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WorksheetsAmerican Pageant Chapter 1
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The geography of N Am was shaped by glaciers
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Natives peoples of NE Asia migrated across the land bridge until the time of Columbus
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Early Indian civilizations of Mexico and Peru had an economy based on herding and wheat
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Most Indians N of Mexico lived in small seminomadic agricultural and hunting communities
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Many Indian cultures like the Iroquois traced descent and passed possessions down the female line
a)
True
b)
False
6.
No European ever set foot on the American continents prior to the arrival of Columbus
a)
True
b)
False
7.
A primary motive for European voyages of discovery was the desire to find a less expensive route to Asia's goods and markets
a)
True
b)
False
8.
African slavery first developed in the aftermath of the Spanish conquest of America
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Columbus immediately recognized that he had come across a continent previously unknown to Europe
a)
True
b)
False
10.
The greatest effect of the European intrusion into Am was to increase the Indian/Mestizo population through intermarriage
a)
True
b)
False
11.
The primary reason for massive population decline among Indians after European arrival was not warfare but disease
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Spanish conquistadores had little to do with the native peoples of Mexico and refused to intermarry with them
a)
True
b)
False
13.
The Spanish were able to defeat the Aztecs because the Aztecs had no experience with a sophisticated, urban civilization
a)
True
b)
False
14.
The Spanish Empire in the New World was larger, richer, and longer lasting that that established by the English.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Spain expanded its empire north into Florida and Texas partly to block the French and protect their Caribbean Sea lanes
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Which is the cause of the others?
a)
The Great Ice Age
b)
Exposure of a land bridge
c)
Movement of animals into the Americas
d)
Movement of humans into the Americas
17.
Which of the pair is the cause of the other?
a)
The formation of large, sophisticated civilizations
b)
Cultivation of corn
18.
Which of the pair is the cause of the other?
a)
New sailing technology/desire for spices
b)
European voyage around Africa and across the Atlantic
19.
Which of the pair is the cause of the other?
a)
Rapid expansion of the African slave trade
b)
Portugal's creation of sugar plantations
20.
Which of the pair is the cause of the other?
a)
Columbus's first encounter with the new world
b)
Columbian exchange
21.
Which of the following is the effect of the other?
a)
Native Americans' lack of immunity to small pox, malaria, yellow fever
b)
Decline of New World population by 90%
22.
Which of the following is the effect of the other?
a)
Rapid expansion of global economic commerce and manufacturing
b)
Spanish conquest of large quantities of New World gold/silver
23.
Which of the following is the effect of the other?
a)
Aztec legends of a returning god, Quetzalcoatl
b)
Cortes's relatively easy conquest of Tenochtitlan
24.
Which of the following is the effect of the other?
a)
Spanish need to protect Mexico from French and English
b)
Establishment of Spanish settlements in Florida and New Mexico
25.
Which of the following is the effect of the other?
a)
Franciscan friars' desire to convert Pacific Coast Indians to Catholicism
b)
Formation of a chain of mission settlements in California
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