Discovering Our Past: The American Journey to World War I

Chapter 1: Expanding Horizons

Self-Check Quiz

1
What European explorer traveled with his father and uncle across 7,000 miles of mountains and deserts to reach the palace of Kublai Khan?
A)Vasco da Gama
B)Marco Polo
C)Bartholomeu Dias
D)Christopher Columbus
2
Which explorer headed west to sail around the Americas?
A)Vasco da Gama
B)Ferdinand Magellan
C)Bartholomeu Dias
D)Pedro Alvares Cabral
3
__________ was the Incan ruler captured by Francisco Pizarro.
A)Cortés
B)Montezuma
C)Atahualpa
D)Tenochtitlán
4
Which Spanish conquistador was the first to land on the mainland of North America?
A)Francisco Pizarro
B)Hernan Cortés
C)Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
D)Juan Ponce de Leon
5
A(n) __________ is the right to demand taxes or labor from Native Americans living on the land.
A)presidio
B)mission
C)encomienda
D)pueblo
6
By the 1600s, __________ had replaced the city and village as the basic economic unit in Europe.
A)capitalism
B)the nation
C)financial assistance
D)Fuggers
7
Under what economic system were nations able to gain power by mining gold or silver at home or overseas?
A)mercantilism
B)joint-stock companies
C)capitalism
D)banking
8
The idea of "rule of law" began with the _______.
A)ancient Romans
B)ancient Greeks
C)Renaissance
D)Puritans
9
According to English thinker _______, all people had natural rights, such as the right to liberty, the right to life, and the right to own property.
A)Martin Luther
B)Voltaire
C)John Locke
D)Montesquieu
10
The _______ of 1215 limited the power of the English king and protected nobles from unlawful loss of life, liberty, and property.
A)Magna Carta
B)social contract
C)scientific method
D)Encyclopedia
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