FRAMING AMERICA, 3rd edition
TEST BANK
CHAPTER 1: Art and Conquest
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. The first Europeans to establish a permanent foothold on the North American continent
were:
a) the English
b) the Spanish
c) the French
d) the Dutch
e) the Italians
2. In his publications of the late 16th century, Theodore de Bry presented the people of the
Americas as:
a) exotic
b) innocent
c) savage
d) heathen
e) all of the above
3. The Aztec center of Tenochtitlan was:
a) a relatively small city with simple dwellings of wood and stone
b) a major urban center the size of contemporary London with massive stone temples and
elaborate palaces and residential neighborhoods
c) a major urban center the size of contemporary London composed of one-story
structures
d) a site only for worship containing only religious structures
e) a distribution center for goods from the surrounding region, with only a small
permanent population
4. Aztec objects made of gold and silver were received in Europe with:
a) indifference
b) a sense that the Aztecs had little artistic skill
c) great admiration by the King’s court and artists
d) great admiration by the King’s court but not by artists
e) outrage by all at the heathen imagery
5. The Spanish were able to defeat the Aztecs because of:
a) the indecision of the Aztec leader Motecuhzoma II
b) their superior weaponry
c) their Aztec translator La Malinche or Doña Marina
d) their Tlaxcalan allies
e) all of the above
6. The most visible statements of Christianity in New Spain were:
a) mission churches
, b) mendicant friars
c) prayer books
d) images of Christ made of tropical bird feathers
e) silver chalices
7. The Pueblo cultures are located in:
a) the southern portion of what is now California
b) present-day New Mexico, northern Mexico, and some parts of Colorado and Arizona
c) southern Georgia
d) just north of Mexico City
e) northern Florida
8. Which of these people’s ancestors left arguably the most impressive architectural remains?
a) The Anasazi
b) The Mogollon
c) The Hohokam
d) The Hohokam and Mogollon
e) The remains of all three are nearly identical
9. The Franciscans who arrived at Pueblo settlements in the late 16th century were disturbed
by:
a) the hygiene of the people
b) the inclusion of sexual imagery in their art
c) Pueblo hunting practices
d) the design of Pueblo houses
e) the Pueblo diet
10. 18th-century mission churches in Pueblo regions were influenced by:
a) European architectural traditions only
b) Pueblo architectural traditions only
c) European and Pueblo architectural traditions
d) Apache architectural traditions
e) no prior architectural traditions—they were a totally new building type
11. The explorations of the French down the Mississippi river at the end of the 17th century
caused the Spanish to send soldiers and missionaries into:
a) Texas
b) New Mexico
c) Oklahoma
d) Florida
e) Colorado
12. The Spanish first explored the coast of California as early as:
a) the late 15th century
b) the early 16th century
c) the late 16th century
d) the 17th century
e) the 18th century
,13. The Franciscan friars in California:
a) respected the culture of the Native peoples
b) attempted to alter completely the social relations and spiritual beliefs of the Native
peoples
c) slaughtered many Native peoples in a series of escalating battles
d) converted only those Native peoples who asked to be converted
e) lived in complete isolation from all Native peoples
14. Who were probably the first Europeans to explore North America?
a) Norse sailors
b) The French
c) The Dutch
d) The English
e) The Spanish
15. The shells used to create wampum belts were replaced by European:
a) metal discs
b) wooden slats
c) gold beads
d) cloth strips
e) glass beads
16. The emphasis of early French settlements in the 16th century was on:
a) farming
b) mining
c) fur-trading
d) hunting
e) textile production
17. Birch-bark was used by the Native peoples of New France to make:
a) canoes
b) dwellings
c) storage containers
d) cooking containers
e) all of the above
18. The majority of French colonizers in the 17th and early 18th century settled in the area now
known as:
a) The St Lawrence River Valley
b) Louisiana
c) The Great Lakes
d) Massachusetts
e) The Ohio River Valley
19. The Mississippian culture flourished in the period:
a) 400–700 CE
b) 600–800 CE
c) 800–1500 CE
d) 1600–1700 CE
, e) 1700–1800 CE
20. A Native American animal hide painted with geometric, abstract designs is an indication
that:
a) the hide was influenced by European fashion
b) the hide was probably painted by a woman
c) the hide came from the Mississippi Valley
d) the hide was probably painted by a man
e) the hide was painted for trade with Europeans
21. John White’s watercolors produced during the Roanoke expedition of 1585 provided
information about:
a) local flora and fauna
b) Algonquian architecture
c) Algonquian physical features
d) Algonquian dress
e) all of the above
22. Pocahontas did which of the following?
a) Stayed with the English and converted to Christianity
b) Stayed with the English but did not convert to Christianity
c) Converted to Christianity but soon left the English
d) Brought several Englishmen to live with the Powhatan
e) Had nothing to do with the English
23. The most popular genre of painting in 17th-century New England was:
a) still life
b) landscape
c) historical scenes
d) religious painting
e) portraiture
24. The Puritans preferred portraiture styles associated with the court of:
a) Queen Elizabeth I and King James I of England
b) King Charles I of England
c) King Charles V of Spain
d) King Louis XIV of France
e) King Louis V of France
25. The naturalistic modeling of the faces in the Freake portraits is drawn from:
a) English portraiture
b) French portraiture
c) Spanish portraiture
d) Italian portraiture
e) Dutch portraiture
26. Puritan towns were often laid out according to the model of:
a) the New Jerusalem
b) London
TEST BANK
CHAPTER 1: Art and Conquest
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. The first Europeans to establish a permanent foothold on the North American continent
were:
a) the English
b) the Spanish
c) the French
d) the Dutch
e) the Italians
2. In his publications of the late 16th century, Theodore de Bry presented the people of the
Americas as:
a) exotic
b) innocent
c) savage
d) heathen
e) all of the above
3. The Aztec center of Tenochtitlan was:
a) a relatively small city with simple dwellings of wood and stone
b) a major urban center the size of contemporary London with massive stone temples and
elaborate palaces and residential neighborhoods
c) a major urban center the size of contemporary London composed of one-story
structures
d) a site only for worship containing only religious structures
e) a distribution center for goods from the surrounding region, with only a small
permanent population
4. Aztec objects made of gold and silver were received in Europe with:
a) indifference
b) a sense that the Aztecs had little artistic skill
c) great admiration by the King’s court and artists
d) great admiration by the King’s court but not by artists
e) outrage by all at the heathen imagery
5. The Spanish were able to defeat the Aztecs because of:
a) the indecision of the Aztec leader Motecuhzoma II
b) their superior weaponry
c) their Aztec translator La Malinche or Doña Marina
d) their Tlaxcalan allies
e) all of the above
6. The most visible statements of Christianity in New Spain were:
a) mission churches
, b) mendicant friars
c) prayer books
d) images of Christ made of tropical bird feathers
e) silver chalices
7. The Pueblo cultures are located in:
a) the southern portion of what is now California
b) present-day New Mexico, northern Mexico, and some parts of Colorado and Arizona
c) southern Georgia
d) just north of Mexico City
e) northern Florida
8. Which of these people’s ancestors left arguably the most impressive architectural remains?
a) The Anasazi
b) The Mogollon
c) The Hohokam
d) The Hohokam and Mogollon
e) The remains of all three are nearly identical
9. The Franciscans who arrived at Pueblo settlements in the late 16th century were disturbed
by:
a) the hygiene of the people
b) the inclusion of sexual imagery in their art
c) Pueblo hunting practices
d) the design of Pueblo houses
e) the Pueblo diet
10. 18th-century mission churches in Pueblo regions were influenced by:
a) European architectural traditions only
b) Pueblo architectural traditions only
c) European and Pueblo architectural traditions
d) Apache architectural traditions
e) no prior architectural traditions—they were a totally new building type
11. The explorations of the French down the Mississippi river at the end of the 17th century
caused the Spanish to send soldiers and missionaries into:
a) Texas
b) New Mexico
c) Oklahoma
d) Florida
e) Colorado
12. The Spanish first explored the coast of California as early as:
a) the late 15th century
b) the early 16th century
c) the late 16th century
d) the 17th century
e) the 18th century
,13. The Franciscan friars in California:
a) respected the culture of the Native peoples
b) attempted to alter completely the social relations and spiritual beliefs of the Native
peoples
c) slaughtered many Native peoples in a series of escalating battles
d) converted only those Native peoples who asked to be converted
e) lived in complete isolation from all Native peoples
14. Who were probably the first Europeans to explore North America?
a) Norse sailors
b) The French
c) The Dutch
d) The English
e) The Spanish
15. The shells used to create wampum belts were replaced by European:
a) metal discs
b) wooden slats
c) gold beads
d) cloth strips
e) glass beads
16. The emphasis of early French settlements in the 16th century was on:
a) farming
b) mining
c) fur-trading
d) hunting
e) textile production
17. Birch-bark was used by the Native peoples of New France to make:
a) canoes
b) dwellings
c) storage containers
d) cooking containers
e) all of the above
18. The majority of French colonizers in the 17th and early 18th century settled in the area now
known as:
a) The St Lawrence River Valley
b) Louisiana
c) The Great Lakes
d) Massachusetts
e) The Ohio River Valley
19. The Mississippian culture flourished in the period:
a) 400–700 CE
b) 600–800 CE
c) 800–1500 CE
d) 1600–1700 CE
, e) 1700–1800 CE
20. A Native American animal hide painted with geometric, abstract designs is an indication
that:
a) the hide was influenced by European fashion
b) the hide was probably painted by a woman
c) the hide came from the Mississippi Valley
d) the hide was probably painted by a man
e) the hide was painted for trade with Europeans
21. John White’s watercolors produced during the Roanoke expedition of 1585 provided
information about:
a) local flora and fauna
b) Algonquian architecture
c) Algonquian physical features
d) Algonquian dress
e) all of the above
22. Pocahontas did which of the following?
a) Stayed with the English and converted to Christianity
b) Stayed with the English but did not convert to Christianity
c) Converted to Christianity but soon left the English
d) Brought several Englishmen to live with the Powhatan
e) Had nothing to do with the English
23. The most popular genre of painting in 17th-century New England was:
a) still life
b) landscape
c) historical scenes
d) religious painting
e) portraiture
24. The Puritans preferred portraiture styles associated with the court of:
a) Queen Elizabeth I and King James I of England
b) King Charles I of England
c) King Charles V of Spain
d) King Louis XIV of France
e) King Louis V of France
25. The naturalistic modeling of the faces in the Freake portraits is drawn from:
a) English portraiture
b) French portraiture
c) Spanish portraiture
d) Italian portraiture
e) Dutch portraiture
26. Puritan towns were often laid out according to the model of:
a) the New Jerusalem
b) London
