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A.P U.S. History

First Quarter

Chapter 1

1._____ The nation that led the way for European expansion into the Americas was

|a. |France. |

|b. |England. |

|c. |China. |

|d. |Portugal. |

|e. |Spain |

2._____ The leading practitioners of human sacrifice in the Americas were the

|a. |Maya. |

|b. |Incas. |

|c. |Aztec. |

|d. |Olmec. |

|e. |Spaniards. |

3._____ The leader of the Aztecs at the time of their defeat in 1519 was

|a. |Atahualpa. |

|b. |Moctezuma. |

|c. |Tenochtitlan. |

|d. |Texcoco. |

|e. |Geronimo. |

4._____ The system of labor control that allowed a person to exploit the labor force for a certain period of time was called

|a. |hacienda. |

|b. |encomienda. |

|c. |bandeirante. |

|d. |requerimiento. |

|e. |casa grande |

5._____ The most devastating factor brought to the Americas by the Europeans was

|a. |the horse |

|b. |gunpowder. |

|c. |cannon. |

|d. |bronze weaponry. |

|e. |disease. |

6._____ Who of the following was the conqueror of the Inca empire?

|a. |Francisco Pizarro |

|b. |Hernán Cortés |

|c. |Francisco de Coronado |

|d. |Vasco da Gama |

|e. |Bishop de las Casas. |

7._____ Each of the following could be referred to as a conquistador except

|a. |Hernán Cortés. |

|b. |Francisco Pizarro. |

|c. |Vasco da Gama. |

|d. |Francisco de Coronado. |

|e. |Hernando de Soto |

8._____ The major reason that western Europe engaged in explorations in the fifteenth century was

|a. |the desire to spread Christianity. |

|b. |to control the oceans. |

|c. |to expand trade with the non-Christian world. |

|d. |to establish colonies. |

|e. |to escape the Black Death. |

9._____ The crusades influenced European expansion by

|a. |establishing permanent Christian control of the holy city of Jerusalem. |

|b. |demonstrating that the Arab nations of the East were weak and easily defeated. |

|c. |developing a colonial economic system based on the production of staple crops by slave labor. |

|d. |discouraging trade with Asian and African nations. |

|e. |providing slaves for the plantations in the Caribbean. |

10._____ Which of the following is true of the Atlantic slave trade in the late fifteenth century and thereafter?

|a. |Most slaves were taken by Europeans who raided coastal villages and enslaved the inhabitants. |

|b. |Slavery did not exist in Africa until the Europeans introduced it. |

|c. |Most slaves were first enslaved by other Africans and then were sold to European traders. |

|d. |The Portuguese opposed slavery and tried to prevent its extension to the New World. |

|e. |Most slaves were Native Americans. |

11._____ Which of the following was true of Christopher Columbus?

|a. |He was the first person to believe that the Earth is round. |

|b. |He was an Italian navigator whose four voyages to the West were financed by the Spanish. |

|c. |He accurately calculated the circumference of the Earth to be 26,000 miles. |

|d. |He received land, titles, and wealth from his discoveries and died the richest commoner in Europe. |

|e. |He rejected offers from England and Portugal to finance his voyages. |

12._____ Most European Christians viewed the Indians as

|a. |innocent, childlike people who should be left alone. |

|b. |descendants of the ancient survivors of the lost continent of Atlantis. |

|c. |subhuman, soulless devil worshippers. |

|d. |sophisticated people who were morally and ethically superior to the inhabitants of Asia and Europe. |

|e. |one of the lost tribes of Israel. |

13._____ The era of European exploration

|a. |brought previously isolated societies into contact with other nations and cultures. |

|b. |promoted peaceful and friendly relations between different ethnic groups. |

|c. |promoted religious toleration and ended the persecution of non-Christians around the globe. |

|d. |failed to spread technology. |

|e. |held no benefits to American Indians. |

14._____ The European nation that was the pioneer in the area of exploration was

|a. |Spain. |

|b. |Germany. |

|c. |Italy. |

|d. |France. |

|e. |Portugal |

15._____ The Olmec people of Mesoamerica were known for all of the following except

|a. |building the first pyramids. |

|b. |constructing ballparks. |

|c. |using terrace agriculture. |

|d. |developing a writing system and a calendar. |

|e. |building colossal stone heads. |

16._____ The Norse settlements founded in the 1000s on the coast of Newfoundland

|a. |exist into the present. |

|b. |endured until after Columbus's voyages. |

|c. |met no resistance from native Americans. |

|d. |brought African slavery to the Americas. |

|e. |died out before Columbus's voyages, and had no lasting impact on history. |

17._____What was Beringia?

a. a land bridge that connected Asia and Alaska

b. a type of warfare

c. a culture found in Mesoamerica

d. a type of crop

e. a Mesoamerica settlement

18._____This civilization was located on the Yucatan Peninsula

a. Aztec

b. Maya

c. Inca

d. Tolec

e. Anasazi

19._____This civilization located in Central Mexico

a. Aztec

b. Maya

c. Inca

d. Tolec

e. Anasazi

20._____Which of the following was not one of the Southwest Settlements?

a. Olmec

b. Hohokam

c. Anasazi,

d. Pueblos

21._____A political union of five independent tribes

a. Olmec Confederation

b. Anasazi Confederation

c. Cherokee Confederation

d. Sioux Confederation

e. Iroquois Confederation

22._____This civilization was one of the largest groups Southeast settlements

a. Olmec

b. Anasazi

c. Cherokee

d. Sioux

e. Iroquois

23._____This ranks as one of the most important events of all time

a. Age of Exploration

b. Protestant Reformation

c. Crusades

d. Columbian Exchange

e. Catholic Reformation

24._____The reclaiming of land from the Moors

a. Protestant Reformation

b. Reconquista

c. Crusades

d. Thirty Year War

e. Hundred Year War

25._____Land trading route was blocked in 1453 by the

a. Ottoman Turks

b. Seljuk Turks

c. Moors

d. Islamic nations

e. Saladin

26._____He reached the southern tip of Africa and named it the Cape of Storms

a. Christopher Columbus

b. Vassco da Gama

c. Bartholomeu Dias

d. Ferdinand Magellan

e. John Cabot

27._____ First European to reach India by sea

a. Christopher Columbus

b. Vassco da Gama

c. Bartholomeu Dias

d. Ferdinand Magellan

e. John Cabot

28._____A common culture and a common loyalty toward a central government

a. a city

b. a country

c. a nation-state

d. a civilization

e. a culture

29._____He was the first to realize the new land mass was not apart of Asia

a. Christopher Columbus

b. Vassco da Gama

c. Bartholomeu Dias

d. Ferdinand Magellan

e. Amerigo Vespucci

30._____This resolve the rivalry between Spain and Portugal in the New World

a. Thirty Year War

b. Protestant Reformation

c. the Reconquista

d. Line of Demarcation

e. Hundred Year War

31._____What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?

a. moved the Demarcation line west

b. allowed the Moors to occupy parts of Spain

c. granted land to France in exchange for shipping rights

d. brought religious toleration in Spain

e. brought religious toleration in Portugal

32._____What was the Encomienda System

a. a system based on the cooperation of the natives

b. a system of interracial marriages

c. a system to support plantation-based agriculture and mining

d. a system of trade between Spain and Portugal

33._____An an Italian who sailed for England, paved the way for England’s claim and colonization of North

America

a. Christopher Columbus

b. Giovani Salvador

c. John Cabot

d. Giuseppe Giovani

e. Christion Ronaldo

34._____He attempted to established settlements in 1587, one was the “Lost Colony”

a. John Cabot

b. Sir Walter Raleigh

c. William Penn

d. John Winthrop

e. William Bradford

35._____A priest who advocated better treatment for natives

a. Samuel de Champlain

b. Juan Gines de Sepuveda

c. Martin Luther

d. Bartolome de Las Casas

e. Jacques Cartier

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