Ch01
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began
A. with migrations from Eurasia over the Bering Strait.
B. with the explorations of Christopher Columbus.
C. as a result of the development of the wheel.
D. long after the last ice age ended.
E. from the southern tip of South America.
2. Scholars estimate that human migration into the Americas over the Bering Strait occurredapproximately
A. 2,000 years ago.
B. 5,000 years ago.
C. 9,000 years ago.
D. 11,000 years ago.
E. 18,000 years ago.
3. The first truly complex society in the Americas was that of the
A. Maya.
B. Aztecs.
C. Incas.
D. Pueblos.
E. Olmec.
4. The early South American civilizations of Incas, Maya, and Aztecs all shared the following characteristics
EXCEPT
A. the use of wheeled vehicles.
B. economies primarily based on agriculture.
C. substantial cities.
D. complex political systems.
E. elaborate religious and cultural systems.
5. The pre-Columbian American peoples in the Pacific Northwest
A. did not have permanent settlements.
B. developed political systems as sophisticated as the Maya and Aztecs.
C. fished salmon as their principal occupation.
D. were the most peaceful of pre-Columbian societies.
E. were known as the Inuit.
6. The pre-Columbian North American peoples in the Southwest
A. were primarily hunters of small game.
B. built large irrigation systems for farming.
C. lived in small, nomadic tribes.
D. created an economy exclusively based on trade.
E. primarily pursued moose and caribou for sustenance.
,7. In the Great Plains region, most pre-Columbian societies
A. engaged in sedentary farming.
B. lived in small nomadic tribes.
C. hunted buffalo for survival.
D. used horses.
E. developed a harsh religion that required human sacrifice.
8. Prior to European contact, the eastern third of what is today the United States
A. was politically controlled by the Cahokia Indians.
B. contained no permanent settlements.
C. had the most abundant food resources of any region of the continent.
D. was populated by tribes that engaged in hunting and gathering but did not yet farm.
E. remained for the most part uninhabited.
9. Cahokia was a large trading center located near what present-day city?
A. St. Louis
B. Memphis
C. New Orleans
D. Baton Rouge
E. Detroit
10. The agricultural practices of pre-Columbian tribes in the Northeast were characterized by
A. extensive irrigation systems.
B. the development of metal-tipped plows.
C. a sacred respect for trees that kept people from cutting them down.
D. a rapid exploitation of the land.
E. an emphasis on tobacco cultivation.
11. Many pre-Columbian tribes east of the Mississippi River were loosely linked by
A. the shared use of a series of forts.
B. common linguistic roots.
C. economic compacts.
D. intertribal religious festivals.
E. the Iroquois Confederacy.
12. Native American religions were closely linked to
A. the idea of apocalypse.
B. human sacrifice.
C. ideas of male dominance.
D. visions from the world of spirits.
E. the natural world.
,13. Which statement best describes the role of women in pre-Columbian North American tribes?
A. In some tribes, men took care of the children as the women tended the fields.
B. In all tribes women cared for the children and prepared meals.
C. In no tribes did women participate in the social and economic organization of the tribe.
D. In all tribes women and men engaged in hunting.
E. In all tribes women were responsible for farming.
14. Regarding knowledge of the Americas prior to the fifteenth century, most Europeans
A. were aware of the travels of the Norse seaman Leif Eriksson in the eleventh century.
B. believed the Americas to consist of little more than several small islands.
C. were entirely unaware of the existence of the Americas.
D. assumed that the Americas were largely unpopulated.
E. had only heard of America from the travels of Marco Polo.
15. In the late fifteenth century, the desire in Europe to look for new lands was spurred by
A. significant population growth.
B. the absence of a merchant class.
C. the declining political power of many monarchs.
D. the expansion of feudalism.
E. a desire to escape the Black Death.
16. The preeminent European maritime power in the fifteenth century was
A. Spain.
B. Portugal.
C. France.
D. the Netherlands.
E. England.
17. Christopher Columbus
A. was trained as a sailor through his long service to Italy.
B. was a man of little ambition.
C. believed that Asia could only be reached by sailing east.
D. believed the Americas consisted of a few islands.
E. thought the world was much smaller than it was in reality.
18. In his first voyage in 1492, Christopher Columbus
A. sailed along the coast of present-day Virginia.
B. mistook Cuba for China.
C. was briefly captured by natives he encountered.
D. was forced to put down a mutiny on the Santa Maria.
E. crossed the Atlantic Ocean in six weeks.
, 19. Christopher Columbus called the native people he encountered on his voyages "Indians" because
A. he believed they came from the East Indies in the Pacific.
B. it is what the natives called themselves.
C. he mispronounced their actual name.
D. Norse seamen had first used the term.
E. he wanted to hide his discovery from rival explorers.
20. As a result of his third voyage in 1498, Christopher Columbus concluded
A. all of the lands he had seen were in Asia.
B. he had never come even remotely close to Asia.
C. he had encountered a continent separate from Asia.
D. Asia could not be reached by a ship traveling west from Europe.
E. the lands he had discovered offered great mineral wealth.
21. Amerigo Vespucci
A. sailed on the voyages with Christopher Columbus.
B. was a leading critic of Columbus's claims.
C. hailed from Portugal.
D. never traveled to the New World.
E. helped popularize the idea that the Americas were new continents.
22. In 1513, what European became the first to see the Pacific Ocean?
A. Amerigo Vespucci
B. Vasco de Balboa
C. Juan Ponce de León
D. Ferdinand Magellan
E. Hernando Cortés
23. What European explorer gave the Pacific Ocean its name?
A. Amerigo Vespucci
B. Vasco de Balboa
C. Juan Ponce de León
D. Ferdinand Magellan
E. Hernando Cortés
24. In 1518, Hernando Cortés's conquest of the Aztecs was made possible largely due to
A. political divisions within the Aztec leadership.
B. the exposure of the Aztecs to smallpox.
C. the brutality of the Spanish conquistadors.
D. Spanish alliances with enemies of the Aztecs.
E. Spanish co-opting of the Aztec religion.
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began
A. with migrations from Eurasia over the Bering Strait.
B. with the explorations of Christopher Columbus.
C. as a result of the development of the wheel.
D. long after the last ice age ended.
E. from the southern tip of South America.
2. Scholars estimate that human migration into the Americas over the Bering Strait occurredapproximately
A. 2,000 years ago.
B. 5,000 years ago.
C. 9,000 years ago.
D. 11,000 years ago.
E. 18,000 years ago.
3. The first truly complex society in the Americas was that of the
A. Maya.
B. Aztecs.
C. Incas.
D. Pueblos.
E. Olmec.
4. The early South American civilizations of Incas, Maya, and Aztecs all shared the following characteristics
EXCEPT
A. the use of wheeled vehicles.
B. economies primarily based on agriculture.
C. substantial cities.
D. complex political systems.
E. elaborate religious and cultural systems.
5. The pre-Columbian American peoples in the Pacific Northwest
A. did not have permanent settlements.
B. developed political systems as sophisticated as the Maya and Aztecs.
C. fished salmon as their principal occupation.
D. were the most peaceful of pre-Columbian societies.
E. were known as the Inuit.
6. The pre-Columbian North American peoples in the Southwest
A. were primarily hunters of small game.
B. built large irrigation systems for farming.
C. lived in small, nomadic tribes.
D. created an economy exclusively based on trade.
E. primarily pursued moose and caribou for sustenance.
,7. In the Great Plains region, most pre-Columbian societies
A. engaged in sedentary farming.
B. lived in small nomadic tribes.
C. hunted buffalo for survival.
D. used horses.
E. developed a harsh religion that required human sacrifice.
8. Prior to European contact, the eastern third of what is today the United States
A. was politically controlled by the Cahokia Indians.
B. contained no permanent settlements.
C. had the most abundant food resources of any region of the continent.
D. was populated by tribes that engaged in hunting and gathering but did not yet farm.
E. remained for the most part uninhabited.
9. Cahokia was a large trading center located near what present-day city?
A. St. Louis
B. Memphis
C. New Orleans
D. Baton Rouge
E. Detroit
10. The agricultural practices of pre-Columbian tribes in the Northeast were characterized by
A. extensive irrigation systems.
B. the development of metal-tipped plows.
C. a sacred respect for trees that kept people from cutting them down.
D. a rapid exploitation of the land.
E. an emphasis on tobacco cultivation.
11. Many pre-Columbian tribes east of the Mississippi River were loosely linked by
A. the shared use of a series of forts.
B. common linguistic roots.
C. economic compacts.
D. intertribal religious festivals.
E. the Iroquois Confederacy.
12. Native American religions were closely linked to
A. the idea of apocalypse.
B. human sacrifice.
C. ideas of male dominance.
D. visions from the world of spirits.
E. the natural world.
,13. Which statement best describes the role of women in pre-Columbian North American tribes?
A. In some tribes, men took care of the children as the women tended the fields.
B. In all tribes women cared for the children and prepared meals.
C. In no tribes did women participate in the social and economic organization of the tribe.
D. In all tribes women and men engaged in hunting.
E. In all tribes women were responsible for farming.
14. Regarding knowledge of the Americas prior to the fifteenth century, most Europeans
A. were aware of the travels of the Norse seaman Leif Eriksson in the eleventh century.
B. believed the Americas to consist of little more than several small islands.
C. were entirely unaware of the existence of the Americas.
D. assumed that the Americas were largely unpopulated.
E. had only heard of America from the travels of Marco Polo.
15. In the late fifteenth century, the desire in Europe to look for new lands was spurred by
A. significant population growth.
B. the absence of a merchant class.
C. the declining political power of many monarchs.
D. the expansion of feudalism.
E. a desire to escape the Black Death.
16. The preeminent European maritime power in the fifteenth century was
A. Spain.
B. Portugal.
C. France.
D. the Netherlands.
E. England.
17. Christopher Columbus
A. was trained as a sailor through his long service to Italy.
B. was a man of little ambition.
C. believed that Asia could only be reached by sailing east.
D. believed the Americas consisted of a few islands.
E. thought the world was much smaller than it was in reality.
18. In his first voyage in 1492, Christopher Columbus
A. sailed along the coast of present-day Virginia.
B. mistook Cuba for China.
C. was briefly captured by natives he encountered.
D. was forced to put down a mutiny on the Santa Maria.
E. crossed the Atlantic Ocean in six weeks.
, 19. Christopher Columbus called the native people he encountered on his voyages "Indians" because
A. he believed they came from the East Indies in the Pacific.
B. it is what the natives called themselves.
C. he mispronounced their actual name.
D. Norse seamen had first used the term.
E. he wanted to hide his discovery from rival explorers.
20. As a result of his third voyage in 1498, Christopher Columbus concluded
A. all of the lands he had seen were in Asia.
B. he had never come even remotely close to Asia.
C. he had encountered a continent separate from Asia.
D. Asia could not be reached by a ship traveling west from Europe.
E. the lands he had discovered offered great mineral wealth.
21. Amerigo Vespucci
A. sailed on the voyages with Christopher Columbus.
B. was a leading critic of Columbus's claims.
C. hailed from Portugal.
D. never traveled to the New World.
E. helped popularize the idea that the Americas were new continents.
22. In 1513, what European became the first to see the Pacific Ocean?
A. Amerigo Vespucci
B. Vasco de Balboa
C. Juan Ponce de León
D. Ferdinand Magellan
E. Hernando Cortés
23. What European explorer gave the Pacific Ocean its name?
A. Amerigo Vespucci
B. Vasco de Balboa
C. Juan Ponce de León
D. Ferdinand Magellan
E. Hernando Cortés
24. In 1518, Hernando Cortés's conquest of the Aztecs was made possible largely due to
A. political divisions within the Aztec leadership.
B. the exposure of the Aztecs to smallpox.
C. the brutality of the Spanish conquistadors.
D. Spanish alliances with enemies of the Aztecs.
E. Spanish co-opting of the Aztec religion.
