Chapter 4 Social Studies Test

Why did Columbus sail west on his first expedition?

• to find a shorter route to the Indies to find gold quicker

• to show King Ferdinand and Quees Isabella he could make the journey

• to take part in the Columbian Exchange

• to discover the Bahama Islands

Which of the following defines the Columbian Exchange?

• sharing the riches from one land to another in the Western Hemisphere.
• moving people and their ways of life between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
• changing sugarcane into sugar to sell at a huge profit
• using missionaries to convert Indians to Christianity in the Eastern Hemisphere.

How did Columbus's voyages impact the Americas?

• Columbus showed Europeans the way to the Americas.
• Explorers and settlers abandoned their plans to colonize the West Indies.
• The Indians returned to Asia with Columbus.
• The Indians showed the Europeans how to breed stronger horses.

Which BEST describes the factors that enabled Cortes' to defeat the Aztecs?

• larger forces, better weapons, and horses
• metal armor, muskets, horses, and allies
• stone weapons, muskets, and allies
• disease, allies, and more men

After Cortes conquered the Aztecs, who conquered the Incan empire?

• Pizarro
• Cabeza de Vaca
• Coronado 
• Cortes

What colony was founded after the defeat of the Incan empire?

• New Portugal
• New Spain
• Lima
• Peru

Which happened FIRST in Spain's search for gold?

• Esteban was killed by the Zuni people in what is now New Mexico.
• Cabeza de Vaca traveled the American Southwest.
• The kingdom of Cibola was discovered far north of Mexico.
• Coronado explored what is now the American Southwest.

Which happened AFTER Esteban's death in what is now New Mexico?

• Coronado continued the search for Cibola
• Cabeza de Vaca was shipwrecked off the Texas coast.
• Zuni people joined another expedition to find Cibola.
• The Spanish abandoned their search for the kindgom. 

Which answer correctly sequences the groups in New Spain's colonial society from most to least powerful?

• peninsulares, African and Indians, creoles, mestizos
• Africans and Indians, mestizos, creoles, peninsulares
• peninsulares, Africans and Indians, mestizos, creoles
• peninsulares, creoles, mestizos, Africans and Indians

Which BEST describes the Indians' life on an encomienda?

• They had large farms with many workers.
• They often worked without pay and were expected to become Christians.
• They were wealthy and powerful landowners who wanted to become Christians.
• They ran small businesses making furniture or clothing to sell to settlers.