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1. The Mexica were organized in

|a. |altepetl. |

|b. |phalanxes. |

|c. |fraterie. |

|d. |satrapy. |

|e. |guilds. |

REF: p. 314

2. The major states in the postclassic periods were those of the

|a. |Toltecs and Aztecs |

|b. |Aztecs and Incans |

|c. |Moche and Anasazi |

|d. |Hopewell and Olmec |

|e. |Chavin and Moche |

REF: p. 313

3. The Aztec monarch was determined by

|a. |lateral succession lines. |

|b. |the oldest son. |

|c. |matrilineal succession. |

|d. |a death match between brothers. |

|e. |a council of aristocrats. |

REF: p. 315

4. The capital of the Aztec Empire was in

|a. |Teotihaucan |

|b. |Texcoco |

|c. |Tenochtitlan |

|d. |Tikal |

|e. |Tula |

REF: p. 315

5. The calpolli was:

|a. |a political block of religious, social or political organizations. |

|b. |a collective of chinampas laborers. |

|c. |the elite religious-military leaders of the Aztec |

|d. |candidates for human sacrifice. |

|e. |the base of the altepetl |

REF: p. 315

6. The Aztecs formed their empire by

|a. |ruthlessly conquering other peoples. |

|b. |marrying into neighboring tribes to create a homogeneous society. |

|c. |negotiating to divide desired geographic areas. |

|d. |peacefully coexisting on the basis of mutual interests. |

|e. |creating a voluntary association league that offered protection in numbers. |

REF: p. 315

7. Long distance trade among the Aztecs was

|a. |conducted using horses and carts. |

|b. |controlled by the traditional aristocracy. |

|c. |confined to lightweight goods like gold and animal skins. |

|d. |carried by dogs and sleds. |

|e. |nonexistent. |

REF: p. 316

8. Aztec trade was improved by

|a. |navigation using longitude and latitude. |

|b. |letters of credit instead of money. |

|c. |rest stations at specific intervals. |

|d. |centralized locations of commerce. |

|e. |none of these. |

REF: p. 316

9. The principal reason for human sacrifice among the Aztecs was

|a. |to punish enemies. |

|b. |to enhance the power of the emperor. |

|c. |intimidation and conquest. |

|d. |Huitzilopochtli required a diet of human hearts. |

|e. |entertainment. |

REF: p. 317

10. Differences between the positions held by men and women in Aztec society were termed

|a. |Gendered division of labor |

|b. |Gender bias |

|c. |Gender complementarity |

|d. |Gendered determinism |

|e. |none of these |

REF: p. 316

11. Andean civilization was

|a. |centralized and urban. |

|b. |isolated and mountainous. |

|c. |a center of trade and high-yield agriculture. |

|d. |a major fishing enterprise. |

|e. |in the lowlands with fertile plains for farming. |

REF: p. 321

12. The Andean mountain agriculture supposed which products?

|a. |Quinoa and potatoes |

|b. |Corn and beans |

|c. |maize, cotton and fish |

|d. |Grains and dairy products |

|e. |Meat, grains, and potatoes |

REF: p. 322

13. Llamas and alpacas were valued by the Incas for

|a. |wool. |

|b. |food. |

|c. |transportation. |

|d. |all of the these. |

|e. |none of these; they were sacred to Incan religion. |

REF: p. 322

14. The mit'a was

|a. |the hereditary ruler of the Incan empire |

|b. |a clan organization in the Andes |

|c. |a Mochan textile weaver |

|d. |a system of work organization by ayllu |

|e. |a system of agricultural harvesting |

REF: p. 322

15. The important family structure in Andean civilization was the

|a. |ayllu. |

|b. |altepetl. |

|c. |kormire'. |

|d. |matrilinear village. |

|e. |mit'a. |

REF: p. 322

16. Labor in Andean civilization was divided according to

|a. |ethnicity. |

|b. |gender. |

|c. |class. |

|d. |the will of the overlord. |

|e. |levels of skill. |

REF: p. 322

17. Moche civilization was

|a. |democratic. |

|b. |oligarchic. |

|c. |a military dictatorship. |

|d. |a monarchy. |

|e. |theocratic. |

REF: p. 323

18. The Moche civilization was probably destroyed by

|a. |weather. |

|b. |conquest. |

|c. |religious ritual. |

|d. |failure of trade. |

|e. |earthquakes. |

REF: p. 324

19. The Aztec god that was the focus of the cult of the hummingbird was called

|a. |Quetzalcoatl. |

|b. |Nahuatl. |

|c. |Huitzilopochtli. |

|d. |acllas. |

|e. |Trochilidae. |

REF: p. 317

20. The two Andean cities that precede the Incan civilization are

|a. |Chanchan and Teotihuacan. |

|b. |Wari and Tiwanaku. |

|c. |Tenochtitlan and Toledo. |

|d. |Kilwa and Mombasa. |

|e. |Dos Pilas and San Lorenzo. |

REF: p. 324-326

21. How did the Inca ensure the loyalty of defeated regions?

|a. |By forcing the heirs of defeated rulers to live in the royal court |

|b. |By the use of fear and terror tactics |

|c. |By the extension of full citizenship to all conquered areas |

|d. |By committing genocide in the region |

|e. |By killing their defeated rulers and displaying their bodies publicly |

REF: p. 326

22. The city of Cuzco was not as large as Tenochtitlan, but

|a. |it was designed in concentric circles. |

|b. |it was laid out in the shape of a puma. |

|c. |all buildings faced east. |

|d. |it was the center of human sacrifice. |

|e. |it held the largest stadium in South America. |

REF: p. 327

23. What evidence supports the belief that eastern Pacific islands were settled as a result of planned expeditions by Polynesian mariners?

|a. |DNA evidence |

|b. |Linguistic similarities |

|c. |Transference of indigenous plants |

|d. |Settlements in Easter Island and New Zealand |

|e. |All of these |

REF: p. 421

24. The island of Madagascar was settled by

|a. |Malayo-Indonesians. |

|b. |Polynesians. |

|c. |Arabs. |

|d. |Africans. |

|e. |both A and B. |

REF: p. 422

25. Sailing in the Indian Ocean was less difficult and dangerous than in other places because

|a. |it is shallow. |

|b. |there is less wind. |

|c. |the monsoon winds are predictable. |

|d. |it isn't an ocean, but rather a large saltwater lake. |

|e. |there are no sharks. |

REF: p. 422

26. The vessels of the Indian Ocean were called:

|a. |junks |

|b. |triremes |

|c. |galleons |

|d. |dhows |

|e. |sloops |

REF: p. 422

27. How did the rise of medieval Islam give trade in the Indian Ocean an important boost?

|a. |The Muslim cities in the Middle East provided a demand for commodities. |

|b. |Networks of Muslim traders tied the region together. |

|c. |The Muslim traders shared a common ethic, language, and law. |

|d. |Muslim traders actively spread their religion to distant trading cities. |

|e. |All of these |

REF: p. 422

28. The Ming Empire attempted to create new Indian Ocean contacts by

|a. |sending out seven imperial fleets between 1405 and 1433. |

|b. |employing Mongol horsemen to travel the Silk Road. |

|c. |attempting to defeat the Portuguese in the famous sea battle of Calcutta. |

|d. |establishing maritime courts to deal with pirates and privateers. |

|e. |building "artificial" islands. |

REF: p. 422

29. Which of the following statements is not true of Chinese-African contacts circa 1415-1433?

|a. |At least three trading cities in East Africa sent delegations to China in 1415. |

|b. |Zheng's voyages were extended to Africa. |

|c. |Zheng's voyages stimulated the Swahili silk market. |

|d. |The Chinese imported more pepper as a result of this contact. |

|e. |Many cultural misunderstandings led to the Sino-African War. |

REF: p. 423-424

30. The Chinese treasure ships of Zheng He carried

|a. |people and animals as settlers for far-flung colonies. |

|b. |silk, metals, and other valuable goods as gifts for distant rulers. |

|c. |soldiers to fight the Japanese pirates in the Sea of Japan. |

|d. |balsa wood for buoyancy. |

|e. |salted fish. |

REF: p. 423

31. Why did the Ming court suspend the voyages of Zheng He?

|a. |The Chinese had suffered great epidemics from their contacts in the Indian Ocean. |

|b. |Zheng He's fleet was sunk by Portuguese naval might. |

|c. |The government believed that little could be gained by exploring. |

|d. |The unpredictable weather of the Indian Ocean made these voyages too unsafe. |

|e. |Zheng He used the fleet to lead a revolution against the Ming emperor. |

REF: p. 424

32. The greatest mariners of the Atlantic in the Early Middle Ages were

|a. |Mongols. |

|b. |Ostrogoths. |

|c. |Celts. |

|d. |Vikings. |

|e. |Lombards. |

REF: p. 424

33. How did the Vikings maneuver across long distances?

|a. |Use of the astrolabe and compass |

|b. |Knowledge of the heavens and seas. |

|c. |Extensive Arabic maps |

|d. |Legends and oral traditions. |

|e. |Trial and error. |

REF: p. 424

34. In addition to sailing up the Pacific coast, early Amerindians from South America also colonized

|a. |the West Indies. |

|b. |Greenland. |

|c. |Newfoundland. |

|d. |Iceland. |

|e. |Finland. |

REF: p. 424

35. What two nations began a maritime revolution that profoundly altered the course of world history?

|a. |England and France |

|b. |Portugal and Spain |

|c. |Germany and Russia |

|d. |China and Japan |

|e. |Greece and Italy |

REF: p. 425

36. The motives that led to Iberian overseas expansion were

|a. |economic. |

|b. |religious. |

|c. |political. |

|d. |intellectual. |

|e. |all of these. |

REF: p. 425-426

37. What factors combined to make Spain one of the most powerful European states in the 16th century?

|a. |The marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabel of Castile |

|b. |Expulsion of the Muslims from Spain in 1492 |

|c. |Spain's influence with the Catholic church |

|d. |Political alliances with the Abbasid Caliphate |

|e. |Being the center of intellectual development in Europe. |

REF: p. 426

38. Why didn't the Italian states take a lead in exploring the Atlantic?

|a. |Italy lacked warm water access and seafaring technology. |

|b. |The ships of the Mediterranean were ill suited to the Atlantic. |

|c. |The trading states of Venice and Genoa preferred a system of alliances with the Muslims. |

|d. |Both A and B |

|e. |Both B and C |

REF: p. 426

39. Which of the following was a reason for Iberian overseas exploration?

|a. |Long-standing Muslim alliances |

|b. |Spain was a center of Renaissance learning. |

|c. |They already had the major share of Mediterranean trade. |

|d. |Christian pacifism |

|e. |None of these |

REF: p. 426

40. An early motivation for Portuguese maritime exploration was to

|a. |gain access to the sub-Saharan gold trade. |

|b. |find buried treasure near Madagasacar. |

|c. |discover the "New World." |

|d. |find the Christian kingdom of Prester John. |

|e. |quell political dissent. |

REF: p. 426

41. Prince Henry of Portugal was known as Henry the Navigator because

|a. |he was the first person to round the Cape of Good Hope. |

|b. |he devoted his life to promoting exploration. |

|c. |he designed the compass. |

|d. |he discovered America. |

|e. |"navigator" means conqueror in Portuguese. |

REF: p. 426

42. The explicit goal of Portuguese explorers was to:

|a. |convert Africans to Christianity |

|b. |overthrow the Islamic state in North Africa |

|c. |launch a new crusade against the Ottoman Empire |

|d. |find a passage to India |

|e. |initiate the African slave trade. |

REF: p. 426

43a. When Portugal began making a significant income from Africa, it began to issue

|a. |stock options. |

|b. |private investment opportunities to sponsor maritime cargo and trade. |

|c. |gold coins called cruzados. |

|d. |military detachments to protect merchant ships laden with goods. |

|e. |Jesuit settlements in repayment to the Order of Christ. |

REF: p. 429

43b. Two important navigational technologies, the magnetic compass and the astrolabe,

|a. |were invented by Henry the Navigator. |

|b. |were invented by Columbus. |

|c. |were of Italian origin. |

|d. |were held by an exclusive English patent. |

|e. |were of Chinese and Arab or Greek origin, respectively. |

REF: p. 426

44. The Portuguese contribution to shipbuilding technology was the creation of the

|a. |dhow |

|b. |junk |

|c. |galleon |

|d. |trireme |

|e. |caravel |

REF: p. 427

45. The advantage of the caravel was that it was

|a. |fast. |

|b. |maneuverable. |

|c. |a good fighting ship. |

|d. |strong. |

|e. |all of these. |

REF: p. 427

46. An important addition to the maritime revolution was

|a. |learning to speedily return by sailing northwest to ride westerly winds. |

|b. |learning that the magnetic compass did not work while at sea. |

|c. |recognizing that the caravel was unsuited for voyages of exploration. |

|d. |understanding that the lost island of Atlantis was accessible via caravel. |

|e. |improvements to his ship design by Thomas of Caravel. |

REF: p. 427

47. The first Portuguese explorer to purchase the rights of exploration of Africa was

|a. |Fernão Gomes |

|b. |Bartolomeu Dias |

|c. |Bartolomo de las Casas |

|d. |Ferdinand Magellan |

|e. |Christopher Columbus |

REF: p. 429

48. The first financial return from the Portuguese voyages came from

|a. |the gold trade. |

|b. |the slave trade. |

|c. |the silk trade. |

|d. |the spice trade. |

|e. |none of these. |

REF: p. 429

49. The first Portuguese explorer to reach the southern tip of Africa and view the Indian Ocean was

|a. |Bartolomeu Dias. |

|b. |Prince Henry. |

|c. |Vasco da Gama. |

|d. |Ferdinand Magellan. |

|e. |Jesus Alou. |

REF: p. 429

50. In 1500, what did Portuguese mariners discover while attempting to find a favorable wind around Africa?

|a. |The east coast of South America |

|b. |The west coast of North America |

|c. |The North Pole |

|d. |The Russian coast |

|e. |The river Styx |

REF: p. 429

51. Christopher Columbus was from

|a. |Sicily. |

|b. |Spain. |

|c. |Portugal. |

|d. |Genoa. |

|e. |Syracuse. |

REF: p. 429

52. Columbus insisted that he had reached

|a. |the Indian Ocean. |

|b. |the West Indies. |

|c. |the New World. |

|d. |China. |

|e. |Malacca. |

REF: p. 430

53. The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the New World between

|a. |Islamic Africa and Christian America. |

|b. |Spain and China. |

|c. |Portugal and Malacca. |

|d. |Spain and Portugal. |

|e. |Spain and Genoa. |

REF: p. 430-431

54. An area of dispute between Portugal and Spain despite the Treaty of Tordesillas was who had claim to the spice trade from:

|a. |Macao |

|b. |Indonesia |

|c. |Goa |

|d. |Singapore |

|e. |Molucca |

ANS: E REF: p. 431

55. What did the Portuguese NOT trade with the kingdom of Benin?

|a. |Copper |

|b. |Textiles |

|c. |Glass beads |

|d. |Horses |

|e. |Agricultural products |

REF: p. 432

56. The powerful West African kingdom of Benin limited its contacts with the Portuguese by

|a. |refusing to accept Catholicism. |

|b. |declining offers to receive missionaries. |

|c. |closing the market in male slaves. |

|d. |all of these. |

|e. |none of these. |

REF: p. 432-433

57. The most profitable and strongest colonization by Europe was in

|a. |Africa. |

|b. |China. |

|c. |India. |

|d. |the Americas. |

|e. |Newfoundland. |

REF: p. 441

58. The first Portuguese who landed in India were greeted with

|a. |open arms. |

|b. |panic and fear. |

|c. |awe. |

|d. |derisive laughter. |

|e. |religious enthusiasm. |

REF: p. 434

59. The Portuguese gained control of the eastern Indian Ocean through

|a. |conquest. |

|b. |diplomatic negotiation. |

|c. |trade alliances. |

|d. |B and C only. |

|e. |A, B, and C. |

REF: p. 435

60. The Portuguese base in China was at

|a. |Beijing. |

|b. |Yuan. |

|c. |Macao. |

|d. |Cambaluc. |

|e. |Dien Bien Phu. |

REF: p. 436

61. The result of Portuguese domination of Indian Ocean trade routes was

|a. |considerable Portuguese profit. |

|b. |that they charged a lower price for pepper than Venice or Genoa. |

|c. |that more spices and luxury goods were shipped to Europe. |

|d. |little impact on the African and Asian mainlands. |

|e. |all of these. |

REF: p. 437

62. The difference between the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire was that

|a. |the motives of the Spanish were purely religious. |

|b. |the Spanish Empire was a territorial empire, while the Portuguese Empire was a trading empire. |

|c. |the motives of the Portuguese Empire were purely economic. |

|d. |the Spanish Empire was a trading empire, while the Portuguese Empire was a territorial empire. |

|e. |the Spanish Empire was only an "intellectual" empire. |

REF: p. 437

63. The first Amerindians to contact the Spanish were the

|a. |Aztecs. |

|b. |Arawaks. |

|c. |Maya. |

|d. |Incas. |

|e. |Cassava. |

REF: p. 438

64. Conquistador means

|a. |conqueror. |

|b. |lawgiver. |

|c. |bringer of Christ. |

|d. |convict. |

|e. |communist. |

REF: p. 438

65. Cortés had which advantages in conquering the Aztecs?

|a. |An alliance with the Tlaxacans |

|b. |Firearms and horses |

|c. |The Aztecs had only recently established their empire at the expense of other tribes. |

|d. |Smallpox |

|e. |All of these |

REF: p. 438

66. Francisco Pizarro defeated the Inca Empire with

|a. |180 men. |

|b. |1,800 men. |

|c. |18,000 men. |

|d. |180,000 men. |

|e. |The Inca Empire defeated Pizarro. |

REF: p. 439

67. Death rates among Amerindian peoples during the epidemics of the early colonial period were

|a. |very high. |

|b. |average. |

|c. |very low. |

|d. |no higher than at other times. |

|e. |nonexistent; death rates ceased during this period. |

REF: p. 478

68. Why did the peoples of the New World lack immunity to the diseases of the Europeans?

|a. |they had a different DNA structure than Europeans. |

|b. |their long isolation from other continents. |

|c. |Significant differences in dietary structure. |

|d. |Disease did not exist in the Americas. |

|e. |None of these. |

REF: p. 478

69. What was the most deadly of the epidemics in the Americas?

|a. |Smallpox |

|b. |Syphilis |

|c. |Influenza |

|d. |Measles |

|e. |Cholera |

REF: p. 478

70. From where did the worst strain of malaria originate?

|a. |Caribbean sugar plantations. |

|b. |European colonizers. |

|c. |the swamplands of Florida |

|d. |The African slave trade. |

|e. |New England joint stock colonies. |

REF: p. 478

71. Which of the following were New World foods that revolutionized Old World agriculture?

|a. |Maize, potatoes, and manioc |

|b. |Maize, rice, and bran |

|c. |Manioc, wheat, and amaranth |

|d. |Spelt, manioc, and wheat |

|e. |Spelt, taro, and chinampas |

REF: p. 479

72. One of the major reasons for the growth of the world population after 1700 was

|a. |recovery from the plague |

|b. |large-scale development of the plantation economy in the new world and the growth of staple crops. |

|c. |the spread of more high-calorie per acre staple crops from the New World. |

|d. |the transition to a mercantile, cash-based economy. |

|e. |exposure of the different populations to each other strengthened the global immune system. |

REF: p. 479

73. What effect did European horses have on the Americas?

|a. |Increased military capacity and hunting efficiency |

|b. |Decreased military capacity and hunting efficiency |

|c. |No impact because religious prohibitions prevented its use |

|d. |No appreciable impact because they already had the horse |

|e. |The decline in the alpaca population |

REF: p. 480

74. By the end of the sixteenth century, what country occupied most of the Brazilian coast?

|a. |Spain |

|b. |England |

|c. |Portugal |

|d. |France |

|e. |Austria |

REF: p. 481

75. Which export product dominated the Brazilian economy by the seventeenth century?

|a. |gold. |

|b. |silver. |

|c. |maize. |

|d. |slaves. |

|e. |sugar. |

REF: p. 481

76. The Council of the Indies was created in Spain in 1524 to

|a. |support Spanish settlers. |

|b. |put royal power in place over the population. |

|c. |prevent competition from other European nations. |

|d. |create a need to raise armies against Amerindians. |

|e. |provide relief efforts to exploited Amerindians. |

REF: p. 488

77. The highest-ranking Spanish officials in the colonies were:

|a. |viceroys |

|b. |priests. |

|c. |conquistadors |

|d. |indigenous royalty |

|e. |creoles. |

REF: p. 481

78. The Viceroyalty of New Spain in 1535 encompassed

|a. |Mexico, California, and Oregon. |

|b. |Alaska, Siberia, and Central America. |

|c. |Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean islands. |

|d. |Brazil, Paraguay, and Roanoke. |

|e. |Florida, St. Lucia, and Dominica. |

REF: p. 481

79. The most important agent for transmitting European beliefs, language, and culture in Spanish America and Brazil was the

|a. |Council of the Indies. |

|b. |Spanish and Portuguese armies. |

|c. |Catholic Church. |

|d. |plantation system. |

|e. |Lantern Council. |

REF: p. 483

80. By what means did the Spanish pay for their colonies?

|a. |engaging in slave trade of indigenous Americans. |

|b. |development of plantation economies in the sugar trade. |

|c. |establishing a monopoly on the Columbian exchange. |

|d. |long-distance trade with Asia. |

|e. |enormous wealth was produced by the silver and gold mines. |

REF: p. 482

81. How were the European languages and cultures primarily transmitted to indigenous populations?

|a. |enslavement and the use of the requiremento. |

|b. |creating bicultural societies through interaction and assimilation. |

|c. |conversion efforts by the Catholic church. |

|d. |development of local schools and educational efforts by Spanish settlers. |

|e. |there was strict separation of cultural and linguistic identities as a deliberate process of isolation. |

REF: p. 483

82. The most influential defender of Amerindians in the early colonial period was

|a. |Bishop Diego de Landa. |

|b. |Bartolomé de las Casas. |

|c. |Juan de Zumárraga. |

|d. |Diego Mendez. |

|e. |Aldo Suarez. |

REF: p. 484

83. Which of the following became the richest institution of the Spanish colonies?

|a. |The Catholic Church |

|b. |The Viceroyalty of Brazil |

|c. |The farmers |

|d. |The unions |

|e. |The Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata |

REF: p. 484

84. The economic development of the colonies in Mexico and Peru was dominated by

|a. |diamond mining and wheat plantations. |

|b. |copper mining and cattle ranching. |

|c. |silver mining and sugar plantations. |

|d. |gold mining and cotton plantations. |

|e. |rice plantations and bronze mining. |

REF: p. 484

85. An encomienda was

|a. |a form of forced labor and tribute. |

|b. |a plantation for mining precious metals. |

|c. |a plantation for growing sugar. |

|d. |an agreement with Amerindians. |

|e. |a disease of the lower intestine. |

REF: p. 486

86. The forced labor system in which Amerindian men in Peru worked two to four months of the year in the mines was

|a. |the milla. |

|b. |the puri. |

|c. |the colo system. |

|d. |the rota. |

|e. |the mita. |

REF: p. 486

87. In Brazil, the economic importance of Amerindian slaves was eventually superseded by

|a. |Asian slaves. |

|b. |European peasants. |

|c. |African slaves. |

|d. |better technology. |

|e. |animal power. |

REF: p. 486

88. A significant effect of the flood of silver from the Americas into the European economy were:

|a. |a dramatic restructuring of the social hierarchy and new wealth bought titles of the nobility. |

|b. |a distinct tension between Old World and New World aristocrats |

|c. |the promotion of commercial expansion and financing of industrialization. |

|d. |investing in new university programs in the New World. |

|e. |Reinvestment in local European farming techniques. |

REF: p. 487

89. Spain's lesser nobles were called

|a. |creoles. |

|b. |castas. |

|c. |hidalgos. |

|d. |palenques. |

|e. |baronettes. |

REF: p. 487

90. American-born Spanish whites were called

|a. |mestizos. |

|b. |mulattos. |

|c. |muchachos. |

|d. |creoles. |

|e. |chinampas. |

REF: p. 487

91. Which of the following is not one way that slaves expressed their resistance to the colonial masters in Latin America?

|a. |Signing petitions |

|b. |Malingering |

|c. |Rebelling |

|d. |Running away |

|e. |Sabotaging |

REF: p. 491

92. Slaves could be manumitted by

|a. |marrying and fathering a child. |

|b. |killing an opponent in the annual games at the stadium. |

|c. |purchasing their freedom. |

|d. |pledging homage to the feudal lord. |

|e. |order of the Catholic Church. |

REF: p. 491

93. The castas of Latin America included mixed-race peoples such as

|a. |creoles and cajuns. |

|b. |aryans and assyrians. |

|c. |serbs and slavs. |

|d. |mestizos and mulattos. |

|e. |palenques and puccis. |

REF: p. 491

94. Why did Brazil develop more slowly than other areas of Latin America?

|a. |Difficulty to excavate the terrain. |

|b. |Significant indigenous population resistance to European assimilation. |

|c. |The Portuguese were interested in business empires, not conversion of natives. |

|d. |The local population was smaller and less urbanized, requiring a different labor structure. |

|e. |Brazil had no significant mineral wealth for exploitation. |

REF: p. 491

95. How did the English and French American colonies differ from the Spanish and Portuguese American colonies?

|a. |The Spanish and Portuguese forced their languages on the population. |

|b. |The English and French used direct government control to develop colonies. |

|c. |The Spanish and Portuguese ruled with "benign neglect." |

|d. |The English and French developed colonies through the efforts of private companies. |

|e. |They did not differ at all in their policies. |

REF: p. 492

96. One of the significant factors delaying English and French settlement of the Americas was

|a. |lack of participation in the sugar trade. |

|b. |their ongoing industrial revolution. |

|c. |involvement in the wars of religion during the Reformation. |

|d. |lack of access to the ocean. |

|e. |inferior shipbuilding capabilities. |

REF: p. 492

97. Within fifteen years of its settlement, the colony at Jamestown lost ____ percent of its population:

|a. |80 |

|b. |60 |

|c. |40 |

|d. |20 |

|e. |10 |

REF: p. 492

98. Which new form of compulsory labor was first introduced by the English in North America?

|a. |Black slave labor |

|b. |Amerindian slave labor |

|c. |Indentured servants |

|d. |The mita and encomienda |

|e. |The chinampa system |

REF: p. 492

99. In Virginia, colonial government consisted of a governor, his council, and representatives known as the

|a. |House of Payne. |

|b. |House of Burgesses. |

|c. |House of Lords. |

|d. |House of Elders. |

|e. |Assembly of Freemen. |

REF: p. 493

100. Which of the following is not one way that the Amerindian population reacted to the colonial economy?

|a. |They provided furs and deerskins to European traders. |

|b. |Amerindian hunting and gathering and agricultural practices were disrupted. |

|c. |They became dependent on European goods. |

|d. |The natural balance of plants and animals was disrupted. |

|e. |They eventually grew wealthy from this contact. |

REF: p. 493

101. The hybrid culture of Africa and American was most "standardized" by which language?

|a. |Bantu |

|b. |Swahili |

|c. |Gullah |

|d. |Sotho-Tswana |

|e. |Yoruba. |

REF: p. 493

102. Plantation economies grew all of the following labor intensive crops except

|a. |tobacco. |

|b. |cotton. |

|c. |rice. |

|d. |sugar. |

|e. |squash. |

REF: p. 493

103. The slave revolt that took place in 1739 in South Carolina was called

|a. |the Creole Rebellion. |

|b. |Gabriel's Rebellion. |

|c. |Nat Turner's Rebellion. |

|d. |the Taiping Rebellion. |

|e. |the Stono Rebellion. |

REF: p. 493

104. The two groups of Protestant dissenters that colonized New England were

|a. |Quakers and Shakers. |

|b. |Puritans and Pilgrims. |

|c. |Shakers and Mormons. |

|d. |Questers and Seekers. |

|e. |Congregationalists and Presbyterians. |

REF: p. 494

105. Why did Massachusetts have a lower mortality rate than southern and Caribbean colonies?

|a. |Massachusetts was more homogenous and less hierarchal. |

|b. |Massachusetts had more families and greater stability of population. |

|c. |Massachusetts had a nicer climate. |

|d. |Massachusetts relied on indentured servitude rather than slavery. |

|e. |Massachusetts was based on religion instead of commerce. |

REF: p. 494

106. Which of the following is true of the Puritans?

|a. |They wished to break from the Church of England. |

|b. |They wanted to establish a hierarchy of bishops and priests. |

|c. |Their efforts to reform the Church of England were welcomed. |

|d. |They welcomed Catholic as well as Jewish members. |

|e. |They were one of two groups of Protestant dissenters who colonized New England. |

REF: p. 494

107. One difference between northern and southern English colonies was that

|a. |northern colonies were more religious. |

|b. |southern economies were entirely based on plantations. |

|c. |northern economies were more commercially diverse. |

|d. |southern economies engaged in global trade. |

|e. |northern economies were free of Spanish influence. |

REF: p. 496

108. The first colony to have sole right to form a government as given by Britain was:

|a. |Massachusetts |

|b. |New York |

|c. |Virginia |

|d. |Pennsylvania |

|e. |Maryland |

REF: p. 496

109. The French settlements in America resembled Spanish and Portuguese colonies in that they wanted to

|a. |draft Amerindians for military service. |

|b. |extract resources and convert the population to Christianity. |

|c. |free the Amerindians from oppression by the Aztec kings. |

|d. |protect the environment while preserving Amerindian culture. |

|e. |do none of these; the French actually resembled the English more than they did the Spanish or Portuguese. |

REF: p. 496

110. The leaders of French expansion, the coureurs de bois, were

|a. |Jesuits converting natives. |

|b. |Indian fur traders. |

|c. |Frenchmen living among the natives. |

|d. |Englishmen who fought with the French. |

|e. |an elite French commando unit. |

REF: p. 496

111. The Amerindian enemies of the French were the

|a. |Algonquin. |

|b. |Iroquois. |

|c. |Huron. |

|d. |Cheyenne. |

|e. |Leni Lenape. |

REF: p. 496

112. In French Canada, Jesuit efforts to convert the native people to Christianity led to the

|a. |founding of schools, hospitals, and churches. |

|b. |Battle of Montreal. |

|c. |Great Schism. |

|d. |Amerindians being pushed to Puritanism. |

|e. |Stono Rebellion. |

REF: p. 497

113. The French and Indian War resulted in the

|a. |French losing Canada to the English. |

|b. |French losing Louisiana to Spain. |

|c. |Spanish losing Texas to France. |

|d. |Spanish losing Florida to the French. |

|e. |Both A and B |

REF: p. 498

114. Tupac Amaru II was

|a. |an Aztec god. |

|b. |a Brazilian rebel. |

|c. |a Peruvian Amerindian leader. |

|d. |a Mexican myth. |

|e. |an early Amerindian convert to Islam. |

REF: p. 499

115. The English Navigation Acts sought to

|a. |limit colonial trading and production competition. |

|b. |limit the colonial manufacture of ships. |

|c. |ban importation of the printing press to America. |

|d. |prevent the importation of slaves on slave ships. |

|e. |rechart the waters off the coast of North America. |

REF: p. 501

116. Although tobacco was a New World plant long used by Amerindians,

|a. |Europeans attempted to outlaw its use in America. |

|b. |it was Europeans who began growing the crop on large plantations. |

|c. |European diseases made the plant extinct. |

|d. |it never became popular in Europe because of its unhealthy effects. |

|e. |it was originally from Turkey. |

REF: p. 506

117. Chartered companies were

|a. |private investors with trade monopolies in colonies. |

|b. |maritime manufacturers of maps and charts. |

|c. |companies of missionaries and religious societies. |

|d. |groups of Amerindian investors who pooled money and resources. |

|e. |illegal in most European countries. |

REF: p. 506

118. Which of the following does not describe the Dutch West India Company?

|a. |It was never very profitable. |

|b. |It seized sugar-producing areas in Brazil. |

|c. |It shipped slaves to Brazil. |

|d. |It paid stockholders huge dividends. |

|e. |It was a private trading company. |

REF: p. 506

119. The expansion of sugar plantations in the West Indies required

|a. |a sharp increase in the African slave trade. |

|b. |an increase in arable land. |

|c. |new fertilizers and seeds. |

|d. |the creation of new markets among the Amerindians. |

|e. |government consultants to oversee farming. |

REF: p. 506-507

120. Which area best illustrates the dramatic transformation that sugar brought to the 17th century Caribbean?

|a. |Martinique |

|b. |The Bahamas |

|c. |Cuba |

|d. |Jamaica |

|e. |Barbados |

REF: p. 507

121. In the seventeenth-century Caribbean, indentured servants cost ____ as slaves.

|a. |twice as much |

|b. |three times as much |

|c. |half as much |

|d. |approximately the same |

|e. |four times as much |

REF: p. 507

122. The cultivation and production of sugar can best be described as

|a. |requiring farm methods only. |

|b. |requiring farm as well as factory production methods. |

|c. |requiring factory methods only. |

|d. |requiring little labor and high amounts of technology. |

|e. |simple and inexpensive. |

ANS: B REF: p. 509

123. How did France and England expand their Caribbean holdings?

|a. |making alliances with the indigenous tribes of the West Indies. |

|b. |By using the Atlantic Coast of North America as a base and launching coordinated stealth attacks. |

|c. |By attacking older Spanish colonies. |

|d. |By defeating the Portuguese. |

|e. |Bankrupting the Dutch West Indies Company and taking over their properties. |

REF: p. 508

124. The French plantation economies were considered "more diverse" because they also produced

|a. |coffee and cacao |

|b. |bananas and plantains |

|c. |molasses and rum. |

|d. |wine and cheese. |

|e. |jute and twine. |

REF: p. 509

125. Sugar plantations caused environmental damage through

|a. |the disposal of used canes. |

|b. |soil exhaustion and deforestation. |

|c. |supplying power for the mills. |

|d. |overfertilizing the fields. |

|e. |silting up of bays and estuaries. |

REF: p. 510

126. Where would slave children most likely be found working?

|a. |In the cane processing factories. |

|b. |tending to livestock. |

|c. |in "grass gangs" doing simple, lighter work. |

|d. |With their parents. |

|e. |Children were exempt from labor. |

REF: p. 510

127. On most islands, the percentage of slaves in the population was

|a. |35 percent. |

|b. |55 percent. |

|c. |75 percent. |

|d. |90 percent. |

|e. |20 percent. |

REF: p. 510

128. In the eighteenth century, West Indian plantations were controlled by a plantocracy,

|a. |a group of people concerned about the environment. |

|b. |a small number of rich men who owned the land and slaves. |

|c. |a group of botanists who encouraged the growth of new and exotic plants. |

|d. |a religious sect of Protestantism. |

|e. |none of these |

REF: p. 510

129. Men outnumbered women on Caribbean plantations because

|a. |twice as many men were imported. |

|b. |men lived much longer than women. |

|c. |women were not as strong as men. |

|d. |women were more susceptible to disease than men. |

|e. |women refused to consent to plantation work. |

REF: p. 510

130. "Drivers" were typically

|a. |white indentured servants. |

|b. |white overseers. |

|c. |free black overseers. |

|d. |male slaves. |

|e. |ship captains. |

REF: p. 510

131. Plantation slaves were motivated to work hard

|a. |to earn extra wages. |

|b. |because they were promised freedom. |

|c. |to escape punishment. |

|d. |because they were rewarded with extra food. |

|e. |because they were promised a share of the profits. |

REF: p. 511

132. Manumission permitted slaves to

|a. |sell their surplus produce or goods from their own work. |

|b. |have time off during certain religious holidays. |

|c. |purchase or receive their freedom from slavery. |

|d. |marry and not have families separated. |

|e. |switch job practices on the plantation. |

REF: p. 514

133. Life expectancy for nineteenth-century Brazilian male slaves was

|a. |10 years. |

|b. |23 years. |

|c. |39 years. |

|d. |50 years. |

|e. |65 years. |

REF: p. 512

134. Most slaves died of

|a. |poor nutrition. |

|b. |disease. |

|c. |overwork. |

|d. |abuse. |

|e. |accident. |

REF: p. 512

135. Which was NOT a method used to curtail African cultural traditions by European planters?

|a. |Learning colonial languages. |

|b. |Converting to Christianity |

|c. |Mixing slaves from different parts of Africa. |

|d. |Mandatory primary education. |

|e. |All of these. |

REF: p. 513

136. Among the planter elite in Saint Domingue, where would free blacks rank in the social hierarchy?

|a. |First. |

|b. |Second, after the grands blancs |

|c. |Third, after the petits blancs |

|d. |Fourth, after free whites |

|e. |Last; blacks were not accorded free status in Saint Domingue |

REF: p. 513

137. Which maroon community first signed treaties recognizing their independent status as runaway slaves?

|a. |Jamaican. |

|b. |Guianese |

|c. |Haitian |

|d. |Dominican |

|e. |Belize. |

REF: p. 515

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