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

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