KSU US/GA History Exemption UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What major legacies did the Spanish explorers attempting to penetrate North America leave? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Disease: diphtheria, mumps, measles, smallpox (main killer)
2. Horses and other domesticated animals
3. Metal tools and firearms
Improvements in ________ left the Native Americans dependent on whites for ________ and
_______ - CORRECT ANSWER - weapons technology, more weapons/ammunition, metal
goods
Most important crop given to the Europeans by the Native Americans - CORRECT
ANSWER - maize (corn)
When did Columbus "discover" America? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1492 - and he died
believing he had reached India
Who briefly visited the New World in the early 11th century? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Scandinavians
The native peoples of North and South America arrived from ______ in a series of migrations
across a ________. - CORRECT ANSWER - Asia, land bridge that connected Siberia and
Alaska
Because _______ was abundant, the Native American population grew and human settlement
spread throughout the Western Hemisphere rather quickly. - CORRECT ANSWER - food
(mammoths, mastodons, elk, moose, bison, caribou, etc.)
,culture areas - CORRECT ANSWER - regions in which a population shares a similar
lifestyle based on environmental conditions
Most significant North American culture areas - CORRECT ANSWER - Southwest, Great
Plains, Eastern Woodlands
The Great Plains people - CORRECT ANSWER - - Hunters
- Relied on bison for clothing, food, shelter, etc.
- Nomadic
- Minimal possessions
- Only domesticated animals were dogs
- Lived a harsh existence until the Europeans introduced them to horses
The Eastern Woodlands people - CORRECT ANSWER - - Adena-Hopewell people
- First true farmers of the Eastern Woodlands were the Mississippians of the central Mississippi
River Valley
kinship groups - CORRECT ANSWER - extended families that were key to the social
relations of the native peoples
Gender roles of Native Americans - CORRECT ANSWER - Men: Hunted, engaged in
trade, made war, were tribal leaders
Women: Cared for children, gathered food, cultivated crops
shaman - CORRECT ANSWER - considered to be the intermediary between the people
and the gods in the spirit world
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) - CORRECT ANSWER - - Genoese (Italian) sailor
who believed that sailing west across the Atlantic was the shortest sea route to Asia
,- His expeditions were rejected twice by Portuguese and neither England nor France was
interested
- Convinced King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to sponsor his expedition
What did Christopher Columbus come upon in Hispaniola (Santo Domingo)? - CORRECT
ANSWER - a significant amount of gold
The first permanent Spanish settlement was on ______ - CORRECT ANSWER -
Hispaniola
Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) - CORRECT ANSWER - An agreement between Portugal and
Spain which declared that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic
Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would belong to
Portugal.
Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) - CORRECT ANSWER - - Italian navigator following
Columbus
- First to realize that the Indies were a "New World" and not part of Asia
- America's namesake
Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) - CORRECT ANSWER - - Voyage around the world
(1519 - 1522)
- Demonstrated the true circumference of the Earth
- Expedition was the basis for the Spanish colony in the Philippines
The conquistadors were more interested in finding _______ than in ______. - CORRECT
ANSWER - gold and silver, colonization
African slaves were brought to the West Indies as early as ________ - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1503
, Why were African slaves brought to the West Indies? - CORRECT ANSWER - critical
labor shortages
Juan Ponce de Leon - CORRECT ANSWER - - "Fountain of Youth"
- Explored the Floridian peninsula
The two oldest cities in the United States (result of Spanish exploration) were _____ and ____. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Santa Fe, New Mexico (1609) and St. Augustine, Florida (1565)
(T/F) Fishing and colonization motivated the voyages sponsored by King Francis I of France in
the 1500s. - CORRECT ANSWER - False.
The fur trade was more important to the French and Dutch than colonization. They even
established lucrative ties with tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy.
The English showed little interest in colonization of the New World until the reign of _______. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Elizabeth I
Roanoke - CORRECT ANSWER - - Known as the Lost Colony
- Colonized by Sir Walter Raleigh (England)
- Led by John White
- A group of 110 men, women, and children settled there around 1586, but found to have
vanished by White 4 years later
- "Croatoan" was carved on a wooden post, but no one has been able to explain its meaning
- Likely that the settlement was overrun by local tribes
Jamestown, Virginia - CORRECT ANSWER - - Founded by the Virginia Company of
London in 1606
- First permanent English settlement in the New World
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What major legacies did the Spanish explorers attempting to penetrate North America leave? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Disease: diphtheria, mumps, measles, smallpox (main killer)
2. Horses and other domesticated animals
3. Metal tools and firearms
Improvements in ________ left the Native Americans dependent on whites for ________ and
_______ - CORRECT ANSWER - weapons technology, more weapons/ammunition, metal
goods
Most important crop given to the Europeans by the Native Americans - CORRECT
ANSWER - maize (corn)
When did Columbus "discover" America? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1492 - and he died
believing he had reached India
Who briefly visited the New World in the early 11th century? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Scandinavians
The native peoples of North and South America arrived from ______ in a series of migrations
across a ________. - CORRECT ANSWER - Asia, land bridge that connected Siberia and
Alaska
Because _______ was abundant, the Native American population grew and human settlement
spread throughout the Western Hemisphere rather quickly. - CORRECT ANSWER - food
(mammoths, mastodons, elk, moose, bison, caribou, etc.)
,culture areas - CORRECT ANSWER - regions in which a population shares a similar
lifestyle based on environmental conditions
Most significant North American culture areas - CORRECT ANSWER - Southwest, Great
Plains, Eastern Woodlands
The Great Plains people - CORRECT ANSWER - - Hunters
- Relied on bison for clothing, food, shelter, etc.
- Nomadic
- Minimal possessions
- Only domesticated animals were dogs
- Lived a harsh existence until the Europeans introduced them to horses
The Eastern Woodlands people - CORRECT ANSWER - - Adena-Hopewell people
- First true farmers of the Eastern Woodlands were the Mississippians of the central Mississippi
River Valley
kinship groups - CORRECT ANSWER - extended families that were key to the social
relations of the native peoples
Gender roles of Native Americans - CORRECT ANSWER - Men: Hunted, engaged in
trade, made war, were tribal leaders
Women: Cared for children, gathered food, cultivated crops
shaman - CORRECT ANSWER - considered to be the intermediary between the people
and the gods in the spirit world
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) - CORRECT ANSWER - - Genoese (Italian) sailor
who believed that sailing west across the Atlantic was the shortest sea route to Asia
,- His expeditions were rejected twice by Portuguese and neither England nor France was
interested
- Convinced King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to sponsor his expedition
What did Christopher Columbus come upon in Hispaniola (Santo Domingo)? - CORRECT
ANSWER - a significant amount of gold
The first permanent Spanish settlement was on ______ - CORRECT ANSWER -
Hispaniola
Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) - CORRECT ANSWER - An agreement between Portugal and
Spain which declared that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic
Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would belong to
Portugal.
Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) - CORRECT ANSWER - - Italian navigator following
Columbus
- First to realize that the Indies were a "New World" and not part of Asia
- America's namesake
Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) - CORRECT ANSWER - - Voyage around the world
(1519 - 1522)
- Demonstrated the true circumference of the Earth
- Expedition was the basis for the Spanish colony in the Philippines
The conquistadors were more interested in finding _______ than in ______. - CORRECT
ANSWER - gold and silver, colonization
African slaves were brought to the West Indies as early as ________ - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1503
, Why were African slaves brought to the West Indies? - CORRECT ANSWER - critical
labor shortages
Juan Ponce de Leon - CORRECT ANSWER - - "Fountain of Youth"
- Explored the Floridian peninsula
The two oldest cities in the United States (result of Spanish exploration) were _____ and ____. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Santa Fe, New Mexico (1609) and St. Augustine, Florida (1565)
(T/F) Fishing and colonization motivated the voyages sponsored by King Francis I of France in
the 1500s. - CORRECT ANSWER - False.
The fur trade was more important to the French and Dutch than colonization. They even
established lucrative ties with tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy.
The English showed little interest in colonization of the New World until the reign of _______. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Elizabeth I
Roanoke - CORRECT ANSWER - - Known as the Lost Colony
- Colonized by Sir Walter Raleigh (England)
- Led by John White
- A group of 110 men, women, and children settled there around 1586, but found to have
vanished by White 4 years later
- "Croatoan" was carved on a wooden post, but no one has been able to explain its meaning
- Likely that the settlement was overrun by local tribes
Jamestown, Virginia - CORRECT ANSWER - - Founded by the Virginia Company of
London in 1606
- First permanent English settlement in the New World
