Question 1

What produced a dramatic change in Plains Indian culture?

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The conversion of th...

Question 2

What different populations had economic organizations sufficiently similar to make trade possible?

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Europeans,...

Question 3

A sharp decline in the Indian population followed the arrival of Europeans because

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A)   Diseases were introduced inadvertently by the Spanish.
B)   Food production could not support both Indians and Europeans.
C)   Many moved away to avoid contact with Europeans.
D)   Spanish soldiers killed so many trying to convert them to Spanish culture.

Question 4

Hernando de Soto led the expedition that

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A)   Conquered the Aztec and Inca empires.
B)   Explored the southeastern part of the United States, including the Mississippi River.
C)   Discovered the Grand Canyon.
D)   Opposed the use of African slaves in New Spain.

Question 5

The Spanish soldiers who fought in the reconquista

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A)   Were unsuccessful in almost all battles.
B)   Were largely ignored by other Spaniards.
C)   Could only rarely become prestigious.
D)   Were influenced in part by their Christian faith and promises of wealth and glory.

Question 6

What was the consequence the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494?

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The treaty essential...

Question 7

Archaeological evidence suggests that the earliest Americans arrived on the continent

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A)   By 12,000 BCE.
B)   In large groups of hunters and gatherers.
C)   In one small group that had been banished from Siberia.
D)   No earlier than 9000 BCE.

Question 8

In Spain's New World culture, the offspring of conquistadors and Indians were known as

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A)   Ayuantamiento.
B)   Encomienda.
C)   Mestizo.
D)   Requerimiento.

Question 9

How did the Columbian Exchange affect the relationship between Europe and Asia?

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Gold and new crops i...

Question 10

In 1513 the Spanish Crown issued the Requerimiento, which

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A)   Divided Spain's claims in the New World among those who had conquered it.
B)   Formally enslaved Indians living in territory claimed by Spain in the New World.
C)   Promised Indians who accepted Christianity and the authority of Spain that they would be left in peace.
D)   Required priests in Spanish colonies to be approved by the Inquisition.

Question 11

Because Spain became a wealthy nation as a result of her New World colonies,

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A)   Spain dominated early European colonization.
B)   Other nations wanted colonies so they could become wealthy.
C)   Spain had first choice of all undiscovered lands.
D)   Each statement is correct.

Question 12

Hernán Cortés was aided greatly in his conquest of the Aztecs by the

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A)   Aztecs' abrupt departure from the area.
B)   Division within the Indian confederacies.
C)   Mysterious appearance of a Lady in Blue, who gave him encouragement.
D)   Initial reluctance of the Aztecs to fight.

Question 13

What enabled Spain to conquer so much territory and so many people in the New World?

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Several factors enabled Spain to conquer...

Question 14

Sugar production demanded a large labor force. Encomenderos decided to

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A)   Increase the number of Native workers by including women and children in the workforce.
B)   Replace Indian workers with African workers.
C)   Abandon the cultivation of sugar.
D)   Each statement is correct.

Question 15

Why did the European monarchs refuse to finance Columbus's venture?

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A)   Each monarch believed the world was flat.
B)   Each monarch assumed Columbus had miscalculated the earth's circumference.
C)   The monarchs were more comfortable investing their money in overland trade routes.
D)   The Chinese controlled the oceanic routes to China and prevented all but a few European ships from entering Asia.

Question 16

Totem poles were central to Native American communities in what region?

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A)   South America.
B)   Mesoamerica.
C)   The Mississippi Valley.
D)   The Pacific Northwest.

Question 17

Why have scholars called Mesoamerica the "Cradle of the Americas"?

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A)   The Native American population originated in this region.
B)   The region was the first to embrace a monotheistic religion.
C)   The region hosted the first technologically advanced civilizations.
D)   This was the only region in which Native Americans survived the Ice Age.

Question 18

How did the Columbian Exchange transform the Americas on the one hand and Europe on the other?

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The Columbian Exchange transformed the A...

Question 19

What crop was cultivated by nearly every Native American farming culture?

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A)   Beans.
B)   Corn.
C)   Pepper.
D)   Tobacco.

Question 20

Christopher Columbus's theories of exploration were based on

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A)   The knowledge of other explorers.
B)   The possibility that Europeans' knowledge of the outside world was not always accurate.
C)   The hope that there was a southern continent similar to Africa that could be exploited.
D)   Each statement is accurate.

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