Question 1

Pueblo Indians lived in what is now:

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A)   the eastern United States.
B)   the southwestern United States.
C)   Mexico.
D)   the northeastern United States.
E)   Central America.F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 2

In regard to history,what was a borderland?

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A)   A defined boundary between nations.
B)   The area around the coastline.
C)   An area with no trade.
D)   A settled area.
E)   An unclear geographical and cultural border.F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 3

When Native Americans first encountered Europeans,what led to the European diseases being so deadly?

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A)   Native Americans had been struggling with basic survival.
B)   The diet of most Native Americans lacked meat,so they had no consistent amounts of protein.
C)   Most Europeans spread the diseases on purpose.
D)   The Native Americans had no tribal doctors or healers.
E)   Centuries of continental isolation meant the Native Americans had no immunity.F) A) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 4

The first French explorations of the New World:

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A)   brought great riches to France.
B)   were intended to locate the Northwest Passage.
C)   led to successful colonies in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.
D)   were in response to an intense rivalry with the Netherlands.
E)   created no permanent settlements until the eighteenth century.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 5

What was a difference between Chinese and Portuguese navigation?

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A)   The Chinese were not looking to discover new places.
B)   The Chinese wanted to spread their religion.
C)   The Portuguese had no interest in establishing trade ports.
D)   The Portuguese did not want to spread Christianity and hoped to learn from other world religions.
E)   The Portuguese naval fleet consisted of more ships that were much larger than Chinese vessels.F) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 6

According to Bartolomé de Las Casas:

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A)   Spain needed to institute a more humane system of Native American slavery in order to avoid offending Pope Paul III.
B)   Spain had caused the deaths of millions of innocent people in the New World.
C)   despite his opposition to slavery,he needed to keep his slaves so that he would have time to devote to working for abolition and emancipation.
D)   slavery needed to be eliminated entirely from the Earth.
E)   converting Native Americans to anything but Catholicism would lead to their death.F) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 7

In their relations with Native Americans,the Dutch:

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A)   sought to imitate the Spanish.
B)   concentrated more on economics than religious conversion.
C)   tried to drive Native Americans into the Puritan colony.
D)   avoided warfare at all costs.
E)   called them members of a deceitful race.F) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 8

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-"coverture"

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A)  society centered on the mother's family
B)  Spanish brutality
C)  uprising against Spanish colonists in New Spain
D)  Dutch landowners of large estates
E)  large-scale farm owned by a Spanish landlordF) persons of mixed Spanish and Indian originG) Spanish reform measures toward IndiansH) a married woman surrendering her legal identityI) transfer of plants,animals,and diseases between New and Old WorldsJ) confederation of five Iroquois tribesK) person born in the Spanish colonies of European ancestryL) ancient residents of the Mississippi Valley regionM) D) and K)
N) None of the above

Question 9

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-criollos

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A)  society centered on the mother's family
B)  Spanish brutality
C)  uprising against Spanish colonists in New Spain
D)  Dutch landowners of large estates
E)  large-scale farm owned by a Spanish landlordF) persons of mixed Spanish and Indian originG) Spanish reform measures toward IndiansH) a married woman surrendering her legal identityI) transfer of plants,animals,and diseases between New and Old WorldsJ) confederation of five Iroquois tribesK) person born in the Spanish colonies of European ancestryL) ancient residents of the Mississippi Valley regionM) F) and H)
N) D) and E)

Question 10

The French established the first permanent European settlement in what would become New York City.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Columbian Exchange

Accepted Answer

A)  society centered on the mother's family
B)  Spanish brutality
C)  uprising against Spanish colonists in New Spain
D)  Dutch landowners of large estates
E)  large-scale farm owned by a Spanish landlordF) persons of mixed Spanish and Indian originG) Spanish reform measures toward IndiansH) a married woman surrendering her legal identityI) transfer of plants,animals,and diseases between New and Old WorldsJ) confederation of five Iroquois tribesK) person born in the Spanish colonies of European ancestryL) ancient residents of the Mississippi Valley regionM) G) and J)
N) B) and J)

Question 12

What was in the "Declaration of Josephe"?

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A)   He described how Pueblos lived harmoniously with the Spanish.
B)   He discussed the importance of the Catholic faith to his tribe.
C)   He asserted how his tribe had rejected Christianity from the beginning.
D)   He described how his attempt to convert other tribes had failed.
E)   He declared that the Spanish God was dead.F) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 13

The mound builders were a sophisticated ancient peoples living in the American Southwest.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which European city was known in the early seventeenth century as a haven for persecuted Protestants from all over Europe and even for Jews fleeing Spain?

Accepted Answer

A)   Amsterdam.
B)   Geneva.
C)   Marseilles.
D)   London.
E)   Brussels.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 15

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Bartolomé de Las Casas

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Bartolomé de Las Casas was a 16th-centur...

Question 16

The Columbian Exchange was:

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A)   the agreement that documented what Christopher Columbus would give to Spanish leaders in return for their sponsorship of his travel to the New World.
B)   the transatlantic flow of plants,animals,and germs that began after Christopher Columbus reached the New World.
C)   John Cabot's exploration of the New World,which brought more of the goods that Columbus had found back to the Old World.
D)   responsible for introducing corn,tomatoes,and potatoes to the Americas.
E)   the first store in the New World,named for the man who founded it.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 17

The Pueblo Indians encountered by the Spanish in the sixteenth century:

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A)   had engaged in settled village life only briefly before the Spanish arrived.
B)   had been almost completely isolated from any other people before the Spanish arrived.
C)   used irrigation systems to aid their agricultural production.
D)   were called mound builders because of the burial mounds they created.
E)   created a vast empire that included control of the Incas.F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 18

"Christian liberty" was the basis for religious toleration.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

By 1550,the Spanish empire in the New World exceeded the ancient Roman Empire in size.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Christopher Columbus

Accepted Answer

A)  claimed Brazil for Portugal in 1500
B)  founded Quebec
C)  Italian who sailed for Spain in 1492
D)  Dominican priest who preached against Spanish abuses of Indians
E)  British economist who wrote The Wealth of NationsF) Spanish conquistador who conquered the AztecsG) sailed around southern Africa and into the Indian OceanH) America was named for himI) first European to discover Newfoundland in 1497J) explored FloridaK) led seven large naval expeditions in early 1400sL) developed a movable-type printing pressM) F) and L)
N) K) and L)

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In regard to history,what was a borderland?

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Pueblo Indians lived in what is now:

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In their relations with Native Americans,the Dutch:

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What was in the "Declaration of Josephe"?

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The mound builders were a sophisticated ancient peoples living in the American Southwest.

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"Christian liberty" was the basis for religious toleration.

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -"coverture"

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When Native Americans first encountered Europeans,what led to the European diseases being so deadly?

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The first French explorations of the New World:

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -criollos

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According to Bartolomé de Las Casas:

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The Pueblo Indians encountered by the Spanish in the sixteenth century:

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