History 101 - United States History to 1877 » 2019 » Chapter 1 Quiz

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

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