Chapter 1 Quiz

Question 1

Scientists believe the first human beings to inhabit North and South America were?

Answer 1

Migrants from Asia who crossed the Bering Straight into Alaska

Question 2

When did human activity begin in North America?

Answer 2

40,000 years ago

Question 3

Most Native Societies were?

Answer 3

Mor heavily concentrated in South America than in North America

Question 4

Generally, the later years of the Renaissance were marked with religious conflict. Ottoman Turks practiced __?__, Spaniards under Isabella and Ferdinand Practiced __?__, and dissenters of England and Holland practiced __?__.

Answer 4

Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism

Question 5

Natives introduced Europeans to __?__, and Europeans introduced Natives to __?__

Answer 5

Syphilis, Horses

Question 6

The Treaty of Tordesillas was?

Answer 6

An order by the Pope establishing Spanish and Portuguese land claims in the New World

Question 7

What was the primary motive of the conquistadors?

Answer 7

Increasing Spanish wealth trough gold and silver mining

Question 8

Which European power dominated discovery and exploration of America in the 1500s?

Answer 8

Spanish

Question 9

What was the first english ATTEMT at a settlement in North America?

Answer 9

Roanoke Island in 1587

Question 10

__?__ is considered the “father of New France.” He founded __?__.

Answer 10

Champlain; Quebec

Question 11

What was the turning point that propelled English settlements in the New World?

Answer 11

England’s defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1858

Question 12

What describes the early years of Jamestown?

Answer 12

Famine, disease

Question 13

What best describes the religious motives of the Pilgrims, also known as the separatists?

Answer 13

Settlers should completely break away from the Church of England and start a new religion.

Question 14

In regard to European relations with Native Americans, what is true of the French?

Answer 14

The French established a friendly trading relationship with natives