Deck 1: New World Beginnings

Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Hernán Cortés

Answer 1

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Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Treaty of Tordesillas

Answer 2

Answers will vary.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Ferdinand and Isabella

Answer 3

Answers will vary.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Christopher Columbus

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto)

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
mestizos

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Incas

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Francisco Coronado

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Bartolomeu Dias

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Junipero Serra

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Moctezuma

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Giovanni da Verrazano

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Bartolomé de Las Casas

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Robert La Salle

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Battle of Acoma

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Vasco da Gama

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Malinche

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Jacques Cartier

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Francisco Pizarro

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Marco Polo

Question 21

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Great Basin

Question 22

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Great Ice Age

Question 23

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Iroquois Confederacy

Question 24

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Norse seafarers

Question 25

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
matrilinear

Question 26

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Chaco Canyon

Question 27

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
maize

Question 28

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Lake Bonneville

Question 29

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Popé's Rebellion

Question 30

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
conquistadores

Question 31

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Black Legend

Question 32

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
"tidewater" region

Question 33

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
nation-states

Question 34

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Canadian Shield

Question 35

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Pueblo Indians

Question 36

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Bering Isthmus

Question 37

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Columbian Exchange

Question 38

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Aztecs

Question 39

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Mound Builders

Question 40

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Cahokia

Question 41

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
capitalism

Question 42

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
St.Augustine,Florida

Question 43

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
noche triste (sad night)

Question 44

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
mariner's compass

Question 45

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
plantation

Question 46

When did North America begin to take on its geological shape?

A) 5 million years ago
B) 8 million years ago
C) 3 million years ago
D) 1 million years ago
E) 10 million years ago

Question 47

The melting of the glaciers at the end of the ice age created a large lake covering

A) most of California's Central Valley.
B) the Tennessee Valley.
C) the Pacific Northwest.
D) much of present-day Utah, Nevada, and Idaho.
E) half of today's state of Indiana.

Question 48

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
ecosystems

Question 49

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
sub-Saharan Africa

Question 50

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
encomienda

Question 51

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
demographic

Question 52

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
"sugar revolution"

Question 53

How did the Great Ice Age facilitate the beginnings of North America's human history?

A) It exposed a land bridge connecting Eurasia with North America.
B) The glacial withdrawal allowed migration from South America.
C) The glacial withdrawal formed freshwater lakes that supported life.
D) Rising ocean levels from melted glaciers made it possible to cross the Atlantic.
E) It prevented the migration of dangerous animals from the Bering Isthmus.

Question 54

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
printing press

Question 55

Which event prompted the development of the earth's major continents?

A) A series of volcanoes exploding beneath the ocean floor
B) The drifting apart of the original single supercontinent
C) The coming together of numerous small islands
D) The crashing of an enormous meteorite into the earth
E) An enormous earthquake millions of years ago

Question 56

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Anasazi

Question 57

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
middlemen

Question 58

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Christian crusaders

Question 59

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Día de la Raza

Question 60

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
caravel

Question 61

Nomadic Asian hunters - most likely the first humans to enter the American continents - were

A) conquered by Vikings from Scandinavia.
B) warrior peoples.
C) the immigrant ancestors of Native Americans.
D) enslaved by the first European explorers.
E) believed to be responsible for cultivating maize.

Question 62

Approximately when did the cultivation of corn reach present-day American Southwest?

A) 8000 B.C.
B) 4000 B.C.
C) 2000 B.C.
D) 200 A.D.
E) 1000 A.D.

Question 63

How did the Christian crusaders play an indirect role in the discovery of America by Europeans?

A) Their victory over the Muslims freed up funds for travel.
B) They created a European taste for Asian silk, drugs, perfumes, sugar, and spices.
C) They succeeded in establishing improved business relations between Muslims and Christians.
D) They returned with captured Muslim maps showing the North and South American continents, piquing their interests in other parts of the world.
E) They developed an interest in inter-religious dialogue.

Question 64

Western Europeans wanted to discover a new,shorter route to eastern Asia in order to

A) break the hold that Muslim and Italian merchants had on trade with Asia.
B) become the sole merchants of goods from Asia.
C) discover cheaper ways to manufacture various products.
D) test and develop new seafaring technologies.
E) find gold and other precious metals to enrich their rulers.

Question 65

The lack of a strong nation-state prevented which region's explorers from developing a permanent settlement in North America?

A) England
B) Mediterranean
C) Scandinavia
D) Portugal
E) China

Question 66

The native population of the two American continents in 1492

A) numbered about 54 million.
B) spoke interchangeable languages.
C) practiced a uniform religion.
D) existed almost exclusively as nomadic tribes.
E) were exclusively matrilinear.

Question 67

What accounted for the large population densities among the Creek,Choctaw and Cherokee peoples in the era prior to contact with European explorers?

A) They knew how to aggressively manipulate nature.
B) Their cultures revered motherhood, which inspired high birth rates.
C) They developed a rich diet based on maize, beans, and squash.
D) They successfully defeated their enemies and incorporated captives into their societies.
E) They deliberately set massive forest fires to create better hunting habitats.

Question 68

Which ancient Indian people were responsible for building the large settlement at Chaco Canyon in New Mexico?

A) Cherokees
B) Aztecs
C) Mound Builders
D) Creeks
E) Anasazis

Question 69

The Pueblo peoples in the Rio Grande Valley

A) developed a wild grass into maize.
B) were more advanced than those in South America.
C) developed an intricate irrigation system to cultivate corn.
D) depended on hunting rather than agriculture for food.
E) relied on horses for transportation.

Question 70

Some of the more advanced Native American cultures did all of the following EXCEPT

A) engage in significant ocean voyages of discovery.
B) establish large, bustling cities.
C) make strikingly accurate astronomical observations.
D) study mathematics.
E) carry on commerce.

Question 71

The size and sophistication of Native American civilizations in Mexico and South America can be attributed to

A) Spanish influences.
B) their way of life based on hunting and gathering.
C) the development of agriculture.
D) technology brought by the early settlers from Siberia.
E) their use of draft animals and the wheel.

Question 72

Which statement about the development of the modern plantation system is FALSE?

A) It can be traced back to the Portuguese exploration of and trade with Africa.
B) It originated from the Portuguese sugar plantations.
C) It combined large-scale commercial agriculture and slave labor.
D) It was based on the European feudal system.
E) It would shape the course of the New World.

Question 73

The Iroquois Confederacy was able to menace its Native American and European neighbors because of the Iroquois'

A) ability to use its political and organization skills to sustain a robust military alliance.
B) warriors' skill in pitched battle.
C) scattered settlements, which made it difficult for their enemies to defeat them.
D) alliance with the Aztecs and Incas.
E) use of new weapons like the rifle.

Question 74

What was one advantage of the Portuguese caravel?

A) It was better suited for the warm waters off the African coast.
B) It proved fast enough to escape Mediterranean pirate ships.
C) It could sail more closely to the wind and thus successfully travel back north from the African West coast.
D) It was cheaper to build in large numbers.
E) It was the first ship to rely exclusively on sails without the assistance of rowers.

Question 75

Where was early Native American (Indian)civilization least developed?

A) North America
B) Mexico
C) Central America
D) Peru
E) Latin America

Question 76

Which statement about Malinche is TRUE?

A) She was an Aztec goddess, revered by Native people at the time of Spanish conquest.
B) She was an Indian slave who served as Cortés's translator.
C) She was the wife of Moctezuma.
D) She betrayed her people by telling Cortés's army about the locations of Indian warriors.
E) She controlled the largest gold reserves in early Mexico.

Question 77

Why did slave traders charge higher prices for some slaves over others?

A) Slaves with plantation experience were worth more.
B) They thought Europeans could afford the heftier prices.
C) Male slaves were valued more highly than female slaves.
D) They charged more for slaves from distant regions who could not escape home.
E) Younger slaves who could be worked harder and longer were sold at higher prices.

Question 78

Unlike the Indian societies of Central and South America,the native peoples of North America

A) were pacifists who opposed all warfare.
B) aggressively exploited the land for agricultural development.
C) lived in relatively scattered settlements without dense urban concentrations of population.
D) practiced a universal system of patriarchal authority.
E) had populations sufficiently large enough to make a dramatic impact on the land.

Question 79

What happened to the city of Tenochtitlán?

A) It was seized and controlled by the Incans.
B) It suffered a terrible earthquake.
C) Its temples were leveled and replaced by Christian cathedrals.
D) It was destroyed during battles between the Portuguese and Aztecs.
E) Its ruler Moctezuma was supplanted and replaced by Malinche.

Question 80

Before the Portuguese arrived in Africa,

A) African and Arab merchants were already engaged in a lucrative slave trade.
B) they established sugar plantations in the Caribbean.
C) they signed the Treaty of Tordesillas with Spain.
D) conflicts between Arab and African slave merchants were common.
E) Spain controlled the water route to India.