Question 1

Portuguese exploration in the late fifteenth century concentrated on finding a route to the Orient by sailing around Africa.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding African immigrants to the Americas between 1500 and 1800?

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A)   Almost all came against their will.
B)   They made up over half of all immigrants to the New World.
C)   Almost all came against their will, and they made up over half of all immigrants to the New World.
D)   Almost all came voluntarily, making up somewhat less than half of all immigrants to the New World.
E)   Almost all came voluntarily.F) All of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 3

To reduce conflicts,Spanish policy toward the Pueblo Indians in the eighteenth century involved all of the following EXCEPT

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A)   intensified efforts at assimilating the Pueblos.
B)   a willingness to permit the Pueblos to own their own land.
C)   toleration of tribal religious rituals.
D)   an expansion of the encomienda system.
E)   a stop to the commandeering of Indian labor.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 4

The preaching of John Calvin led his followers to lead both anxious and productive lives.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

By 1550,Spaniards had explored the coast of North America as far north as Oregon in the west.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Many pre-Columbian tribes east of the Mississippi River were loosely linked by

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A)   the shared use of a series of forts.
B)   common linguistic roots.
C)   economic compacts.
D)   intertribal religious festivals.
E)   the Iroquois Confederacy.F) A) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 7

England's first experience with colonization came in ________.

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Question 8

The early Spanish settlers were successful at establishing plantations,but not at finding gold or silver.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The English Reformation resulted from

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A)   the threat of war between England and France.
B)   a political dispute between King Henry VIII and the Catholic Church.
C)   the rise of Lutheranism within the English church.
D)   the persecution by King James I of liberal priests.
E)   the defeat of the Spanish Armada.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

Christopher Columbus

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A)   was trained as a sailor through his long service to Italy.
B)   was a man of little ambition.
C)   believed that Asia could only be reached by sailing east.
D)   believed the Americas consisted of a few islands.
E)   thought the world was much smaller than it is in reality.F) B) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 11

The pioneer of English colonization who was lost at sea while in the service of Queen Elizabeth I was ________.

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Question 12

The Roanoke disaster virtually killed the colonizing impulse in England for a long time.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Christopher Columbus called the native people he encountered on his voyages "Indians" because

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A)   he believed they came from the East Indies in the Pacific.
B)   it is what the natives called themselves.
C)   he mispronounced their actual name.
D)   Norse seamen had previously used the term.
E)   he wanted to hide his discovery from rival explorers.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 14

In contrast with the European tradition,African families tended to be matrilineal.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Prior to European contact,the eastern third of what is today the United States

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A)   was politically controlled by the Cahokia Indians.
B)   contained no permanent settlements.
C)   had the most abundant food resources of any region of the continent.
D)   was populated by tribes that engaged in hunting and gathering but did not yet farm.
E)   remained for the most part uninhabited.F) D) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 16

Cahokia was a large trading center located near what present-day city?

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A)   St. Louis
B)   Memphis
C)   New Orleans
D)   Baton Rouge
E)   DetroitF) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 17

Iroquois women tended to control the social and economic organization of the settlements and played powerful roles within families.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In the fifteenth century,slavery in Africa

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A)   was considered a permanent condition for the enslaved individual.
B)   proscribed that children born of enslaved parents were also slaves.
C)   was introduced by Europeans.
D)   was made up of an exclusively African slave population.
E)   generally allowed certain legal protections for the enslaved.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 19

How has recent scholarship regarding evidence of widespread Indian deaths caused by European diseases affected the contemporary perception of European contact with the New World?

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Question 20

In what way were Martin Luther and John Calvin important to English Puritans?

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A)   These two men would help found the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
B)   Luther and Calvin encouraged the Puritans to leave England for the New World.
C)   Luther and Calvin advocated ideas of religious reform that influenced Puritan thought.
D)   They were the most influential English Puritans of the seventeenth century.
E)   Luther and Calvin helped to break the hold of predestination on the Puritan mind.F) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

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To reduce conflicts,Spanish policy toward the Pueblo Indians in the eighteenth century involved all of the following EXCEPT

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By 1550,Spaniards had explored the coast of North America as far north as Oregon in the west.

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The English Reformation resulted from

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Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding African immigrants to the Americas between 1500 and 1800?

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In contrast with the European tradition,African families tended to be matrilineal.

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How has recent scholarship regarding evidence of widespread Indian deaths caused by European diseases affected the contemporary perception of European contact with the New World?

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Portuguese exploration in the late fifteenth century concentrated on finding a route to the Orient by sailing around Africa.

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The early Spanish settlers were successful at establishing plantations,but not at finding gold or silver.

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Prior to European contact,the eastern third of what is today the United States

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The Roanoke disaster virtually killed the colonizing impulse in England for a long time.

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Christopher Columbus called the native people he encountered on his voyages "Indians" because

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Iroquois women tended to control the social and economic organization of the settlements and played powerful roles within families.

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Many pre-Columbian tribes east of the Mississippi River were loosely linked by

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Christopher Columbus

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The preaching of John Calvin led his followers to lead both anxious and productive lives.

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Cahokia was a large trading center located near what present-day city?

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In the fifteenth century,slavery in Africa

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The pioneer of English colonization who was lost at sea while in the service of Queen Elizabeth I was ________.

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