Question 1

Which of the following sites in North America was originally a Dutch colony?

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A)   Plymouth
B)   Jamestown
C)   Port Royal
D)   New York
E)   QuebecF) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 2

In North America,the Europeans initially found a profitable commodity when fishermen began to barter with natives for

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A)   furs.
B)   maize.
C)   tobacco.
D)   indigo.
E)   molasses.F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT true of the native Americans that the English and French came into contact with?

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A)   The native societies of North America did not have large,centralized states like the Aztecs and Incas.
B)   The native Americans did not live in densely populated areas.
C)   The native Americans practiced agriculture,but moved frequently in pursuit of game.
D)   The native Americans lived in dozens of distinct societies.
E)   The native Americans guarded their claims to private ownership of land even more jealously than the Europeans.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

The conquistador who conquered the Incas was

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A)   Balboa.
B)   Cortés.
C)   Cabral.
D)   Magellan.
E)   Pizarro.F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 5

Which of the following countries established the first permanent settlement in Australia?

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A)   England
B)   the Netherlands
C)   Portugal
D)   Spain
E)   FranceF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

Hernán Cortés was responsible for the conquest of the

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A)   Taíno.
B)   Chimu.
C)   Incas.
D)   Aztecs.
E)   Moche.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 7

What determined the social hierarchy in the Iberian colonies? Who tended to have wealth and power?

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The social hierarchy in the Iberian colo...

Question 8

The Portuguese began to show much more interest in Brazil after

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A)   the establishment of profitable sugar plantations.
B)   the English victory over the Spanish Armada.
C)   brazil wood became a major cash crop.
D)   a Spanish military loss to France removed Spain as a serious rival for control of Brazil.
E)   the discovery of rich gold and silver mines.F) C) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 9

What became the basis of the economy and settlement in the North American colonies of France and England?

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The economies and settlements in the Nor...

Question 10

What role did disease play in the Spanish conquest of the Americas? What can this express about the isolation of these societies?

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Disease played a significant role in the...

Question 11

The Spanish colonial history has always had a very dark reputation.Do the Spanish actually deserve this tradition? Were their colonial policies any different from those of the Dutch,French,and English?

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The Spanish colonial history does indeed...

Question 12

Which of the following statements is NOT accurate about the differences between the Spanish approach to colonization and that of the English and French?

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A)   Private investors played a much greater role in the English and French approach.
B)   The English and French viewed the indigenous populations as their equals more than did the Spanish.
C)   The English and French did not encounter large,centralized states like the Spanish.
D)   The English colonies had their own assemblies that influenced the choice of royal governor,which Spanish colonies lacked.
E)   Spanish explorers relied to a greater degree on royal backing.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 13

Examine the social transformation of Mesoamerica and South America.How complete was this transformation? How much of native traditions remained?

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The social transformation of Mesoamerica...

Question 14

The British initially made use of Australia

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A)   because of its rich silver mines.
B)   because of its extraordinary agricultural abundance.
C)   as a busy port on the route from Acapulco to Manila.
D)   as a penal colony.
E)   as a tourist retreat.F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 15

While the Spanish American empire concentrated on the extraction of silver,the Portuguese empire in Brazil depended on the production and export of sugar.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Doña Marina was

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A)   the first viceroy of the Spanish colonies in the Americas.
B)   the leading Spanish banker who funded exploration.
C)   the Portuguese explorer who first sighted Australia.
D)   a Mexican woman who aided Cortés in his conquest of the Aztecs.
E)   the nautical term for the dominant westerly wind that made voyages to the Americas faster.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 17

By the seventeenth century,the most prominent site of agriculture in Spanish America was the

Accepted Answer

A)   métis.
B)   hacienda.
C)   repartimiento.
D)   quinto.
E)   zambo.F) D) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 18

Before the arrival of Columbus,the Taíno lived under the authority of

Accepted Answer

A)   Aztec diplomats.
B)   local chiefs.
C)   a priestly class.
D)   a single monarch.
E)   groups of democratic councils of elders.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 19

The métis were

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A)   French Jesuit missionaries.
B)   migrants who had been born in Europe.
C)   the Spanish administrative officials who reported back directly to the king.
D)   the French equivalents of the peninsulares.
E)   individuals of French and indigenous parentage.F) All of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 20

The first recorded European sighting of Australia was made by the

Accepted Answer

A)   Portuguese.
B)   Dutch.
C)   English.
D)   French.
E)   Spanish.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Exam 24: New Worlds: The Americas and Oceania

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