AMH 2010 FINAL EXAM ASSESSMENT TEST
2026 TESTED QUESTIONS WITH FULL
SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ What helps explain why Columbus' journey to the New World had
a larger influnce than the Vikings, who arrived centuries before?
Answer: The revolution in printing.
◉ Which of the following is true regarding King Ferdinand and
Queen Isabella's support of Columbus? Answer: They were in part
motivated by a larger policy of religious conformity and intolerance.
◉ Why did Columbus and his sponsors want to go west? Answer: To
find another route to Asia in order to prevent the Ottomans from
profiting from the west to east trade.
To trade for spices, which were important for use in food
preservation and religious rituals.
Because spices were lightweight and relatively profitable to
transport over long distances.
,◉ Who is Dr. Spencer Wells? Answer: A geneticist who investigates
early human migrations through DNA analysis.
◉ What is significant about Carapella's map? Answer: It provides a
glimpse at the diversity of Native American tribes.
◉ Which of the following is an element of historical thinking?
Answer: Considering the context (time and place) of events,
situations, and ideas in order to understand how and why such
events, situations, and ideas came to be.
◉ Which of the following is true? Answer: History is a dynamic field
in which new sources and new perspectives challenge what we
thought we knew about the past.
◉ Which of the following should be included in history essays or
discussion board posts? Answer: Specific details from specific
sources, which provide evidence to support your argument.
◉ Which of the following describes the Columbian Exchange?
Answer: It was the transfer of diseases, plants, and animals between
the Old World and the New World.
,Far more deadly diseases were transferred from the Old World to
the New World because of the Old World practice of domesticating
animals.
Its consequences are still visible today.
◉ The size of Tenochtitlan compared to European cities (in the early
1500s) suggests that... Answer: The Aztecs had a more advanced
civilization than Europeans gave them credit for
◉ Which of the following would be a good primary source to use for
researching the social relations of the Puritans who settled
Massachusetts in the 1630s? Answer: The record of the Trial and
Interrogation of Anne Hutchinson, from 1637, available online
through Swarthmore College,
http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bdorsey1/41docs/30-
hut.html.
◉ Who settled America first? Answer: People who had first travelled
out of Africa, across Asia, across the Bering Land Bridge, and then
down the West Coast and across the continents of the New World.
◉ Which of the following is a primary source that would be used to
investigate the rise of racial slavery in 17th century Virginia?
Answer: Virginia laws created in the 1660s and 1670s relating to
servants and slaves.
, ◉ Which of the following could be used as a primary source when
researching 20th century (1900s) American views of colonial
America? Answer: Disney's Pocahontas, 1995.
◉ MODULE 2 Answer:
◉ What did Dr. Jon Parmenter explain about the role that
Pocahontas had actually played? Answer: Pocahontas attempted to
mediate between the English and the Natives, and so did not intend
to betray her people by favoring the English.
◉ According to eminent historian Bernard Bailyn, how did the
Pilgrim's religious belief of a fated struggle against "agents of Satan"
influence their actions? Answer: The Pilgrims' brutality during the
Pequot War.
◉ Which side, as Bailyn points out, wanted to "wipe" their opponent
"off the map," thus expressing a goal of genocide? Answer: European
settlers.
◉ Who is Bernard Bailyn? Answer: The person who was interviewed
for the Smithsonian article and one of the most important historians
of early America.
2026 TESTED QUESTIONS WITH FULL
SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ What helps explain why Columbus' journey to the New World had
a larger influnce than the Vikings, who arrived centuries before?
Answer: The revolution in printing.
◉ Which of the following is true regarding King Ferdinand and
Queen Isabella's support of Columbus? Answer: They were in part
motivated by a larger policy of religious conformity and intolerance.
◉ Why did Columbus and his sponsors want to go west? Answer: To
find another route to Asia in order to prevent the Ottomans from
profiting from the west to east trade.
To trade for spices, which were important for use in food
preservation and religious rituals.
Because spices were lightweight and relatively profitable to
transport over long distances.
,◉ Who is Dr. Spencer Wells? Answer: A geneticist who investigates
early human migrations through DNA analysis.
◉ What is significant about Carapella's map? Answer: It provides a
glimpse at the diversity of Native American tribes.
◉ Which of the following is an element of historical thinking?
Answer: Considering the context (time and place) of events,
situations, and ideas in order to understand how and why such
events, situations, and ideas came to be.
◉ Which of the following is true? Answer: History is a dynamic field
in which new sources and new perspectives challenge what we
thought we knew about the past.
◉ Which of the following should be included in history essays or
discussion board posts? Answer: Specific details from specific
sources, which provide evidence to support your argument.
◉ Which of the following describes the Columbian Exchange?
Answer: It was the transfer of diseases, plants, and animals between
the Old World and the New World.
,Far more deadly diseases were transferred from the Old World to
the New World because of the Old World practice of domesticating
animals.
Its consequences are still visible today.
◉ The size of Tenochtitlan compared to European cities (in the early
1500s) suggests that... Answer: The Aztecs had a more advanced
civilization than Europeans gave them credit for
◉ Which of the following would be a good primary source to use for
researching the social relations of the Puritans who settled
Massachusetts in the 1630s? Answer: The record of the Trial and
Interrogation of Anne Hutchinson, from 1637, available online
through Swarthmore College,
http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bdorsey1/41docs/30-
hut.html.
◉ Who settled America first? Answer: People who had first travelled
out of Africa, across Asia, across the Bering Land Bridge, and then
down the West Coast and across the continents of the New World.
◉ Which of the following is a primary source that would be used to
investigate the rise of racial slavery in 17th century Virginia?
Answer: Virginia laws created in the 1660s and 1670s relating to
servants and slaves.
, ◉ Which of the following could be used as a primary source when
researching 20th century (1900s) American views of colonial
America? Answer: Disney's Pocahontas, 1995.
◉ MODULE 2 Answer:
◉ What did Dr. Jon Parmenter explain about the role that
Pocahontas had actually played? Answer: Pocahontas attempted to
mediate between the English and the Natives, and so did not intend
to betray her people by favoring the English.
◉ According to eminent historian Bernard Bailyn, how did the
Pilgrim's religious belief of a fated struggle against "agents of Satan"
influence their actions? Answer: The Pilgrims' brutality during the
Pequot War.
◉ Which side, as Bailyn points out, wanted to "wipe" their opponent
"off the map," thus expressing a goal of genocide? Answer: European
settlers.
◉ Who is Bernard Bailyn? Answer: The person who was interviewed
for the Smithsonian article and one of the most important historians
of early America.
