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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Test Bank for The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society: Concise
Edition, Volume 1, 8th Edition
Author: Gary B. Nash
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Chapter 1. Ancient America and Africa
Chapter 2. Europeans and Africans Reach the Americas
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Chapter 3. Colonizing a Continent in the Seventeenth Century
Chapter 4. The Maturing of Colonial Society
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Chapter 5. Bursting the Bonds of Empire
Chapter 6. A People in Revolution
Chapter 7. Creating a Nation
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Chapter 8. Currents of Change in the Northeast and the Old Northwest
Chapter 9. Slavery and the Old South
A
Chapter 10. Shaping America in the Antebellum Age
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Chapter 11. Moving West
B
Chapter 12. The Union in Peril
Chapter 13. The Civil War
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Chapter 14. The Union Reconstructed
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Key: Answer, Type, Learning Objective, Level
Type
A=Applied
C=Conceptual
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F=Factual
Level
(1)=Easy; (2)=Moderate; (3)=Difficult
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LO=Learning Objective
Multiple Choice Single Select
M/C Question 1
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Many ancient humans migrated to the Americas over a
a) wooden bridge.
b) land bridge.
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c) volcanic crater.
d) cobblestone road.
ANS: b
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Skill=Factual, Objective=1.1: Recall the extraordinary diversity of cultures in the Americas
in the centuries prior to Columbus's arrival, Topic=The Peoples of America Before
Columbus, Difficulty=Easy
M/C Question 2
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As a result of the development of agriculture in the Americas, the members of native tribes
a) abandoned regional trading networks.
b) engaged solely in agricultural tasks.
c) lost faith in religious leaders.
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d) grew in numbers and founded separate societies.
ANS: d
Skill=Apply, Objective=1.1: Recall the extraordinary diversity of cultures in the Americas
in the centuries prior to Columbus's arrival, Topic=The Peoples of America Before
Columbus, Difficulty=Moderate
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M/C Question 3
The Spanish encountered the Aztec people in Mexico in the year
a) 1492.
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b) 1519.
c) 1545.
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d) 1619.
ANS: b
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, Skill=Factual, Objective=1.1: Recall the extraordinary diversity of cultures in the Americas
in the centuries prior to Columbus's arrival, Topic=The Peoples of America Before
Columbus, Difficulty=Easy
M/C Question 4
The Aztecs, one of the Meso-American empires, created a(n)
a) empire that controlled a population estimated at between 100 and 200 million people.
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b) highly unstratified society.
c) capital city that amazed the Spanish with its poverty.
d) sophisticated agricultural system.
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ANS: d
Difficulty=Moderate, Skill=Understand, Objective=1.1: Recall the extraordinary diversity
of cultures in the Americas in the centuries prior to Columbus's arrival, Topic=The Peoples
of America Before Columbus
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M/C Question 5
The Pueblo people of the American Southwest, encountered by the Spanish in the 1540s,
a) built ceremonial mounds on which to worship their gods.
b) failed to develop agricultural techniques suitable for their arid environment.
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c) used irrigation canals, dams, and hillside terracing to water their arid maize fields.
d) made their clothing and utensils from buffalo hides and bones.
ANS: c
AP
Skill=Understand, , Objective=1.1: Recall the extraordinary diversity of cultures in the
Americas in the centuries prior to Columbus's arrival , Topic=The Peoples of America
Before Columbus, Difficulty=Moderate
PR
M/C Question 6
In the seventeenth century, European explorers in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys were
amazed to find
a) the remnants of ancient European visitors.
b) Native Americans living as forest primitives.
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c) hundreds of large ceremonial mounds.
d) a highly developed and far-flung Indian society.
ANS: c
Objective=1.1: Recall the extraordinary diversity of cultures in the Americas in the
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centuries prior to Columbus's arrival, Topic=The Peoples of America Before Columbus,
Difficulty=Moderate, , Skill=Understand
M/C Question 7
Archaeological studies of the Mound Builders suggest that Native American
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a) loss of population and land accompanying the western migration of Europeans was
inevitable.
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b) settlements of the Atlantic seaboard represented the highest levels of pre-Columbian
development.
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OV
PR
AP
?_
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UV
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Test Bank for The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society: Concise
Edition, Volume 1, 8th Edition
Author: Gary B. Nash
ST
Chapter 1. Ancient America and Africa
Chapter 2. Europeans and Africans Reach the Americas
UV
Chapter 3. Colonizing a Continent in the Seventeenth Century
Chapter 4. The Maturing of Colonial Society
K
Chapter 5. Bursting the Bonds of Empire
Chapter 6. A People in Revolution
Chapter 7. Creating a Nation
IA
N
Chapter 8. Currents of Change in the Northeast and the Old Northwest
Chapter 9. Slavery and the Old South
A
Chapter 10. Shaping America in the Antebellum Age
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Chapter 11. Moving West
B
Chapter 12. The Union in Peril
Chapter 13. The Civil War
AP
Chapter 14. The Union Reconstructed
ST
PR
E
T
OV
ED
? ?
, Chapter 1
Key: Answer, Type, Learning Objective, Level
Type
A=Applied
C=Conceptual
ST
F=Factual
Level
(1)=Easy; (2)=Moderate; (3)=Difficult
UV
LO=Learning Objective
Multiple Choice Single Select
M/C Question 1
IA
Many ancient humans migrated to the Americas over a
a) wooden bridge.
b) land bridge.
?_
c) volcanic crater.
d) cobblestone road.
ANS: b
AP
Skill=Factual, Objective=1.1: Recall the extraordinary diversity of cultures in the Americas
in the centuries prior to Columbus's arrival, Topic=The Peoples of America Before
Columbus, Difficulty=Easy
M/C Question 2
PR
As a result of the development of agriculture in the Americas, the members of native tribes
a) abandoned regional trading networks.
b) engaged solely in agricultural tasks.
c) lost faith in religious leaders.
OV
d) grew in numbers and founded separate societies.
ANS: d
Skill=Apply, Objective=1.1: Recall the extraordinary diversity of cultures in the Americas
in the centuries prior to Columbus's arrival, Topic=The Peoples of America Before
Columbus, Difficulty=Moderate
ED
M/C Question 3
The Spanish encountered the Aztec people in Mexico in the year
a) 1492.
?
b) 1519.
c) 1545.
?
d) 1619.
ANS: b
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, Skill=Factual, Objective=1.1: Recall the extraordinary diversity of cultures in the Americas
in the centuries prior to Columbus's arrival, Topic=The Peoples of America Before
Columbus, Difficulty=Easy
M/C Question 4
The Aztecs, one of the Meso-American empires, created a(n)
a) empire that controlled a population estimated at between 100 and 200 million people.
ST
b) highly unstratified society.
c) capital city that amazed the Spanish with its poverty.
d) sophisticated agricultural system.
UV
ANS: d
Difficulty=Moderate, Skill=Understand, Objective=1.1: Recall the extraordinary diversity
of cultures in the Americas in the centuries prior to Columbus's arrival, Topic=The Peoples
of America Before Columbus
IA
M/C Question 5
The Pueblo people of the American Southwest, encountered by the Spanish in the 1540s,
a) built ceremonial mounds on which to worship their gods.
b) failed to develop agricultural techniques suitable for their arid environment.
?_
c) used irrigation canals, dams, and hillside terracing to water their arid maize fields.
d) made their clothing and utensils from buffalo hides and bones.
ANS: c
AP
Skill=Understand, , Objective=1.1: Recall the extraordinary diversity of cultures in the
Americas in the centuries prior to Columbus's arrival , Topic=The Peoples of America
Before Columbus, Difficulty=Moderate
PR
M/C Question 6
In the seventeenth century, European explorers in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys were
amazed to find
a) the remnants of ancient European visitors.
b) Native Americans living as forest primitives.
OV
c) hundreds of large ceremonial mounds.
d) a highly developed and far-flung Indian society.
ANS: c
Objective=1.1: Recall the extraordinary diversity of cultures in the Americas in the
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centuries prior to Columbus's arrival, Topic=The Peoples of America Before Columbus,
Difficulty=Moderate, , Skill=Understand
M/C Question 7
Archaeological studies of the Mound Builders suggest that Native American
?
a) loss of population and land accompanying the western migration of Europeans was
inevitable.
?
b) settlements of the Atlantic seaboard represented the highest levels of pre-Columbian
development.
72
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