TEXAS TECH HISTORY 2300 FINAL
EXAM AND ALL CORRECT ANSWERS.
The people who arrived in North America during Prehistory:
A. We’re not really quite human, as we would understand it. If we met them today, we would
not consider them to be like ourselves.
B. Were capable of traveling long distances, organizing trade, and creating sophisticated art.
C. Were probably farmers, who lived primarily by growing crops such as corn and pumpkins and
probably hunted only rarely.
D. Probably arrived by only one means: by crossing the land bridge ("Beringia") between
present-day Siberia and Alaska - Answer B. Were capable of traveling long distances,
organizing trade, and creating sophisticated art.
Why did Columbus discover America?
A. He was lucky enough to stumble upon it by accident, while trying to get somewhere else.
B. He had deduced it was there by examining tides and wind patterns.
C. He had learned about it by reading old Viking records.
D. He was a better sailor and a smarter explorer than anyone before him. - Answer A. He was
lucky enough to stumble upon it by accident, while trying to get somewhere else.
Which of these is NOT a result of the Columbian Exchange?
A. Indian Corn
B. Navajo wool rugs
C. Irish potatoes
D. German Chocolate - Answer A. Indian Corn
Which of these is NOT a reason that the Spanish were able to conquer the Aztecs?
A. They had local allies, who wanted to see the Aztec's overthrown.
B. Their European fighting style and weaponry happened to be very effective against the Aztec
fighting style and weaponry.
C. They were more technologically-advanced in general.
D. They brought deadly diseases. - Answer A. They had local allies, who wanted to see the
Aztec's overthrown.
What were the colonies primarily for, as far as Europe was concerned?
A. To spread human civilization to places where it had never been before.
, B. To give new opportunities to Europe's poor.
C. To plant new societies, and then make them independent in due time.
D. To enrich the mother country with money, trade goods, raw materials, etc. - Answer D. To
enrich the mother country with money, trade goods, raw materials, etc.
Which of these was NOT generally a characteristic of Spanish colonies in the America's?
A. An economy based on raising Merino sheep for their fine wool.
B. Many soldiers and Catholic missionaries, but relatively few families.
C. Intermarriage between the Spanish and the native peoples, leading to a complex racial
hierarchy.
D. Conversion of the native peoples to Catholicism as an official goal of the colonies. - Answer
A. An economy based on raising Merino sheep for their fine wool.
What was the "Black Legend"?
A. The part of a map which explained the map's symbols, traditionally printed in black ink.
B. The theory, rejected and called a "legend" by many theologians, that our prehuman ancestors
came from Africa.
C. The perception, encouraged by the English, that the Spanish were inhumanly cruel in their
colonial policies.
D. The pro-slavery argument that people of African descent are inferior, and should therefore be
enslaved for their own good. - Answer C. The perception, encourage by the English, that the
Spanish were inhumanly cruel in their colonial policies.
What was life like in the Caribbean and Deep South Zone of English settlement?
A. Very harsh, very low literacy, very short life expectancy, very few towns or families.
B. Hard work, literacy among the clergy only, good life expectancy, many missions and
monasteries but few families.
C. Hard work, very high literacy, good life expectancy, many towns and a large middle class.
D. Little work required to raise crops, high levels of literacy (lots of free time for reading), many
towns and schools. - Answer A. Very harsh, very low literacy, very short life expectancy, very
few towns or families.
What was the result of Bacon's Rebellion and King Philip's War (aka Metacom's Rebellion)?
A. Books were written in England and the colonies, arguing fiercely over what these conflicts
should be called.
B. The elites and the corrupt governor were expelled from Virginia, resulting in the first true
democracy.
C. Perceptions of race were changed in the English colonies, paving the way for brutal Indian
removal and racial slavery.
EXAM AND ALL CORRECT ANSWERS.
The people who arrived in North America during Prehistory:
A. We’re not really quite human, as we would understand it. If we met them today, we would
not consider them to be like ourselves.
B. Were capable of traveling long distances, organizing trade, and creating sophisticated art.
C. Were probably farmers, who lived primarily by growing crops such as corn and pumpkins and
probably hunted only rarely.
D. Probably arrived by only one means: by crossing the land bridge ("Beringia") between
present-day Siberia and Alaska - Answer B. Were capable of traveling long distances,
organizing trade, and creating sophisticated art.
Why did Columbus discover America?
A. He was lucky enough to stumble upon it by accident, while trying to get somewhere else.
B. He had deduced it was there by examining tides and wind patterns.
C. He had learned about it by reading old Viking records.
D. He was a better sailor and a smarter explorer than anyone before him. - Answer A. He was
lucky enough to stumble upon it by accident, while trying to get somewhere else.
Which of these is NOT a result of the Columbian Exchange?
A. Indian Corn
B. Navajo wool rugs
C. Irish potatoes
D. German Chocolate - Answer A. Indian Corn
Which of these is NOT a reason that the Spanish were able to conquer the Aztecs?
A. They had local allies, who wanted to see the Aztec's overthrown.
B. Their European fighting style and weaponry happened to be very effective against the Aztec
fighting style and weaponry.
C. They were more technologically-advanced in general.
D. They brought deadly diseases. - Answer A. They had local allies, who wanted to see the
Aztec's overthrown.
What were the colonies primarily for, as far as Europe was concerned?
A. To spread human civilization to places where it had never been before.
, B. To give new opportunities to Europe's poor.
C. To plant new societies, and then make them independent in due time.
D. To enrich the mother country with money, trade goods, raw materials, etc. - Answer D. To
enrich the mother country with money, trade goods, raw materials, etc.
Which of these was NOT generally a characteristic of Spanish colonies in the America's?
A. An economy based on raising Merino sheep for their fine wool.
B. Many soldiers and Catholic missionaries, but relatively few families.
C. Intermarriage between the Spanish and the native peoples, leading to a complex racial
hierarchy.
D. Conversion of the native peoples to Catholicism as an official goal of the colonies. - Answer
A. An economy based on raising Merino sheep for their fine wool.
What was the "Black Legend"?
A. The part of a map which explained the map's symbols, traditionally printed in black ink.
B. The theory, rejected and called a "legend" by many theologians, that our prehuman ancestors
came from Africa.
C. The perception, encouraged by the English, that the Spanish were inhumanly cruel in their
colonial policies.
D. The pro-slavery argument that people of African descent are inferior, and should therefore be
enslaved for their own good. - Answer C. The perception, encourage by the English, that the
Spanish were inhumanly cruel in their colonial policies.
What was life like in the Caribbean and Deep South Zone of English settlement?
A. Very harsh, very low literacy, very short life expectancy, very few towns or families.
B. Hard work, literacy among the clergy only, good life expectancy, many missions and
monasteries but few families.
C. Hard work, very high literacy, good life expectancy, many towns and a large middle class.
D. Little work required to raise crops, high levels of literacy (lots of free time for reading), many
towns and schools. - Answer A. Very harsh, very low literacy, very short life expectancy, very
few towns or families.
What was the result of Bacon's Rebellion and King Philip's War (aka Metacom's Rebellion)?
A. Books were written in England and the colonies, arguing fiercely over what these conflicts
should be called.
B. The elites and the corrupt governor were expelled from Virginia, resulting in the first true
democracy.
C. Perceptions of race were changed in the English colonies, paving the way for brutal Indian
removal and racial slavery.
