Chapter 1 Flashcards
The colonists who ultimately embraced the vision of America as an independent nation had in common the following characteristics except
An unwillingness to subjugate others
The ideals that the colonists cherished as synonymous with American life reverence of all except
Opposition to slavery
By the 1770s which of the following issues helped bring about a crisis of imperial authority?
Trade restrictions
The existence of a single original continent has been prove by the presence of
The discovery of nearly identical species of fish in the long-seperated freshwater lakes of various continents.
What mountain range was probably created before the continental separation approximately 350 million years ago?
The Appalachians
The Great Ice Age accounted for the origins of North America’s human history because
It exposed a land bridge connecting Eurasia with North America.
The size and sophistication of Native American civilizations in Mexico and South America can be attributed to
The development of agriculture.
What is not true of the Onca, Mayan, and Aztec civilizations?
They had the use of large draft animals such as the horse and oxen.
Native American civilization was least highly developed in
North America
At the time of European colonization of North America the number of Indian tribes was estimated approximately
200
Europeans wanted to discover a new, short route to eastern Asia in order to
Break the hold that Muslim merchants had on trade with Asia, reduce the price of goods from Asia, gain more profits from themselves, and reduce the time it took to transport goods.
In the last half of the fifteenth century some forty thousand Africans were forced into slavery by Portugal and Spain to
Work on plantations on the Atlantic sugar islands.
What New World plants revolutionized the international economy?
Maize, potatoes, beans, and tomatoes.
Within a century after Columbus’s landfall in the New World, the Native American population was reduced by nearly
90 percent
The institution of encomienda allowed the
European governments to give Indians to colonists if they promised to Christianize them.
