Question 1

Which one of the following statements about Spanish America is true?

Accepted Answer

A)   Over time, Spanish America evolved into a hybrid culture-part Spanish, part Indian, and, in some areas, part African.
B)   Mestizos enjoyed much political freedom and held most of the high government positions.
C)   Spaniards outnumbered the Indian inhabitants after fifty years of settlement.
D)   The Catholic Church played only a minor role in Spanish America.
E)   Spanish America was very rural and had few urban centers.

Question 2

Which one of the following is true of Spanish emigrants to the New World?

Accepted Answer

A)   Many of the early arrivals came to direct Native American labor.
B)   From the beginning, they arrived as families.
C)   They were all at the bottom of the social hierarchy.
D)   They soon outnumbered Native Americans.
E)   Only the residents of the Malaga province migrated.

Question 3

MATCHING
-Adam Smith

Accepted Answer

A)  claimed Brazil for Portugal in 1500
B)  founded Quebec
C)  Italian who sailed for Spain in 1492
D)  Dominican priest who preached
E)  British economist who wrote The Wealth of NationsF) Spanish conquistador who conquered the AztecsG) sailed around southern Africa and into the Indian OceanH) America was named for himI) first European to discover Newfoundland in 1497J) explored FloridaK) led seven large naval expeditions in early 1400sL) developed movable-type printing press

Question 4

MATCHING
-New Laws

Accepted Answer

A)  society centered on the mother's family
B)  Spanish brutality
C)  uprising against Spanish colonists in New Spain
D)  Dutch landowners of large estates
E)  large-scale farm owned by a Spanish landlordF) persons of mixed Spanish and Indian originG) Spanish reform measures toward IndiansH) a married woman surrendering her legal identityI) transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between New and Old WorldsJ) Confederation of five Iroquois tribesK) Person born in the Spanish colonies of European ancestryL) ancient residents of the Mississippi Valley region

Question 5

MATCHING
-Johannes Gutenberg

Accepted Answer

A)  claimed Brazil for Portugal in 1500
B)  founded Quebec
C)  Italian who sailed for Spain in 1492
D)  Dominican priest who preached
E)  British economist who wrote The Wealth of NationsF) Spanish conquistador who conquered the AztecsG) sailed around southern Africa and into the Indian OceanH) America was named for himI) first European to discover Newfoundland in 1497J) explored FloridaK) led seven large naval expeditions in early 1400sL) developed movable-type printing press

Question 6

The ritual sacrifices practiced by the Aztecs:

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A)   occurred one at a time and therefore were minimal.
B)   prompted most Aztecs to oppose their leaders, who opposed the sacrifices.
C)   disgusted Europeans despite their own practices of publicly executing criminals and burning witches at the stake.
D)   were always held at an arena in Tenochtitlán that resembled the Roman Colosseum.
E)   cost the Spanish several hundred men before Cortés conquered the Aztecs.

Question 7

MATCHING
-"coverture"

Accepted Answer

A)  society centered on the mother's family
B)  Spanish brutality
C)  uprising against Spanish colonists in New Spain
D)  Dutch landowners of large estates
E)  large-scale farm owned by a Spanish landlordF) persons of mixed Spanish and Indian originG) Spanish reform measures toward IndiansH) a married woman surrendering her legal identityI) transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between New and Old WorldsJ) Confederation of five Iroquois tribesK) Person born in the Spanish colonies of European ancestryL) ancient residents of the Mississippi Valley region

Question 8

Which statement about gender relations is FALSE for most Native American societies?

Accepted Answer

A)   Men and women engaged in premarital sex.
B)   It was acceptable for a woman to seek a divorce.
C)   Tribal leaders were almost always women.
D)   Women owned dwellings and tools.
E)   Societies were matrilineal.

Question 9

What European city was known in the early seventeenth century as a haven for persecuted Protestants from all over Europe and even for Jews fleeing Spain?

Accepted Answer

A)   Amsterdam
B)   Geneva
C)   Marseilles
D)   London
E)   Brussels

Question 10

Which of the following was NOT a technique that Spanish conquistadores used to conquer Native American empires?

Accepted Answer

A)   Kidnapping a leader and holding him for ransom
B)   Dividing and conquering them by taking advantage of old rivalries
C)   Relying upon the spread of diseases, even though they may not have been introduced intentionally
D)   Negotiating treaties
E)   Using their superior military technology

Question 11

According to Bartolomé de Las Casas:

Accepted Answer

A)   Spain needed to institute a more humane system of Native American slavery in order to avoid offending Pope Paul III.
B)   Spain had caused the deaths of millions of innocent people in the New World.
C)   despite his opposition to slavery, he needed to keep his slaves so that he would have time to devote to working for abolition and emancipation.
D)   slavery needed to be eliminated entirely from the earth.
E)   converting Native Americans to anything but Catholicism would lead to their death.

Question 12

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Indian freedom

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 13

The repartimiento system established by the Spanish in the mid-1500s:

Accepted Answer

A)   officially designated Indians in New Spain as slaves of European colonists.
B)   recognized Indians as free but required them to perform a fixed amount of labor.
C)   gave voting rights in local assemblies to mestizos but not to peninsulares.
D)   required all Indians to convert to Catholicism or face execution.
E)   set up a system of local courts of law that proved essential to Spanish rule in Peru.

Question 14

Like the Spanish, the French often intermarried with the Indians, resulting in mixed race children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

French Canada:

Accepted Answer

A)   was a very democratic colony.
B)   was founded by Jesuit priests who were working as fur traders as a way to meet and convert Native Americans.
C)   consisted mainly of male colonists.
D)   had, by 1700, twice as many colonists as all the English North American colonies combined.
E)   gave the French a world monopoly on fur production.

Question 16

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Pueblo Revolt

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 17

African society did not practice slavery before Europeans came.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-African slave trade

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 19

As early as 1615, the _________ people of present-day southern Ontario and upper New York State forged a trading alliance with the French, and many of them converted to Catholicism.

Accepted Answer

A)   Pequot
B)   Lenni Lenape
C)   Iroquois
D)   Cherokee
E)   Huron

Question 20

Columbus was Spanish.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 1: A New World

MATCHING -Johannes Gutenberg

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Like the Spanish, the French often intermarried with the Indians, resulting in mixed race children.

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French Canada:

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MATCHING -"coverture"

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As early as 1615, the _________ people of present-day southern Ontario and upper New York State forged a trading alliance with the French, and many of them converted to Catholicism.

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Which one of the following statements about Spanish America is true?

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Which statement about gender relations is FALSE for most Native American societies?

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What European city was known in the early seventeenth century as a haven for persecuted Protestants from all over Europe and even for Jews fleeing Spain?

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -African slave trade

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The ritual sacrifices practiced by the Aztecs:

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Columbus was Spanish.

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MATCHING -New Laws

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MATCHING -Adam Smith

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Which one of the following is true of Spanish emigrants to the New World?

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Pueblo Revolt

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According to Bartolomé de Las Casas:

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Indian freedom

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Which of the following was NOT a technique that Spanish conquistadores used to conquer Native American empires?

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The repartimiento system established by the Spanish in the mid-1500s:

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African society did not practice slavery before Europeans came.

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