Chapter 1

Question 1

What was the main reason that the ancient peoples in the Americas had so many different cultural traditions

Answer 1

They lived in different climates and landscapes

Question 2

True or False? Everyone has an equal opportunity to change history

Answer 2

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Question 3

What effect did an elaborate transcontinental trading network have on the ancient Native Americas

Answer 3

It allowed them to have both direct and indirect contact with each other

Question 4

Of the following which was not a native population of Latin America(Mexico, Inter America or South America)?

Answer 4

Anasazi

Question 5

Which of the following was a Native American tribe from the Eastern woodlands?

Answer 5

Iroquois

Question 6

(+ or o) Most Native Americans regarded the land as a commodity that could readily be sold.

Answer 6

o

Question 7

(+ or o) Everyone likes some part/s of history

Answer 7

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Question 8

(+ or o) Europeans of the 15th century were willing to stay in the social hierarchy class in which they were born because they felt that this organizational pattern for society was ordained by God.

Answer 8

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Question 9

What was the primary purpose of the Christian missionary efforts during the 1400s

Answer 9

to defend the faith

Question 10

Which of the following events happened before the epidemic plagues that killed over 25 million Europeans

Answer 10

Thousands of peasants died from heavy rains and disease

Question 11

Why did Europeans suddenly have more interest in the East in the 1400s?

Answer 11

The first edition of Marco Polos book was pubished

Question 12

The time period which ushered in a “rebirth” of interest learning was known as the:

Answer 12

Renaissance

Question 13

The Portuguese leader who awakened a new interest un exploration of a new sea routes to the East was:

Answer 13

Prince Henry

Question 14

The series of military expeditions to the Middle East in the name of Christianity which occurred from 1096 to 1270 were known as the:

Answer 14

Crusades

Question 15

The dominant religious institution in western Europe during the 1400s was the:

Answer 15

Roman Catholic Church

Question 16

(+ or o) The Reformation movement divided Christianity between Catholicism and Protestantism

Answer 16

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Question 17

The first explorer to reach India by an all water route was:

Answer 17

Vasco de Gama

Question 18

(+ or o) Columbus’ three ships were the Nina , the Pequena , and the Santa Maria

Answer 18

o, it was the Pinta

Question 19

The first island Columbus visited he named

Answer 19

San Salvador

Question 20

The Taino were/was:

Answer 20

The native people Columbus found on the island he discovered

Question 21

(+ or o) Columbus was convinced that he had landed on islands off the coast of Asia

Answer 21

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Question 22

(+ or o) The Natives of the Caribbean gave in to Columbus and the Spaniards without a fight

Answer 22

o

Question 23

The native peoples encountered by the Spanish conquered largely due to the:

Answer 23

New diseases introduced by the Europeans

Question 24

Because the native American populations were so dramatically, reduced to help work, the plantations to Spanish, brought and help from

Answer 24

African slaves

Question 25

The global transfer of plans, animals, vegetables, grains, fruit, and diseases is commonly known as the

Answer 25

Columbian exchange

Question 26

(+ or o) bananas and tomatoes are first discovered in the New World

Answer 26

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Question 27

The treaty of Tordesillas was

Answer 27

The agreement, which divided the western hemisphere between Spain and Portugal

Question 28

The Spanish leader, who conquered Aztecs

Answer 28

Hernando Cortez

Question 29

The native American, who helped translate for the Spanish, during the conquest of the Aztecs

Answer 29

Malinche

Question 30

The last emperor of the Aztecs

Answer 30

Montezuma

Question 31

He explored Florida and search for the fountain of youth

Answer 31

Juan Ponce de Leon

Question 32

The Spanish leader, who found the city of Saint Augustine, and evicted the French from Florida

Answer 32

Menendez de Aviles

Question 33

The Spanish explorer, who discovered the Mississippi river

Answer 33

Hernando de Soto

Question 34

He explored territory from Mexico to Kansas. His troops also discovered the Grand Canyon.

Answer 34

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Question 35

The native American, who led a successful rebellion against the Spanish in New Mexico

Answer 35

Pope

Question 36

The monarch of Spain is 1588

Answer 36

Philip II

Question 37

Monarch of England in 1588

Answer 37

Elizabeth I

Question 38

A land grant, the Spanish government gave to Spanish settlers, which even included the native Americans living there as slaves it was known as a

Answer 38

Encomiendo

Question 39

Before it was known as Mexico City, the Aztecs capital was known as

Answer 39

Tenochtitlan

Question 40

An individual born of the union between a Spaniard and a native American was known as

Answer 40

Mestizo