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Question 1

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Earliest migrants to North America were to adapt to which initial environmental challenge?
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  • Drought and heat
  • Shortages of game and herd animals
  • Ice and glaciers
  • Rising oceans

Question 2

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The maize culture of the Southwest was most similar to the pre-Columbian culture of the
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  • Creek
  • Cahokia
  • Pueblo
  • Algonquian

Question 3

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Before the arrival of Europeans, Great Basin and Western Plains Indians
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  • became dependent on agriculture and maize cultivation
  • created strong trade networks among North American tribes
  • responded to a lack of resources by developing mobile lifestyles
  • developed larger permanent communities

Question 4

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In northeastern North American before European contact, the Iroquois developed the tradition of
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  • sun worship
  • potlatch
  • the longhouse
  • mound building

Question 5

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Pre-Columbian Southwest Indians were most noted for which environmental transformation practice?
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  • overhunting and extinction of herd animals
  • draining swamps
  • burning grasslands and forests
  • irrigation

Question 6

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Fifteenth and sixteenth Spanish exploration and conquest created a racially mixed culture known as
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  • mestizo
  • Chicano
  • Latino
  • mulatto

Question 7

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Which deadly epidemic most devastated Mexican natives and was the subject of numerous 15th and 16th century primary accounts of disease?
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  • Smallpox
  • Syphilis
  • Measles
  • Influenza

Question 8

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Which 15th century European country dominated the African slave trade?
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  • Holland
  • France
  • Portugal
  • England

Question 9

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Which of the following livestock introduced by the Spanish had the greatest impact on the Great Plains Indian settlement patterns?
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  • Horses
  • Buffalo
  • Cows
  • Pigs

Question 10

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Which Old World crop introduced by the Spanish most dramatically increased demand for African slaves in the Caribbean?
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  • Wheat
  • Rice
  • Indigo
  • Sugar

Question 11

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The encomienda system primarily relied on labor from
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  • women
  • African slaves
  • Spanish indentured servants
  • American Indians

Question 12

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Encomienda labor focused most on
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  • jungle clearing
  • trade and commerce
  • domestic service
  • plantation agriculture

Question 13

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As Spanish labor demands grew, the labor source for imperial production transitioned to
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  • indentured servants
  • Indians
  • African slaves
  • Spanish peasants

Question 14

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Which European country had the least significant presence in the Western Hemisphere during the 15th and 16th centuries?
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  • Portugal
  • Holland
  • England
  • France

Question 15

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Since the 15th and 16th centuries, what has been the most enduring legacy from Spanish conquest and exploration of the Americas?
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  • Greater standing in the world
  • Increased wealth for Spain
  • Promotion of a large empire
  • Converts to Christianity

Question 16

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What was the most important 15th and 16th century goal of Spanish conquest and exploration as revealed by the conquistadors?
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  • Promotion of empire
  • Increased wealth of Spain
  • Increased status
  • Converts to Christianity

Question 17

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Which of the following was not a native crop from the Americas that stimulated trade and/or population in Europe?
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  • Rice
  • Tobacco
  • Cacao
  • Potatoes

Question 18

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Spanish mineral wealth from the Americas caused a shift toward
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  • mercantilism
  • socialism
  • capitalism
  • feudalism

Question 19

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Sextant technology revolutionized
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  • the fur trade
  • international trade and exploration
  • manufacturing and processing
  • military combat

Question 20

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Over the centuries, the most effective means of "civilizing" natives to Spanish culture was
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  • the encomienda system
  • military occupation
  • the distribution of mineral wealth
  • the mission system

Question 21

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Juan de Onate's 1598 subjugation of natives who resisted Spanish rule is best illustrated by his attack against natives in
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  • Acoma
  • Stono
  • San Antonio
  • Santa Fe

Question 22

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In 1573, the Comprehensive Orders of New Discoveries placed pacification of natives primarily in the hands of
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  • missionaries
  • encomederos
  • regional governors
  • conquistadors

Question 23

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Sixteenth through nineteenth century North American Indians most resisted European beliefs about
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  • land ownership
  • family structure
  • agriculture
  • fur trading and trapping

Question 24

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Sixteenth century African slaves in the Western Hemisphere best preserved autonomy and linguistic traditions through
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  • expanded land ownership
  • maroon communities in the Caribbean
  • large scale rebellion
  • domestic service roles

Question 25

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American Indian culture had a different view of landownership than did Europeans in that they thought
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  • land should be owned by individual members of the society
  • tribal ownership of land was perpetual and exclusive
  • they owned the use of the land but not the land itself
  • all land was open to settlement by all people at any time

Question 26

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American Indian cultures
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  • established a common written language
  • established trade networks and communication over relatively large areas
  • had peaceful relationships with each other that included voluntary emigration
  • formed major alliances to combat attempts by Europeans to encroach on their lands

Question 27

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Which of the following is true about American Indian cultures prior to contact with Europeans?
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  • They experienced frequent epidemic diseases
  • They had developed wheeled vehicles pulled by livestock
  • They exchanged goods with African societies
  • They were engaged in frequent conflicts with other American Indian groups

Question 28

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The primary positive benefit of the Columbian Exchange was
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  • the exchange of food products between Europe and the Western Hemisphere
  • the introduction of horses into Europe
  • the introduction of cattle into Europe
  • the exchange of architectural design techniques between the two continents

Question 29

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The primary negative consequence of the Columbian exchange was the exchange of
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  • food products that led to debilitating illnesses for both American Indians and Europeans
  • concepts of autocratic governments that delayed the development of democracy
  • epidemic diseases introduced from Europe into the Americas
  • modern methods of warfare introduced to Europeans by American Indians

Question 30

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Prior to European contact, North American Indians were
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  • dominated by the Plains Indians, who possessed horses
  • dominated by the eastern woodland tribes, who possessed firearms
  • dependent on imports of foodstuffs from Mexican tribes for survival
  • distinct societies with different economies and lifestyles

Question 31

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As the Spanish explored North America prior to 1600, they discovered
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  • a Northwest Passage (an all-water route) to Asia
  • massive storehouses of precious metals among American Indian tribes
  • little of interest to keep them pushing north to Canada
  • evidence that Europeans had significant contact with American Indians prior to 1492
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