AMH2010 FINAL EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
How does the Irish Potato Famine (mid-19th century) connect to the Columbian Exchange that
began in the late 15th century? - ANS Potatoes, native to Peru, had no pests when first
brought to Europe; when the potato's natural enemy arrived in the 19th century, the potatoes
lacked resistance.
What helps explain why Columbus' journey to the New World had a larger influnce than the
Vikings, who arrived centuries before? - ANS The revolution in printing.
Which of the following is true regarding King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella's support of
Columbus? - ANS They were in part motivated by a larger policy of religious conformity and
intolerance.
Why did Columbus and his sponsors want to go west? - ANS 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? - ANS A geneticist who investigates early human migrations
through DNA analysis.
What is significant about Carapella's map? - ANS It provides a glimpse at the diversity of
Native American tribes.
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, Which of the following is an element of historical thinking? - ANS 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? - ANS 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? -
ANS Specific details from specific sources, which provide evidence to support your argument.
Which of the following describes the Columbian Exchange? - ANS 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... -
ANS 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? - ANS 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? - ANS 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? - ANS Virginia laws created in the 1660s and 1670s relating
to servants and slaves.
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AND ANSWERS
How does the Irish Potato Famine (mid-19th century) connect to the Columbian Exchange that
began in the late 15th century? - ANS Potatoes, native to Peru, had no pests when first
brought to Europe; when the potato's natural enemy arrived in the 19th century, the potatoes
lacked resistance.
What helps explain why Columbus' journey to the New World had a larger influnce than the
Vikings, who arrived centuries before? - ANS The revolution in printing.
Which of the following is true regarding King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella's support of
Columbus? - ANS They were in part motivated by a larger policy of religious conformity and
intolerance.
Why did Columbus and his sponsors want to go west? - ANS 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? - ANS A geneticist who investigates early human migrations
through DNA analysis.
What is significant about Carapella's map? - ANS It provides a glimpse at the diversity of
Native American tribes.
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, Which of the following is an element of historical thinking? - ANS 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? - ANS 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? -
ANS Specific details from specific sources, which provide evidence to support your argument.
Which of the following describes the Columbian Exchange? - ANS 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... -
ANS 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? - ANS 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? - ANS 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? - ANS Virginia laws created in the 1660s and 1670s relating
to servants and slaves.
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