Module 1 – Exam – Chapters 1-4
1. Which of the following groups lived in what
is now known as the Four Corners region of the United States?
A.
Woodlands
B.
Hohokam
C.
Anasazi
D.
Aztecs
2. The distinctive feature of Iroquois and
Huron architecture was not the temple mound, but the
A.
pueblo.
B.
tepee.
C.
longhouse.
D.
wigwam.
3. About 15,000 years ago B.P., which land
bridge was used by migrants to cross between Siberia and Alaska?
A.
Bering Strait
B.
Alaskan Strait
C.
Siberian Strait
D.
Straits of Asia
4. Recently, scholars have begun to find
evidence of incredible manipulations of landscapes and environments in the
least likely of places,
A.
the canyons of the Southwest.
B.
the area now known as Mexico City.
C.
the Amazon rainforest.
D.
the Subarctic.
5. Most modern archeologists would agree that
the earliest inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere came from which of the
following areas of the world?
A.
Europe
B.
South America
C.
Asia
D.
the Arctic
6. The Mississippian people were
from the:
A.
Eastern Woodlands.
B.
Pacific Northwest.
C.
Great Plains.
D.
Great Basin.
7. The Columbian Exchange was _____.
A.
the ecological transformation which resulted from European contact with
the Americas
B.
a deal between Spaniards and conquered subjects
of the Aztecs for the Spaniards to help those subjects from Aztec rule in
exchange for allowing Spanish settlement
C.
a deal between Spain and Portugal exchanging
Portugal's rights to colonize in the Americas for Spain's rights to colonize in
East Asia
D.
the cultural interaction between Europeans and
indigenous Americans
8. Which of the following, built
around 1300, contained more than 2,000 rooms and had a water and sewage removal
system?
A.
Navajos
B.
Anasazi
C.
Paquime
D.
Pueblos
9. The early Native peoples who
inhabited most of present-day Canada and Alaska, survived mostly by hunting and
fishing.
A.
True
B.
False
10. Today it is generally believed that there
were fewer Native Americans when the Europeans arrived than there were a
century later.
A.
True
B.
False
11. In an effort to ensure that
his American colonies contributed to England's prosperity, King Charles II
initiated a series of regulations known as the:
A.
mercantile regulations.
B.
Navigation Acts.
C.
"tariff and tax" laws.
D.
Neutrality Acts.
12. Which of the following most
characterized the Virginia colony in its first two decades?
A.
the profitability of the Virginia company due to
the tobacco boom
B.
political stability due to the representative
assembly
C.
Indian wars
D.
high death rate
13. Puritans were the first
English colonizers.
A.
True
B.
False
14. As of the sixteenth century,
Europeans had generally built up a greater immunity to smallpox than had the
Native Americans.
A.
True
B.
False
15. The English Reformation
began with a political dispute between king and pope not with a religious
dispute over matters of theology.
A.
True
B.
False
16. The first European power to
explore North America's interior were the:
A.
English.
B.
Spanish.
C.
French.
D.
Dutch.
17. When Europeans arrived in North America,
native tribes were generally able to unite in opposition to white encroachments
on their land.
A.
True
B.
False
18. What created the conditions
of unrest in the Chesapeake that led to local rebellions?
A.
religious persecution
B.
a sharp rise in the death rate
C.
political oppression
D.
diminishing economic opportunity
19. Portuguese exploration of
the late fifteenth century concentrated on finding a route to the Orient by
sailing around Africa.
A.
True
B.
False
20. The horse, oranges, and bananas were three
New World products introduced to Europe.
A.
True
B.
False
21. The early Spanish settlers were successful
at establishing plantations, but not at finding gold or silver.
A.
True
B.
False
22. After 1680, Chesapeake planters began to
rely more heavily on African slave labor than on indentured white servants for
all of the following reasons EXCEPT that:
A.
declining death rates made slaves more
profitable than indentured servants.
B.
the flow of white servant immigrants was falling
off.
C.
the pool of available African labor was
widening.
D.
whites were developing a more egalitarian society.
23. Cortés might not have been
able to defeat the Aztecs had it not been for an epidemic of smallpox that
decimated the native population.
A.
True
B.
False
24. Which of the following is
the best description of a "headright"?
A.
the right of a free settler or sponsor of immigrants to receive 50
acres per person or head
B.
the recognized right of the gentry class to rule
C.
the right, according to European diplomacy, of
the first nation to colonize a river valley to claim all adjacent lands up to
its headwaters
D.
the absolute property right, according to
English law, of a head of a household over his wife, children, servants, and
slaves
25. The English mainland colonies of North
America received most of their slaves directly from:
A.
Africa.
B.
Brazil.
C.
the West Indies.
D.
Portugal.
26. All the following factors explain why Spain
conquered the Americas so rapidly, EXCEPT:
A.
the weakening of native peoples by exposure to
European infections.
B.
the persistent Indian belief that the Spanish were "gods."
C.
political disunity within American native
empires.
D.
Spanish technological superiority in the form of
ships and guns.
27. The first English attempt to
colonize the New World failed. This attempt was led by:
A.
Gilbert.
B.
Fitzgerald.
C.
Raleigh.
D.
Hakluyt.
28. Which Spanish explorer led
the first official expedition to the North American mainland?
A.
Pánfilo de Narváez
B.
Ponce de León
C.
Alvar Nú–ez Cabeza de Vaca
D.
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
29. What was the precedent set by the English
colonization of Ireland?
A.
that a nearby domain was fair game for conquest
B.
that Catholics had a perfect right in the name
of the church to conquer Protestants
C.
that an inferior race could justifiably be brutally repressed
D.
that if the Spanish could attempt an attack on
the English, the English could respond with an attack on the Irish
30. The Portuguese contributions
to the European impact on the Americas included all of the following EXCEPT:
A.
their leadership in expanding knowledge of the
geography of the Atlantic.
B.
their skills in ship design and oceanic
navigation.
C.
the routes for trade opened by Dias and da Gama.
D.
the patterns for trade in African slaves.
31. Columbus succeeded in
reaching the Americas because:
A.
he was one of the few Europeans who believed the
world was round.
B.
he grossly underestimated the distance from Europe to the Indies.
C.
he convinced the Spanish monarchs to underwrite
a fleet of the largest vessels of that day.
D.
the Spanish reconquista had failed, and Spain
needed a different enterprise.
32. Columbus mistakenly labeled
the Taino people "Indians," believing that:
A.
the natives of the Americas originally came from
India rather than Siberia.
B.
he had reached the East Indies.
C.
he had reached the West Indies.
D.
he had reached India.
33. What momentous event, which
occurred throughout Europe, distracted England from pursuing empire in the
1500s?
A.
the Reformation
B.
the Revolution
C.
the Renaissance
D.
the Reconnaissance
34. The economic and social
system of the Spanish empire rested on all of the following EXCEPT:
A.
sugar.
B.
spices.
C.
silver.
D.
slavery.
35. Changes in European society
that galvanized the expansion of European peoples and cultures after 1450
included all the following EXCEPT:
A.
technological advances in seafaring and
weaponry.
B.
a deflationary spiral that dried up sources of capital.
C.
political centralization.
D.
religious strife.
36. Life expectancy in New
England was higher than in England and in the rest of British North America.
A.
True
B.
False
37. Which of the following was NOT one of the
ways that the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay differed from the Pilgrims of
Plymouth?
A.
The Puritans felt a sense of mission to reform
England.
B.
The Puritans were simpler, less educated folk.
C.
The Puritans remained within the established
Church of England.
D.
The Puritans carried with them a Crown charter
for their enterprise.
38. Which of the following was NOT included in
Penn's vision for his colony?
A.
displacing the savage Indians
B.
providing a refuge for Quakers from England and
elsewhere
C.
establishing a model society to reform the
failings of Europe
D.
generating rental revenue for himself
39. The Puritan belief that God
was in control of history fueled a zeal to improve society. This belief is
known as:
A.
divine sovereign grace.
B.
the Protestant Reformation.
C.
the calling to conversion.
D.
predestination.
40. By 1700, the North American
colonies:
A.
were centralizing political power in the office
of the royal governor.
B.
were becoming permanent, firmly-rooted societies.
C.
enjoyed stable subsistence economies.
D.
had learned to accommodate to cultural
differences in ethnicity and religion.
41. When the English took New
Amsterdam, they were able to quickly rid the colony of Dutch influences.
A.
True
B.
False
42. In the early 1600s, migrants
to New England differed from those who went to the Chesapeake in that:
A.
New England settlement was sponsored by
individual proprietors.
B.
New England immigrants tended to be motivated by
a desire for wealth.
C.
New Englanders immigrated in family groups.
D.
in the harsher climate of New England, new
arrivals often succumbed to disease and death.
43. Immigration was the most
important factor accounting for New England's colonial population growth.
A.
True
B.
False
44. In the early decades of New
England settlement, new colonies in adjacent areas were often founded because
of:
A.
religious differences.
B.
overcrowding in the older towns.
C.
the opportunities of the fertile frontier lands.
D.
imperial ambitions.
45. Roger Williams insisted that the land on
which Massachusetts was settled belonged to the Indians, not to the king.
A.
True
B.
False
46. The description of
Massachusetts Bay Colony using the biblical metaphor of a "city upon a
hill" relates to the Puritan founders' idea that the colony should:
A.
be separate from the world.
B.
be located on a readily defensible site.
C.
be a refuge for all religious dissenters.
D.
serve as an example to the world.
47. What was Anne Hutchinson's
heresy?
A.
She embraced controversial positions on doctrine and shared these ideas
with others.
B.
She performed witchcraft against the minister,
John Cotton.
C.
She professed herself to be a midwife.
D.
She allied herself with Indians on Long Island.
48. This chapter tells the story
of the French activities in North America to make the point that:
A.
the English were relative latecomers to the
colonizing business in North America.
B.
the Spanish and English were not the only
European powers colonizing the Americas.
C.
while the French provide a model for exploitative commercial
penetration of North America, the English in New England demonstrate that
religion could be an equally powerful motivator.
D.
while the French gained a foothold especially
through the work of the Jesuits, their settlers were few in comparison with the
English Calvinists who settled New England.
49. Although the inhabitants of
the mid-Atlantic colonies enjoyed more secure lives than did most southern
colonials, they lacked the common bonds that lent stability to early New
England.
A.
True
B.
False
50. William Penn and the Quakers
differed from the Puritans of New England in their belief that:
A.
the government should be based on equality and
consent.
B.
the government should promote morality by
passing laws.
C.
a model society could be created in America.
D.
the state should guarantee all inhabitants freedom of worship.
