Question 1

What condition(s)  in England in the sixteenth century provided incentive for colonization?

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A)   The availability of farmland was declining, while the population was growing.
B)   The demand for wool was declining, while the population was growing.
C)   Pasture land was being converted to crop production, while the population was declining.
D)   Both the food supply and the population were declining.
E)   Both the food supply and the population were increasing.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 2

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) B) and C)

Question 3

The pre-Columbian American peoples in the Pacific Northwest

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A)   did not have permanent settlements.
B)   developed political systems as sophisticated as those of the Mayas and Aztecs.
C)   fished salmon as their principal occupation.
D)   were the most peaceful of pre-Columbian societies.
E)   were known as the Inuit.F) A) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 4

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 5

________ was a native of Genoa sailing in the employ of England near the end of the fifteenth century.

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Question 6

In what chronological order, from earliest to latest, did European countries control the African slave trade?

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A)   the Portuguese, the Dutch, the English
B)   the English, the Spanish, the Dutch
C)   the Dutch, the English, the Spanish
D)   the English, the Dutch, the Portuguese
E)   the Portuguese, the Spanish, the DutchF) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 7

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

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Question 8

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) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 9

In 1518, Hernando Cortés's conquest of the Aztecs was made possible largely due to

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A)   political divisions within the Aztec leadership.
B)   the exposure of the Aztecs to smallpox.
C)   the brutality of the Spanish conquistadores.
D)   Spanish alliances with enemies of the Aztecs.
E)   the Spanish co-opting the Aztec religion.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 10

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) B) and C)
G) None of the above

Question 11

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) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 12

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) A) and D)

Question 13

The cause of the failure of the Roanoke colony

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A)   was a severe food shortage.
B)   is historically inconclusive.
C)   deterred the English from another colonizing effort for forty years.
D)   was the death of the colony's governor.
E)   was a virulent malarial epidemic.F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 14

At the time of the beginning of the slave trade, most Africans

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A)   were primitive peoples dominated by warring tribal societies.
B)   had little commercial contact with the Mediterranean world.
C)   followed the Christian faith.
D)   had well-developed economies and political systems.
E)   had no important cities or trading centers.F) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 15

The first known European to gaze westward across the Pacific was ________.

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Question 16

In Spanish colonial societies, mestizos

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A)   were considered to be at the top of the social hierarchy.
B)   came to make up the largest segment of the population.
C)   were officially illegal but generally tolerated.
D)   were usually sold into slavery.
E)   was the name given to Catholic priests, friars, and missionaries.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 17

The Pueblo Indians continued to practice their native religious rituals, even though many of them converted to Christianity.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

England's first experience with colonization came in ________.

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Question 19

The only clue to the fate of the Roanoke colony was the cryptic inscription "________" carved on a post.

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Question 20

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) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Exam 1: The Collision of Cultures

The cause of the failure of the Roanoke colony

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

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What condition(s) in England in the sixteenth century provided incentive for colonization?

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

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In Spanish colonial societies, mestizos

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In 1518, Hernando Cortés's conquest of the Aztecs was made possible largely due to

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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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England's first experience with colonization came in ________.

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In what chronological order, from earliest to latest, did European countries control the African slave trade?

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In the fifteenth century, slavery in Africa

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________ was a native of Genoa sailing in the employ of England near the end of the fifteenth century.

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Which statement regarding the economic theory of mercantilism is FALSE?

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England's first experience with colonization came in

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The first known European to gaze westward across the Pacific was ________.

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At the time of the beginning of the slave trade, most Africans

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The only clue to the fate of the Roanoke colony was the cryptic inscription "________" carved on a post.

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

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The Pueblo Indians continued to practice their native religious rituals, even though many of them converted to Christianity.

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