E)   disease.

Question 20

The Franciscans were the first Catholic missionaries to the North American Indians.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 1: When Old Worlds Collide: Encounters in the Atlantic World to 1600

Franciscan missionaries systematically tortured their Mayan converts when they caught them worshipping their old gods.

The transfer of animals, plants and diseases between European explorers and native peoples in the Americas is referred to by historians as the_____________ .

The first crop produced by African slave labor in the Caribbean was_____________.

All except which of the following were negative results of the exploration and discovery era?

The early civilizations of America were basically age cultures.

In the fifteenth century, the Chinese government ruled 100 million people.

The_____________ helped the Spanish conquer the Aztecs.

The greatest loss of life among the Indian population came from warfare with the European invaders.

The conqueror of the Aztecs was_____________.

Royal Orders for New Discoveries

_____________entered the sixteenth century as Europe's most fiercely Catholic society.

Most Native American Indian populations were "hunters and gatherers."

The European explorer who reached the Grand Canyon was

Beringia was never a hospitable place for plant and animal life.

In spite of being the most complex culture in the world, China did not expand outward because

Unlike Spain in the Americas, Portugal in Brazil did not attempt to rule the Indian population directly, but attempted to

Almost_____________ million people lived in the Western Hemisphere 1492.

encomienda

The most devastating factor brought to the Americas by the Europeans was

The Franciscans were the first Catholic missionaries to the North American Indians.