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1 | | The Indian empire that dominated modern Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest was the |
| | A) | Mayan. |
| | B) | Inca. |
| | C) | Aztec. |
| | D) | Chaco. |
| | E) | Olmec. |
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2 | | At the time of the Spanish conquest, the economies of most of the Native Americans in South and Central America and Mexico were based on |
| | A) | hunting and gathering. |
| | B) | herding. |
| | C) | fishing and gathering. |
| | D) | agriculture. |
| | E) | trade. |
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3 | | The eastern third of what is now the United States was inhabited by the |
| | A) | woodland Indians. |
| | B) | plains Indians. |
| | C) | mountain Indians. |
| | D) | coastal tribes. |
| | E) | pineland tribes. |
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4 | | Indian religions |
| | A) | emphasized monotheism. |
| | B) | utilized totem poles in their ceremonies. |
| | C) | were tied closely to the natural world. |
| | D) | were not very important to their culture. |
| | E) | were centered on human sacrifice. |
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5 | | Indian societies in North America |
| | A) | reserved the highest religious position for women. |
| | B) | tended to divide tasks according to gender. |
| | C) | put women in important political positions. |
| | D) | did not allow women to exercise any control over social or economic matters. |
| | E) | made little distinction between gender roles. |
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6 | | Europe during the Middle Ages |
| | A) | was dominated by the Protestant Church. |
| | B) | was dominated by the Vikings. |
| | C) | built economies based on commercial agriculture. |
| | D) | was dominated by merchants looking for new markets beyond the boundaries of their own nations. |
| | E) | was too divided and decentralized to inspire great ventures. |
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7 | | Paralleling the rise of commerce in Europe, and in part responsible for it, was |
| | A) | the return of the Black Death. |
| | B) | the invention of the compass. |
| | C) | the revival of the African slave trade. |
| | D) | the rise of united and powerful nation-states. |
| | E) | the discovery of a direct route to the Indies by sailing west. |
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8 | | The first nation to fund exploratory journeys beyond the boundaries of Europe was |
| | A) | Portugal. |
| | B) | Germany. |
| | C) | England. |
| | D) | France. |
| | E) | Venice. |
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9 | | At least partly as a result of Columbus's voyages, Spain |
| | A) | got involved in the Indian slave trade. |
| | B) | soon went to war with France. |
| | C) | replaced Portugal as the foremost seafaring nation. |
| | D) | opened trade with the great khan in China. |
| | E) | sent Balboa to conquer Peru. |
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10 | | Through a combination of daring, brutality, and greed, the conquistadors |
| | A) | made possible the creation of a Spanish empire in America. |
| | B) | brought capitalism to Mexico. |
| | C) | founded St. Augustine. |
| | D) | introduced African slavery into America. |
| | E) | looted the seven cities of Cibola. |
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11 | | With the Indians' conversion to Catholicism, |
| | A) | native religions died out. |
| | B) | Spain lost control of St. Augustine. |
| | C) | rebellions against whites ceased. |
| | D) | Spain was able to control all southwestern tribes. |
| | E) | most natives continued to practice their own religious rituals. |
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12 | | The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 |
| | A) | resulted in the permanent expulsion of Spain from New Mexico. |
| | B) | allowed the Pueblos to regain temporary political control of their communities. |
| | C) | resulted in the annihilation of the Pueblo people. |
| | D) | resulted from the unjust takings of Pueblo land by the Spanish. |
| | E) | led the Pope to excommunicate the conquistadors. |
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13 | | The first and perhaps most profound result of the meeting of native and European cultures was the |
| | A) | exchange of plants and animals. |
| | B) | European adoption of native customs. |
| | C) | native adoption of European ways of waging war. |
| | D) | intermarriage of Europeans and natives. |
| | E) | importation of European diseases. |
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14 | | Ultimately more important to Europe than the gold and silver found in the New World was the |
| | A) | importation of new crops that could feed larger numbers of people. |
| | B) | discovery of new forms of religious worship. |
| | C) | Indian labor force. |
| | D) | architectural knowledge gained from the Aztecs. |
| | E) | the domination of the mestizos. |
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15 | | In matrilineal Indian and African societies, |
| | A) | the father is the sole authority in the family. |
| | B) | local gods are the basis of religious beliefs. |
| | C) | women play a major, often dominant, role. |
| | D) | slavery does not exist. |
| | E) | men and women share child-rearing responsibility. |
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16 | | The African slave trade began |
| | A) | in the fifteenth century, soon after the Spanish conquest. |
| | B) | as early as the eighth century A.D. |
| | C) | with the English settlement of Virginia. |
| | D) | when the sugar industry moved to the Caribbean. |
| | E) | with the decline of Indian population in the Caribbean. |
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17 | | In the sixteenth century, the market for slaves grew dramatically as a result of |
| | A) | the rising European demand for sugar cane. |
| | B) | the need for labor in the tobacco fields. |
| | C) | a desire to Christianize Africans. |
| | D) | the English entry into the slave market. |
| | E) | the need for labor in the rice plantations of South Carolina. |
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18 | | Which of the following was NOT an English incentive for colonization? |
| | A) | to escape religious strife at home |
| | B) | to bring the Christian religion to the Indians |
| | C) | to escape the economic transformation of the countryside |
| | D) | to find new markets for English products |
| | E) | to defeat the Spanish Armada |
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19 | | The members of the Church of England who claimed that the church had not given up Rome's offensive beliefs and practices were the |
| | A) | Baptists. |
| | B) | Presbyterians. |
| | C) | Methodists. |
| | D) | Puritans. |
| | E) | Episcopalians. |
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20 | | As a result of their experiences in Ireland, the English believed that |
| | A) | all they needed to do was subdue the natives and rule them. |
| | B) | they must retain a rigid separation from the native population. |
| | C) | they could not build a complete society of their own. |
| | D) | they should intermarry with Native Americans. |
| | E) | Catholicism should be exported to America. |
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21 | | The country that produced the most successful fur traders and trappers was |
| | A) | Spain. |
| | B) | Holland. |
| | C) | France. |
| | D) | Germany. |
| | E) | Andorra. |
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22 | | The first permanent English settlement was |
| | A) | Massachusetts Bay. |
| | B) | Jamestown, Virginia. |
| | C) | Plymouth, Massachusetts. |
| | D) | St. Augustine, Florida. |
| | E) | Roanoke plantation, North Carolina. |
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23 | | The man to whom Queen Elizabeth granted the land on which the "lost colony" was planted was |
| | A) | John White. |
| | B) | Sir Francis Drake. |
| | C) | Humphrey Gilbert. |
| | D) | James Cobb. |
| | E) | Walter Raleigh. |
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