Review for Test 1

The first Europeans to colonize North America were from ___________?

• Scandanavia

• England

• Spain

• Portugal

What was the message of the story, "The Blind Monks and the Elephant?"

• In order to understand something entirely, it must be viewed from different perspectives.

• Learning is not a noble pursuit if it only leads to controversy and debate.

• Comedy can teach people how to see themselves clearly.

• Nature is designed to confuse and frighten mankind.

Which explorer developed lighter ships and sponsored the exploration of the coast of Africa?

• Amerigo Vespucci
• Leif Eriksson
• Prince Henry the Navigator
• Christopher Columbus

He was a Spanish explorer who claimed land for Spain that is now the state of Florida. He was looking for the Fountain of Youth. He became the first Spanish explorer to set foot on land that became part of the United States.

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• John Cabot

• Ferdinand Magellan

The Mesoamerican women that aided Cortez's conquest of Mexico was

• Pocahontas

• Sacajawea

• Malinche

• Cuzco

Most likely the first American were

• people who crossed a land bridge from Asia to North America.

• Vikings from Scandinavia.

• refuges from Africa

• Spanish explorers in the fifteenth century.

Some of the more advanced Native American cultures did all of the following except

• study mathematics

• make accurate astronomical observations.

• carry on commerce.

• engage in significant ocean voyages of discovery.

The size and sophistication of Native civilization in Mexico and South America can be attributed to

• the development of agriculture.

• influences brought by early settlers from Siberia.

• Spanish influences.

• their use of draft animals.

I contended that all of the following are "key" themes in American history except

• Exceptionalism of the American experiment .

• A desire to spread Christianity.

• Commitment to socioeconomic mobility.

• Expanding of democracy.

Columbus called the naive people in the "New World" Indians because

• that is what they called themselves.

• it was a form of the Spanish word for heathens.

• the Vikings had called them by that name.

• he believed that he had skirted the rim of the "Indies."