Q2 Textbook

Question 1

____ explored what is now the southeastern United States

Answer 1

Hernando de Soto

Question 2

_____ led the first French effort to colonize the New World

Answer 2

Jacques Cartier

Question 3

The Spanish colonies in North America failed, in part, because ____

Answer 3

The region lacked the gold and silver of Central and South America

Question 4

A central element of John Calvin’s theology was his belief in _____

Answer 4

predestination

Question 5

England’s split with Rome was related to ____

Answer 5

Henry VIII’s desire for an annual ent

Question 6

The Indians adoption of horses led to ____

Answer 6

widespread hunting of bison

Question 7

The Primary factor causing the disappearance of Mayan culture was _____

Answer 7

deforestation and increased warfare

Question 8

Traditionally, scholars have believed that Paleo-Indians migrated from Asia into North America:

Answer 8

In response to global warming

Question 9

By 1500, natives of North America had ____

Answer 9

Fought frequently with one another

Question 10

True or False: The Aztecs centered their religious beliefs on the cosmic forces of nature and sacrificed human captives

Answer 10

True

Question 11

The Aztecs had an empire of ____ city-states in ____ provinces

Answer 11

371
38

Question 12

_____ led the original Spanish settlement of New Mexico

Answer 12

Juan de Oñate

Question 13

The French captain Jacques Cartier most importantly explored the _____

Answer 13

St. Lawerence River

Question 14

As a monarch, Queen Elizabeth ______

Answer 14

Illustrated incredible strength and effectiveness

Question 15

By 1750, the French population in North America:

Answer 15

was vastly outnumbered by the F

Question 16

True or False: The “Elizabethan Settlement” referred to the changing of the Church of England from Catholicism to an extreme puritanical form of wosrship

Answer 16

False

Question 17

The introduction of horses to the Plains tribes:

Answer 17

Minimally altered the ecology of the Great Plains

Question 18

At the time Europeans arrived in North America Indians, _____

Answer 18

Tended to worship spirits in their natural surroundings

Question 19

The newest theories of the earliest migrations from Asia to Americas include:

Answer 19

This migration began much earlier than previously thought

Question 20

The Spanish Armada:

Answer 20

Attempted to invade England

Question 21

True or False: The first European town in the present-day United States was New Orleans.

Answer 21

False

Question 22

True or False: The Church of England was established by gradually inter grating Calvinism with English Catholicism

Answer 22

True

Question 23

The introduction of horses to the Plains tribes:

Answer 23

Replaced dogs as beasts of burden

Question 24

____ founded the city of Tenochtitlan in 1325

Answer 24

Aztecs

Question 25

By ______ Native Americans has transitioned into farming societies

Answer 25

5000 B.C.E.

Question 26

Dutch sailers were essentially ____

Answer 26

Pirates

Question 27

____ led the earliest exploration of Florida

Answer 27

Ponce de Leon

Question 28

What is false about the Anasazis?

Answer 28

They were transformed by the arrival of horses

Question 29

The New England Indians:

Answer 29

we’re greatly divided among themselves in disputes over land and other issues

Question 30

The Pueblo Indians:

Answer 30

were led by the charismatic Indian leader Popé

Question 31

A major reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was ____

Answer 31

storms in the North Sea

Question 32

True or False: Cahokia was the largest settlement of the Mississippian people in North America

Answer 32

True

Question 33

What is NOT true of the Algonquians?

Answer 33

They built mounds like the Mississippians

Question 34

Spanish explorers of North America such as Narvaez, de Soto and Coronado:

Answer 34

Added to the knowledge of the continents interior

Question 35

The presidios established by the Spaniards in the Southwest housed:

Answer 35

Soldiers