Question 1

Discuss the benefits and drawbacks for European and American societies resulting from contact and the trade that developed after 1500.

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Question 2

How did Spanish settlements and attitudes toward native populations in the New World differ from those of the English?

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Question 3

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 first used the term.
E)  he wanted to hide his discovery from rival explorers.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 4

Scholars estimate the population of all of the Americas in 1500 was approximately

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A)  fewer than 3 million.
B)  10 million.
C)  20 million.
D)  40 million.
E)  more than 50 million.F) C) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 5

When Europeans arrived in North America, native tribes were generally able to unite in opposition to white encroachments on their land.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

As a result of his third voyage in 1498, Christopher Columbus concluded

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A)  all of the lands he had seen were in Asia.
B)  he had never come even remotely close to Asia.
C)  he had encountered a continent separate from Asia.
D)  Asia could not be reached by a ship traveling west from Europe.
E)  the lands he had discovered offered great mineral wealth.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 7

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 was in reality.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

In the late fifteenth century, the desire in Europe to look for new lands was spurred by

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A)  significant population growth.
B)  the absence of a merchant class.
C)  the declining political power of many monarchs.
D)  the expansion of feudalism.
E)  a desire to escape the Black Death.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 9

England's first experience with colonization came in

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A)  North America.
B)  the Caribbean.
C)  Canada.
D)  Ireland.
E)  Africa.F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 10

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) A) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 11

The colony of Virginia was named in honor of

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A)  Virginia Dare.
B)  Walter Raleigh.
C)  Humphrey Gilbert.
D)  Elizabeth I.
E)  Queen Mary.F) B) and C)
G) A) and C)

Question 12

The Spanish referred to peoples of mixed race as ___________.

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Question 13

The agricultural practices of pre-Columbian tribes in the Northeast were characterized by

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A)  extensive irrigation systems.
B)  the development of metal-tipped plows.
C)  a sacred respect for trees that kept people from cutting them down.
D)  a rapid exploitation of the land.
E)  an emphasis on tobacco cultivation.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 14

As of the sixteenth century, Europeans had generally built up a greater immunity to smallpox than had the Native Americans.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In what way did sixteenth-century Europeans benefit from trade between the Americas and Europe?

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A)  Food prices sharply rose as new crops flooded the European market.
B)  Health care improved as Indian medical practices were widely practiced in Europe.
C)  A large number of new crops became available in Europe.
D)  Trade with the Americas ended future food shortages in Europe.
E)  Forced immigration of Indian slaves reduced labor shortages in Europe.F) All of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 16

The first country to sponsor exploration by sea to the Orient was __________.

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Question 17

The pioneer of English colonization who died in the service of Queen Elizabeth I was _______________.

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Question 18

Which statement regarding the economic theory of mercantilism is FALSE?

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A)  It presumed that the world's wealth was finite.
B)  It increased competition among nations.
C)  It reduced the desire for nations to acquire and maintain colonies.
D)  It assumed that exporting goods was preferable to importing goods.
E)  Its principles spread throughout Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.F) A) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 19

The first permanent Spanish settlement in what is now the United States was

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A)  New Orleans.
B)  St.Augustine.
C)  Santa Fe.
D)  St.Louis.
E)  San Francisco.F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 20

The Spanish Empire claimed the whole of the Western world, except for a piece of what is today _____________.

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