European Exploration: Before 1492

What revolution took place in central Mexico between 10,000 and 5,000 years ago?

• the invention of kayaks

• the development of agriculture

• the introduction of big-game hunting

• the arrival of explorers across the land bridge

How did the Adena people differ from the Anasazi people?

• The Adena grew crops in desert climates.

• The Adena constructed their houses in cliffs.

• The Adena established civilizations near major rivers.

• The Adena built gigantic mounds filled with special objects.

What was the main reason that the ancient peoples in the Americas had so many different cultural traditions?

• They had different religious backgrounds.

• They came from different parts of the world.

• They used different modes of transportation.

• They lived in different climates and landscapes.

What effect did an elaborate transcontinental trading network have on the ancient Native Americans?

• It allowed them to develop religious beliefs.

• It allowed them to eliminate the need for specialization.

• It allowed them to establish both urban and agricultural societies.

• It allowed them to have both direct and indirect contact with

  each other.

Besides having access to goods from other regions, how else were West Africans affected by trade across the Sahara highway?

• They were forced into slave labor.

• They were introduced to the ideas of Islam.

• They were forbidden to purchase plantations.

• They were encouraged to grow their own crops.

What prevented the kings of Songhai from gaining control of Benin and Kongo?

• large rivers

• dry deserts

• vast grasslands

• dense rainforests

What was a similarity among most West African cultures?

• lifelong slavery

• strong family ties

• belief in multiple creators

• private ownership of land

If the European social order were organized in a pyramid-style chart, why would the peasants be located at the bottom of the chart?

• The people in this class had less wealth than the other classes.

• The people in this class provided protection for the other classes.

• The people in this class had possession of more land than the

  other classes.

• There were fewer skilled artisans and merchants in this class than in the other classes.

What was the primary purpose of the Christian missionary effort during the 1400s?

• to attain wealth

• to set up colonies

• to defend the faith

• to increase in power

Which of the following events happened prior to an epidemic of plagues that killed over 25 million Europeans?

• Thousands of peasants died from heavy rains and disease.

• Towns and cities emerged and many people returned to urban

  life.

• Europeans wanted to expand their cultural influence around the

  world.

• Four major European nations formed (England, France, Portugal, and Spain).