Chapter 1 Quiz
The first truly complex society in the Americas was that of the
- Maya.
- Inca.
- Aztecs.
- Pueblo peoples.
- Olmecs.
Native American religions were closely linked to
- visions from the world of spirits.
- the natural world.
- human sacrifice.
- ideas of male dominance.
- the idea of apocalypse.
Regarding knowledge of the Americas prior to the fifteenth century, most Europeans
- were entirely unaware of the existence of the Americas.
- had only heard of America from the travels of Marco Polo.
- believed the Americas consisted of little more than several small islands.
- assumed that the Americas were largely unpopulated.
- were aware of the travels of the Norse seaman Leif Eriksson in the eleventh century.
In the fifteenth century, slavery in Africa
- was made up of an exclusively African slave population.
- was introduced by Europeans.
- generally allowed certain legal protections for the enslaved.
- proscribed that children born of enslaved parents were also slaves.
- was considered a permanent condition for the enslaved individual.
The cause of the failure of the Roanoke colony
- was the death of the colony’s governor.
- was a severe food shortage.
- was a virulent malarial epidemic.
- is historically inconclusive.
- deterred the English from another colonizing effort for forty years.
From their colonial experiences in Ireland, the English concluded that
- military expenditures were fiscally wasteful.
- indigenous populations were essential as the major colonial labor source.
- harsh treatment of indigenous populations could lead to rebellion.
- English colonists should maintain rigid separation from an indigenous population.
- they should not try to convert indigenous peoples to English religious beliefs.
In 1680, the Pueblo Indians rose in revolt against Spanish settlers after the Spanish
- attempted to convert the Pueblos to Catholicism.
- banned intermarriage between Spaniards and Pueblos.
- demanded tribute from the Indians.
- began to export Pueblos out of the colony to be sold as slaves.
- made efforts to suppress Indian religious rituals.
In what chronological order, from earliest to latest, did European countries control the African slave trade?
- the English, the Dutch, the Portuguese
- the Portuguese, the Dutch, the English
- the Portuguese, the Spanish, the Dutch
- the English, the Spanish, the Dutch
- the Dutch, the English, the Spanish
Which statement regarding the economic theory of mercantilism is FALSE?
- It reduced the desire for nations to acquire and maintain colonies.
- Its principles spread throughout Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
- It assumed that exporting goods was preferable to importing goods.
- It presumed that the world’s wealth was finite.
- It increased competition among nations.
Hernando Cortés’s conquest of the Aztecs in 1518 was made possible largely due to
- the Spanish co-opting the Aztec religion.
- Spanish alliances with enemies of the Aztecs.
- the brutality of the Spanish conquistadores.
- the exposure of the Aztecs to smallpox.
- political divisions within the Aztec leadership.
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