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Question #1
 Native American religions were closely linked to
A.   the idea of apocalypse.
B.   human sacrifice.
C.   the natural world.
D.   visions from the world of spirits.
E.   ideas of male dominance.
Question #2
Regarding knowledge of the Americas prior to the fifteenth century, most Europeans
A.   were entirely unaware of the existence of the Americas.
B.   were aware of the travels of the Norse seaman Leif Eriksson in the eleventh century.
C.   had only heard of America from the travels of Marco Polo.
D.   assumed that the Americas were largely unpopulated.
E.   believed the Americas consisted of little more than several small islands.
Question #3
In the fifteenth century, slavery in Africa
A.   was made up of an exclusively African slave population.
B.   generally allowed certain legal protections for the enslaved.
C.   was introduced by Europeans.
D.   proscribed that children born of enslaved parents were also slaves.
E.   was considered a permanent condition for the enslaved individual.
Question #4
The cause of the failure of the Roanoke colony
A.   was a virulent malarial epidemic.
B.   was the death of the colony’s governor.
C.   deterred the English from another colonizing effort for forty years.
D.   is historically inconclusive.
E.   was a severe food shortage.
Question #5
From their colonial experiences in Ireland, the English concluded that
A.   military expenditures were fiscally wasteful.
B.   harsh treatment of indigenous populations could lead to rebellion.
C.   indigenous populations were essential as the major colonial labor source.
D.   English colonists should maintain rigid separation from an indigenous population.
E.   they should not try to convert indigenous peoples to English religious beliefs.
Question #6
In 1680, the Pueblo Indians rose in revolt against Spanish settlers after the Spanish
A.   attempted to convert the Pueblos to Catholicism.
B.   made efforts to suppress Indian religious rituals.
C.   began to export Pueblos out of the colony to be sold as slaves.
D.   banned intermarriage between Spaniards and Pueblos.
E.   demanded tribute from the Indians.
Question #7
In what chronological order, from earliest to latest, did European countries control the African slave trade?
A.   the Dutch, the English, the Spanish
B.   the Portuguese, the Dutch, the English
C.   the Portuguese, the Spanish, the Dutch
D.   the English, the Spanish, the Dutch
E.   the English, the Dutch, the Portuguese
Question #8
Which statement regarding the economic theory of mercantilism is FALSE?
A.   It increased competition among nations.
B.   It presumed that the world’s wealth was finite.
C.   It assumed that exporting goods was preferable to importing goods.
D.   It reduced the desire for nations to acquire and maintain colonies.
E.   Its principles spread throughout Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Question #9
Hernando Cortés’s conquest of the Aztecs in 1518 was made possible largely due to
A.   the Spanish co-opting the Aztec religion.
B.   political divisions within the Aztec leadership.
C.   the exposure of the Aztecs to smallpox.
D.   the brutality of the Spanish conquistadores.
E.   Spanish alliances with enemies of the Aztecs.
Question #10
The first truly complex society in the Americas was that of the,,
A.   Pueblo peoples.
B.   Inca.
C.   Olmecs.
D.   Aztecs.
E.   Maya.

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