Ch 1

Question 0

With the archaeological finds at Clovis, New Mexico scientists have evidence if human habitation as far back as _____ years ago

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14,000

Question 1

In the 1900s, a Vikings colonial expedition to North America was led by

Answer 1

Leif Erikson

Question 2

The highly prized luxury goods of the medieval Europeans can from the distant country they called

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Cathay

Question 3

Hernando de soto

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Ravaged the northern gulf coast and the southeastern woodlands in a quest for treasure

Question 4

At the arrival if Columbus, North America was inhabited by about ____ people

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7 million

Question 5

Chaco Canyon flourished as the center of Anasazi culture until

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Prolonged drought forced them to move

Question 6

The only domesticated animal possessed by Archaic Indians in North America was the

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Dog

Question 7

Christopher Columbus was a native of

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Italy

Question 8

The Treaty of Tordesillas

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Divided the world between Spain and Portugal

Question 9

Antagonism between France and Spain in Europe spilled over into the Americas in a struggle to control

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Florida

Question 10

The human population fanned out across the Americas because

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They followed herds of bison and other mammals that were their principal sources of food

Question 11

The Portuguese were motivated to undertake oceanic exploration for all the following reasons EXCEPT

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Spain was conquering their lands and they needed new areas to settle

Question 12

Another Italian, John Cabot,

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Established England’s claim to North America

Question 13

Which if the following was NOT a feature of Mayan culture?

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They’re revered the jaguar

Question 14

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

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Crossed the Great Plains in search of Cibola, the city of gold

Question 15

The St. Lawrence River region was explored by

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Jacques Cartier

Question 16

The great metropolis and capital of the Aztec empire was

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Tenochtitlan

Question 17

The best evidence of cultural diversity among Archaic Indians is

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Languages

Question 18

An impressive feature of the Hopewell culture was its

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Vast trading network

Question 19

The largest ancient earthwork in North America is found at

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Cahokia

Question 20

Which if the following was NOT a motivation for England’s entry into America in the late 1500s

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Spain recruited England as an ally in their conflicts with France

Question 21

Vasco da Gama

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Voyages all the way to India and brought back a cargo of spices

Question 22

A significant technological contribution of the Mississippians was the use of

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The bow and arrow

Question 23

Which if the following was NOT an exploit if Sir Francis Drake?

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He established England’s first colony in North America

Question 24

Columbus’ crew feared they would

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Not have enough supplies for the voyage home

Question 25

Spain’s first claims to mainland North America were made by

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Ponce de Leon

Question 26

One if Columbus’ major miscalculations was his

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Underestimation of the size of the earth

Question 27

The Viking settlement in ______ survived until 1450

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Greenland

Question 28

Which of the following is NOT a good crop domesticated and cultivated by Archaic Indians?

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Oats

Question 29

The architect and sponsor of Portugal’s overseas expansion was

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Prince Henry

Question 30

England’s first American colony at Roanoke was established by

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Walter Raleigh

Question 31

Folsom, New Mexico is important because

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Evidence of human activity dating from The Ice Age was found there

Question 32

Ferdinand Magellan

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Led an expedition which circumnavigated the globe

Question 33

Perhaps the most decisive factor in the Spanish conquest of Mexico was

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European diseases such as smallpox which devastated the population and society

Question 34

The great urban centers of Peru and Mesoamerica

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Had no counterparts farther north

Question 35

Cortes’ conquest and plundering of the Aztec empire was paralleled by

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Pizarros conquest of the Inca in Peru

Question 36

The first powerful Mesoamerican culture was the

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Olmec

Question 37

The kiva was an important element of ____ religion

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Anasazi

Question 38

All of the following archeological sites predate the Clovis site EXCEPT

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Head-Smashes-In, Alberta

Question 39

In all, Columbus made ______ voyages in search of China

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Four

Question 40

Most scholars believe the earliest inhabitants of North America

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Crossed the Bering land bridge into America from Asia

Question 41

While the date of the “Lost Colony” on Roanoke remains a mystery, evidence suggests the

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Survivors had joined the nearby Croatan Indians

Question 42

The “devastation of the Indies” had all of the following EXCEPT

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The region was opened to exploitation by Spain’s European rivals

Question 43

The first master if ocean sailing was

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China

Question 44

Which of the following was NOT an established culture of the North American Southwest by 500 AD?

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Moche

Question 45

Which was NOT an item brought to Europe from the Americas?

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Coffee

Question 46

The dominate feature of the city of Teotihuacan was the

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Temple of the sun

Question 47

An unforeseen consequence early in Portugal’s exploration was the

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Development if the African slave trade with Europe

Question 48

One of the most promising new fields for understanding ancient humans is

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DNA research

Question 49

Through the Mississippians, ______ became the basis of the agricultural revolution in the Eastern woodlands.

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Maize