Deck 9: Encounter: European Outreach and Expansion

Question 1

The only indigenous people of the Americas known to have produced a written language were the

A) Maya.
B) Inkas.
C) Aztecs.
D) Hopi.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which country sent a large fleet across the Indian Ocean at the beginning of the fifteenth century?

A) Portugal
B) China
C) Spain
D) England

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Before the fifteenth-century, the West African elite was most heavily influenced by

A) Christianity.
B) Islam.
C) Judaism.
D) Hinduism.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

When the Europeans arrived in Africa,

A) slavery did not exist as a trade.
B) slaves were already being traded between African and Muslim dealers.
C) slavery was considered offensive to the gods.
D) slaves were brought into Africa from other parts of the world.

Question 5

In African tradition, kinship extended to all of the following EXCEPT

A) the living.
B) the dead.
C) the unborn.
D) all African peoples.

Question 6

The word "caravel" refers to a

A) type of sailing ship.
B) navigational instrument.
C) style of African sculpture.
D) form of Native American totem.

Question 7

The word "kiva" refers to a

A) Native American gold-working process.
B) Mali mask.
C) Pueblo ceremonial site.
D) Navaho mythic hero.

Question 8

The earliest West African kingdom was that of

A) Ghana.
B) Songhai.
C) Timbuktu.
D) Mali.

Question 9

Which of the following was NOT a major factor in the onset of European expansion?

A) Improved navigational devices
B) Advances in mapmaking
C) Faster, more practical ships
D) Imitation of China's maritime achievements

Question 10

The dominant element in African music is

A) rhythm.
B) harmony.
C) melody.
D) dissonance.

Question 11

The name "Sudan" means

A) African family.
B) desert highlands.
C) ruler.
D) land of the blacks.

Question 12

After 1453, the safety of overland caravans to the East was threatened by

A) Venetian militiamen.
B) the warlords of Persia.
C) the Ottoman Turks.
D) Chinese mercenaries.

Question 13

The word "pueblo" means

A) savage.
B) town.
C) ruler.
D) ritual.

Question 14

Which city was the greatest of the early West African trading centers and the seat of a Muslim university?

A) Tangier
B) Ghana
C) Niger
D) Timbuktu

Question 15

"Animism" is best described as the belief that

A) there are many gods.
B) music and dance are closely united.
C) spirits inhabit all things in nature.
D) kings represent tribal ancestors.

Question 16

In African cultural history, the griot was a

A) poet-historian.
B) tribal-priest.
C) king.
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of African music?

A) Use of percussion instruments
B) Polyrhythmic structure
C) Call-and-response motifs
D) Melodic lyrics

Question 18

The literary landmark and notable epic of ancient Mali is entitled

A) Popol Vuh.
B) the oba.
C) Sundiata.
D) the Night Chant.

Question 19

The bronze head of the oba of Benin is a landmark that

A) illustrates the African mastery of casting metal.
B) is probably a portrait.
C) may demonstrate the effects of tribal scarification rituals.
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 20

The thirteenth-century merchant whose sojourn at the court of Mongol China was recorded in Il Milione was

A) Marco Polo.
B) Hernan Cortes.
C) Vasco da Gama.
D) Bartholomeu Diaz.

Question 21

Describe the landmarks in the arts of the pre-Columbian peoples. Which of these were tolerated (or admired) by the Spanish colonizers, and which were deliberately destroyed?

Question 22

Which of the following was characteristic of the religious rituals of the Maya and Aztecs?

A) Human sacrifice
B) Worship of the moon
C) Underground ceremonial centers
D) All these answers are correct

Question 23

The Spanish troops led by Cortes were most critical of Aztec

A) economic traditions.
B) engineering techniques.
C) religious practices.
D) kinship systems.

Question 24

Discuss the landmark contributions of Africa, focusing on those you believe to be the most original, influential, or long lasting.

Question 25

The earliest of the Meso-American societies was the

A) Maya.
B) Inka.
C) Olmec.
D) Navaho.

Question 26

What are the primary landmarks of European expansion, exploration, and cross-cultural contact?